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Quiz about Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines

Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines Quiz

You get the name of a famous literary hero AND the name of his or her maker. Give the name of the book.- Example: Margaret Mitchell's Rhett Butler is from :'Gone With the Wind '.Harriet Beecher- Stowe's Simon Legree is from 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
43,691

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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2811

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Question 1 of 10

1. What book is J.D.Salinger's Holden Caulfield from ?

Answer: (5 Words(refers to quote from Robert Burns))

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Question 2 of 10

2. What book is Thomas Mann's Hans Castorp from?

Answer: (Three Words (German title accepted too : 2 words Situated in Switzerland))

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Question 3 of 10

3. Somerset Maugham's Philip Carey ?

Answer: (Three Words (dirty minds may misread this one))

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Question 4 of 10

4. Fenimore Cooper's Uncas ?

Answer: (5 Words(We cannot all come first))

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Question 5 of 10

5. Hemingway's Catherine Barkley ?

Answer: (Four Words(Robert Graves would have said: Goodbye to All That))

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Question 6 of 10

6. Steinbeck's Ma and Pa Joad.?

Answer: (Four Words (sour fruits))

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Question 7 of 10

7. Victor Hugo's Mr Javert ?

Answer: (Two Words ( French title ))

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Question 8 of 10

8. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Arthur Dimmesdale ?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Dostoyevsky 's Grushenka ?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Alexander Dumas's Athos , Porthos and Aramis ?

Answer: (Three Words (English Title))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What book is J.D.Salinger's Holden Caulfield from ?

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye

Published in 1951

2. What book is Thomas Mann's Hans Castorp from?

Answer: The Magic Mountain

Published in 1924.

3. Somerset Maugham's Philip Carey ?

Answer: Of Human Bondage

'Of Human Bondage' is considered to be fairly autobiographic.

4. Fenimore Cooper's Uncas ?

Answer: The Last of the Mohicans

Natty Bumppo is from the "Leatherstocking Tales"

5. Hemingway's Catherine Barkley ?

Answer: A Farewell to Arms

Her beloved is Frederic Henry , often called 'Tenente' in the book.- The hero from 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' was Robert Jordan , not Michael.

6. Steinbeck's Ma and Pa Joad.?

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

Published in 1939

7. Victor Hugo's Mr Javert ?

Answer: Les Miserables

1862

8. Nathaniel Hawthorne's Arthur Dimmesdale ?

Answer: The Scarlet Letter

1850

9. Dostoyevsky 's Grushenka ?

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov

1880

10. Alexander Dumas's Athos , Porthos and Aramis ?

Answer: The Three Musketeers

1844
For more info see: www.literature.org/authors/dumas-alexandre

Source: Author flem-ish

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