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Mixed Literature Trivia Quiz

Here's a quiz on many different books mainly from before 1900...

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

Author
emeraldstar

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
78,046

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1176

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which Bronte wrote 'Agnes Grey'? Hint

Jane

Charlotte

Anne

Emily

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the first name of Miss Everdene in Thomas Hardy's 'Far from the Madding Crowd'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'? Hint

T. S. Eliot

E. M. Forster

D. H. Lawrence

George Eliot

4. From which Jane Austen novel does the following quote come? 'I leave it to be settled by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny or reward filial disobedience.' Hint

Mansfield Park

Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

Sense and Sensibility

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 'The Forsyte Saga', what is the name of Soames's first wife? Hint

Francie

Annette

Irene

Winifred

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following is a character in William Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair'? Hint

Helene Richards

Amelia Lomax

Becky Sharp

Laura Osmonde

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Question 7 of 10

7. Put the four sisters from Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' in order of age from youngest to eldest. Hint

Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy

Amy, Beth, Jo, Meg

Amy, Meg, Beth, Jo

Beth, Amy, Jo, Meg

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the first name of Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which character by Rudyard Kipling is from a different book than the others? Hint

Ortheris

Kim

Mulvaney

Learoyd

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote 'Our Mutual Friend'? Hint

None of these

D. H. Lawrence

George Eliot

John Galsworthy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Bronte wrote 'Agnes Grey'?

Answer: Anne

'Wuthering Heights' was Emily Bronte's only novel. Charlotte Bronte wrote 'The Professor', 'Villette', 'Shirley' and 'Jane Eyre'. There is no Jane Bronte.

2. What is the first name of Miss Everdene in Thomas Hardy's 'Far from the Madding Crowd'?

Answer: Bathsheba

Gabriel Oak, the main character in the story, fell in love with Bathsheba.

3. Who wrote 'Where Angels Fear to Tread'?

Answer: E. M. Forster

Forster also wrote 'A Room With a View', 'A Passage to India' and 'Maurice'.

Answer: Northanger Abbey

5. In 'The Forsyte Saga', what is the name of Soames's first wife?

Answer: Irene

Annette was Soames's second wife, and Winifred his sister.

6. Which of the following is a character in William Thackeray's 'Vanity Fair'?

Answer: Becky Sharp

7. Put the four sisters from Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' in order of age from youngest to eldest.

Answer: Amy, Beth, Jo, Meg

The March family.

8. What is the first name of Mr. Darcy in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Answer: fitzwilliam

Mr. Darcy married Elizabeth Bennet.

9. Which character by Rudyard Kipling is from a different book than the others?

Answer: Kim

Learoyd, Ortheris, and Mulvaney were the "Soldiers Three". Kim was Kimball O'Hara, from "Kim".

10. Who wrote 'Our Mutual Friend'?

Answer: None of these

'Our Mutual Friend' was written by Charles Dickens!

Source: Author emeraldstar

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