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Literature, generally Trivia Quiz

Did you pay attention in lit class? A simple literature quiz to check it out ! Good Luck!

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

Author
Ruma

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,531

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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2970

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Question 1 of 10

1. 'All for one, one for all' is the motto of which fictional heroes? Hint

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson

The Three Musketeers

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Superman and Batman

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the incurable optimist in Dickens' 'David Copperfield', always expecting 'something to turn up'? Hint

Nicholas Nickleby

Fagin

Mr Micawber

Sydney Carton

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'Matrimony, as the origin of change, was always disagreeable...' is a line from the first chapter of which book? Hint

"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte

"Emma" by Jane Austen

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following titles is NOT a play by Oscar Wilde? Hint

A Woman of No Importance

Lady Windermere's Fan

The Importance of being Earnest

Arms and the Man

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whose writing included the 'Just So Stories', written to amuse his daughter? Hint

A.A. Milne

Lewis Carroll

Mark Twain

Rudyard Kipling

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which country's king was the Prisoner of Zenda? Hint

Monrovia

Transylvania

Ruritania

Rumania

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote, 'the female of the species is more deadly than the male'? Hint

Lord Byron

Alexander Pope

Rudyard Kipling

Oscar Wilde

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Question 8 of 10

8. The well-known musical "My Fair Lady" is an adaption of a famous play. Name the play and the author. Hint

"Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw

"The School for Scandal" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

"The Importance of being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde

"The Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following is NOT a female character from a Jane Austen book? Hint

Lorna Doone

Lydia Bennet

Fanny Price

Elinor Dashwood

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Question 10 of 10

10. Of which Shakespeare heroine was it said that 'age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'All for one, one for all' is the motto of which fictional heroes?

Answer: The Three Musketeers

Porthos, Athos and Aramis, were the three musketeers in the books by Alexandre Dumas.

2. Who was the incurable optimist in Dickens' 'David Copperfield', always expecting 'something to turn up'?

Answer: Mr Micawber

Fagin is a character from Dickens' 'Oliver Twist', Sydney Carton from 'A Tale of Two Cities' and Nicholas Nickleby from the book of the same name

3. 'Matrimony, as the origin of change, was always disagreeable...' is a line from the first chapter of which book?

Answer: "Emma" by Jane Austen

Such were Emma's fathers feelings about having his life disrupted when the family governess married and moved to another household.

4. Which of the following titles is NOT a play by Oscar Wilde?

Answer: Arms and the Man

"Arms and the Man" is by George Bernard Shaw.

5. Whose writing included the 'Just So Stories', written to amuse his daughter?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Other famous books by Kipling include 'Kim' and 'The Jungle Book'.

6. Which country's king was the Prisoner of Zenda?

Answer: Ruritania

"The Prisoner of Zenda" is a book by Anthony Hope

7. Who wrote, 'the female of the species is more deadly than the male'?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

The poem shows how this is true, in the poet's eyes, for a range of species, starting with bears and finishing with humans.

8. The well-known musical "My Fair Lady" is an adaption of a famous play. Name the play and the author.

Answer: "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw

The film starred Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn as Professor Higgins and Eliza Doolittle.

9. Which of the following is NOT a female character from a Jane Austen book?

Answer: Lorna Doone

Lorna Doone is the title of a book by R.D Blackmore

10. Of which Shakespeare heroine was it said that 'age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety'

Answer: Cleopatra

This comes from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra".

Source: Author Ruma

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