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Literary Twosomes Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about twosomes in literature: authors, characters, etc.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
24,096

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4381

Last 3 plays: Guest 192 (9/10), Guest 24 (6/10), Guest 101 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What author based one of his works upon Shakespeare's characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? Hint

David Mamet

Tom Stoppard

David Rabe

Tony Kushner

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Question 2 of 10

2. Speaking of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in what play do they originally appear? Hint

King Lear

Othello

Hamlet

Macbeth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Daedalus and Icarus are characters in a mythical story. What caused problems for Icarus during his escape and flight? Hint

He got involved with bad company

He flew too close to the sun

He was destroyed by love

He got lost by following the wrong path

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the most prominent feature of the relationship between Sidney Carton and Charles Darnay? Hint

Similar career experiences

Similar political ideologies and philosophies

Strong physical resemblance of one to the other

Common family genealogy

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote 'The Ugly American'? Hint

Nordhoff and Hall

Burdick and Lederer

Knebel and Bailey

Damon and Pythias

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Question 6 of 10

6. Oscar Wilde's life was forever changed by his relationship with this individual. Hint

Luigi Pirandello

Alfred Douglas

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Ignazio Silone

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which two poets had an intense relationship which led to one taking a shot at the other? Hint

Villon and Mallarme

Swinburne and Coleridge

Baudelaire and Sartre

Verlaine and Rimbaud

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the diabolical enemy of Sherlock Holmes? Hint

Moriarty

Myshkin

Jean Valjean

Quasimodo

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which work belongs to Christopher Marlowe? Hint

Venus and Adonis

Hero and Leander

Astrophel and Stella

Romeo and Juliet

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Question 10 of 10

10. It's not possible to think of Dr Jekyll without also thinking of Mr. Hyde. Who is the author? Hint

B Traven

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Robert Louis Stevenson

Edgar Allan Poe

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What author based one of his works upon Shakespeare's characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

Answer: Tom Stoppard

'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' is the play.

2. Speaking of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, in what play do they originally appear?

Answer: Hamlet

Minor characters in Shakespeare's play.

3. Daedalus and Icarus are characters in a mythical story. What caused problems for Icarus during his escape and flight?

Answer: He flew too close to the sun

The heat of the sun melted his wax wings.

4. What is the most prominent feature of the relationship between Sidney Carton and Charles Darnay?

Answer: Strong physical resemblance of one to the other

'A Tale of Two Cities'. 'It is a far, far better thing I do ...'

5. Who wrote 'The Ugly American'?

Answer: Burdick and Lederer

Nordhoff and Hall did 'Mutiny on the Bounty'; Knebel and Bailey did 'Seven Days in May'.

6. Oscar Wilde's life was forever changed by his relationship with this individual.

Answer: Alfred Douglas

His relationship with 'Bosie' led to his trials, imprisonment, sense of betrayal, etc.

7. Which two poets had an intense relationship which led to one taking a shot at the other?

Answer: Verlaine and Rimbaud

Rimbaud finished with literature at an early age.

8. Who was the diabolical enemy of Sherlock Holmes?

Answer: Moriarty

Valjean is from 'Les Miserables'; Myshkin is from 'The Idiot'. Quasimodo is from 'Hunchback of Notre Dame'.

9. Which work belongs to Christopher Marlowe?

Answer: Hero and Leander

'Stella' is Philip Sidney; the other two are Shakespeare.

10. It's not possible to think of Dr Jekyll without also thinking of Mr. Hyde. Who is the author?

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson

One of many popular works by RLS.

Source: Author robert362

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