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Quiz about Mixed Trivia Literary Classics

Mixed Trivia: Literary Classics Quiz

Following are trivia questions about various literary classics.

A multiple-choice quiz by ravenskye. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
ravenskye

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
31,511

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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2966

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which was written first: 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante or 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer?

Answer: (No need to type 'the')

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which came first: 'Gulliver's Travels' or 'Robinson Crusoe'?

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote 'Candide'? Hint

Camus

Voltaire

Hugo

Rousseau

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Bronte sister wrote 'Wuthering Heights'? Hint

Jane

Anne

Emily

Charlotte

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote 'The Song of Hiawatha'? Hint

Walt Whitman

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

John Greenleaf Whittier

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following was written first? Hint

Don Juan (Lord Byron)

Last of the Mohicans

Frankenstein

Pride and Prejudice

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which was written in 1908? Hint

The Waste Land

Ulysses

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

A Room with a View

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following came first? Hint

The Satanic Verses

Lolita

Lord of the Flies

On the Road

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Question 9 of 10

9. When did Hans Christian Andersen write his fairy tales? Hint

1800s

1700s

1900s

1600s

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Question 10 of 10

10. When did the Legend of the Holy Grail first appear as literature? Hint

1180

1080

980

1280

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which was written first: 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante or 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer?

Answer: Divine Comedy

'The Divine Comedy' was written in 1307, 'The Canterbury Tales' in 1387.

2. Which came first: 'Gulliver's Travels' or 'Robinson Crusoe'?

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

'Robinson Crusoe' was written in 1719, 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726.

3. Who wrote 'Candide'?

Answer: Voltaire

'Candide' was written in 1759.

4. Which Bronte sister wrote 'Wuthering Heights'?

Answer: Emily

It was in 1847. There is no Jane Bronte, by the way.

5. Who wrote 'The Song of Hiawatha'?

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It was written in 1858.

6. Which of the following was written first?

Answer: Pride and Prejudice

'Pride and Prejudice' was written in 1813, 'Don Juan' between 1819 and 1824, 'Frankenstein' in 1818 and 'Last of the Mohicans' in 1826.

7. Which was written in 1908?

Answer: A Room with a View

'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' (1891), 'The Waste Land' (1922), and 'Ulysses' (1922).

8. Which of the following came first?

Answer: Lord of the Flies

'Lord of the Flies' (1954), 'Lolita' (1955), 'On the Road' (1957) 'The Satanic Verses' (1988).

9. When did Hans Christian Andersen write his fairy tales?

Answer: 1800s

The fairy tales were written between 1835-1872.

10. When did the Legend of the Holy Grail first appear as literature?

Answer: 1180

Source: Author ravenskye

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