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Characters from which Work? Trivia Quiz

Some literary characters are as well known as the most famous of real people. Can you identify the work from which these characters come?

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
EnglishJedi

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,297

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
620

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Question 1 of 10

1. Sir Robert Chiltern, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and his wife Lady Chiltern, are major characters in which play by Oscar Wilde? Hint

The Importance of Being Earnest

A Woman of No Importance

Lady Windermere's Fan

An Ideal Husband

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Question 2 of 10

2. Tom Canty is a major character in which Mark Twain novel? Hint

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Prince and the Pauper

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Question 3 of 10

3. Tiffany Case is the 'Bond Girl' in which Ian Fleming novel? Hint

Diamonds are Forever

Dr No

The Man with the Golden Gun

Moonraker

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Fyodor Dostoevsky novel is narrated by Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov? Hint

The Brothers Karamazov

The Idiot

Crime and Punishment

The House of the Dead

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Emperor Altoum is a major character in which opera by Giacomo Puccini? Hint

La Rondine

La Boh�me

Turandot

Tosca

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Question 6 of 10

6. Lady Anne Neville is a character in which of Shakespeare's histories? She marries the king in an early scene and appears as a ghost later in the play. Hint

Henry VI Part 2

King John

Richard III

Henry V

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Question 7 of 10

7. Siblings Catherine and James Morland are major characters in which Jane Austen novel? Hint

Northanger Abbey

Mansfield Park

Persuasion

Pride and Prejudice

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Question 8 of 10

8. Gilda is the major soprano role in which opera by Giuseppe Verdi? Hint

Il Trovatore

Rigoletto

Nabucco

Aida

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Question 9 of 10

9. John Harmon and Bella Wilfer are major characters in which novel by Charles Dickens? Hint

Our Mutual Friend

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Bleak House

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Question 10 of 10

10. Josef K is the protagonist in which novel by Franz Kafka? Hint

The Aeroplanes At Brescia

Metamorphosis

The Trial

The Castle

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Sir Robert Chiltern, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and his wife Lady Chiltern, are major characters in which play by Oscar Wilde?

Answer: An Ideal Husband

First performed in 1895, 'An Ideal Husband' is a story of blackmail and political corruption. Other major characters include The Earl of Caversham, his son Lord Goring, and the blackmailer Mrs Cheveley.

2. Tom Canty is a major character in which Mark Twain novel?

Answer: The Prince and the Pauper

Published in 1881 but set in 16th-Century England, 'The Prince and the Pauper' tells the story of two boys of similar appearance, Tom Canty and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII and Jane Seymour.

3. Tiffany Case is the 'Bond Girl' in which Ian Fleming novel?

Answer: Diamonds are Forever

Published in 1956, 'Diamonds are Forever' was Fleming's fourth Bond novel. In it we see Bond falling in love for the first time since Vesper Lynd in 'Casino Royale'. Tiffany Case was played by Jill St John in the film, Sean Connery's last as Bond (although he did reprise the role in 1983 in the spoof "Never Say Never Again").

4. Which Fyodor Dostoevsky novel is narrated by Aleksandr Petrovich Goryanchikov?

Answer: The House of the Dead

Published in 1861, 'The House of the Dead' tells the stories of convicts in a Siberian prison camp. Dostoevsky had spent four years in such a camp.

5. The Emperor Altoum is a major character in which opera by Giacomo Puccini?

Answer: Turandot

First performed at La Scala in Milan in 1926, 18 months after Puccini's death, 'Turandot' tells the story of Princess Turandot, the daughter of the Emperor Altoum.

6. Lady Anne Neville is a character in which of Shakespeare's histories? She marries the king in an early scene and appears as a ghost later in the play.

Answer: Richard III

Written some time around 1591, 'Richard III' is the longest of Shakespeare's histories, and the second-longest of all of his works (after 'Hamlet'). The real life Lady Anne Neville was Princess of Wales during her first marriage, to Edward Earl of Westminster, and then Queen Consort when she married King Richard III.

7. Siblings Catherine and James Morland are major characters in which Jane Austen novel?

Answer: Northanger Abbey

Published posthumously in December 1817, six months after the author's death, 'Northanger Abbey' was actually the first novel that Austen completed.

8. Gilda is the major soprano role in which opera by Giuseppe Verdi?

Answer: Rigoletto

First performed in 1851, 'Rigoletto' relates the tragic story of the Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda.

9. John Harmon and Bella Wilfer are major characters in which novel by Charles Dickens?

Answer: Our Mutual Friend

First published in serial form in 1864-65, 'Our Mutual Friend' was the last novel that Dickens completed before his death.

10. Josef K is the protagonist in which novel by Franz Kafka?

Answer: The Trial

Written in 1914-15, although not published until 1925, a year after Kafka's death, 'The Trial' tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted without ever revealing the nature of his crime to either him or the reader. The 1962 film version of the novel was directed by Orson Welles and starred Anthony Perkins.

Source: Author EnglishJedi

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