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Characters in Literature Multiple Choice Quiz | 10 Questions

Can you identify the novel by the characters described within?

A multiple-choice quiz by rj211. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
rj211

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
40,410

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
8436

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: DDm5714 (6/10), Guest 124 (7/10), genoveva (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What novel is about the Joad family? Hint

A Separate Peace

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Fahrenheit 451

The Grapes of Wrath

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which novel includes the following characters: Sethe, Paul Dee, and Denver? Hint

Catch-22

Beloved

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Slaughterhouse Five

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following novels has the characters Ralph, Jack, Simon, and Piggy? Hint

Animal Farm

Anna Karenina

Crime and Punishment

Lord of the Flies

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following novels includes the characters Addie, Anse, Cash, Darl, and Dewey Dell Bundren? Hint

Cry, The Beloved Country

As I Lay Dying

On the Road

Pygmalion

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Question 5 of 10

5. What novel follows Nick Carraway, Daisy and Jay? Hint

The Great Gatsby

Immortality

Hedda Gabler

A Tale of Two Cities

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Question 6 of 10

6. What novel features Marlow and Kurtz? Hint

Tender is the Night

War and Peace

Heart of Darkness

The Tempest

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Question 7 of 10

7. What novel follows the adventures of Scout and Jem, and their involvement with Boo Radley and their father Atticus? Hint

Johnny Tremaine

Utopia

Treasure Island

To Kill a Mockingbird

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Question 8 of 10

8. What novel follows Hawkeye and Magua? Hint

Leviathan

White Fang

The Last of the Mohicans

The Jungle

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Question 9 of 10

9. What novella, told from the point of view of a pilot, features a rose, a fox, a snake, a businessman, a king, a geographer, and a drunk? Hint

The Little Prince

White Fang

Les Miserables

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Question 10 of 10

10. What novel, centering on the story of Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock, also describes the lives and deaths of the Clutter family? Hint

Howards End

In Cold Blood

The Time Machine

Our Town

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What novel is about the Joad family?

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

'The Grapes Of Wrath' is John Steinbeck's moving epic story about the Joad family's trek westward from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.

2. Which novel includes the following characters: Sethe, Paul Dee, and Denver?

Answer: Beloved

These are the main characters in Toni Morrison's 'Beloved', an incredibly crafted novel about the haunting repercussions of slavery in the lives of a family.

3. Which of the following novels has the characters Ralph, Jack, Simon, and Piggy?

Answer: Lord of the Flies

William Golding's short novel about boys stranded on an island reverting to more primitive or intrinsic behavior serves equally as entertainment and social commentary.

4. Which of the following novels includes the characters Addie, Anse, Cash, Darl, and Dewey Dell Bundren?

Answer: As I Lay Dying

This complex novel by William Faulkner chronicles one family's attempt to bury its matriarch, each chapter being told in first-person by a different character.

5. What novel follows Nick Carraway, Daisy and Jay?

Answer: The Great Gatsby

This seemingly simply written novel is told from Nick's perspective and chronicles his experiences one summer in the world of rich Long Islanders.

6. What novel features Marlow and Kurtz?

Answer: Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad's novel follows Marlow's descent into the Congo jungle and his interactions with the illustrious Kurtz.

7. What novel follows the adventures of Scout and Jem, and their involvement with Boo Radley and their father Atticus?

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee's novel takes on bigotry and racism, as well as bias against outsiders, in the South.

8. What novel follows Hawkeye and Magua?

Answer: The Last of the Mohicans

Set during the French and Indian war, James Fenimore Cooper's novel is both an adventure and a romance.

9. What novella, told from the point of view of a pilot, features a rose, a fox, a snake, a businessman, a king, a geographer, and a drunk?

Answer: The Little Prince

Antoine De Saint-Exupery's children's story is also a masterful work of philosophical and social relevance.

10. What novel, centering on the story of Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock, also describes the lives and deaths of the Clutter family?

Answer: In Cold Blood

This was Truman Capote's pioneering true-crime novel, which led to a whole new genre of literature.

Source: Author rj211

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