Mixture of Classic Literature Trivia Quiz

Answer: False

False, defintely false! "To Kill A Mockingbird" is a novel about a small-town lawyer named Atticus Finch. He must defend a black man accused of a crime that he did not commit. It was published in 1960 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. It has sold over 15 million copies and has been translated into 40 languages.

Answer: Black Like Me

"Black Like Me" was a novel from John Howard Griffin that explored an African American's life in the 1950s South. John Noward Griffin was a white journalist who exchanged his life to become an unemployed black man. It sold over ten million copies and is highly recommended.

Answer: Dr. Russel

Bram Stroker's "Dracula" is a chilling tale involing the legendary Count Dracula. A story about a man, Jonathan Harker, who was deemed disturbed by many since his trip to Translyvania to see Count Dracula. He finds himself in trouble when he sees the Count around his hometown. Jonathan Harker and his wife, Mina, join a vampire hunt that includes the one who brought them all together, Dr. Van Helsing.

The Count had already killed their good friend, Lucy Westenra, and turned her into one of the undead. So the group plans on destroying the evil creature once and for all.

Answer: The Strand

"The Strand" magazine published all the Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes, a private investigato,r and his friend and almost partner, Dr. Watson, solved various crimes in the stories. "The Hound of the Baskervilles" was one of four novels with Sherlock Holmes.

Answer: Whitewashing a fence

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was written by Mark Twain and published in 1876. The story is about a boy in St. Petersburg, Missouri who is basically a bit of a troublemaker. He meets an assortment of characters, including the town outcast, Huck Finn, and the girl Tom wants to impress, Becky.

Answer: Stalin's Soviet Union

The actual farm is a symbol of the communist system, and various characters represent parts of the communist system; for example, Mr. Jones represents Czar Nicholas II of Russia, the pig Old Major represents Karl Marx, and the pig Napoleon represents Stalin.

It is a story about how poorly treated animals rose up against Mr. Jones and won over their farm. They thought they had a utopia. Things begin to happen, and the animals become helpless. "Animal Farm" informed people of the dangers of Communism.

Answer: Fahrenheit 451

"Fahrenheit 451" was written by Ray Bradbury. It is a science-fiction novel about the future and book-burning. A man who was in charge of burning books becomes an outlaw when he finds that books aren't so bad.

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye

This book, "The Catcher in the Rye", is a book mainly about a boy, Holden, who is going through rebellion. Holden only respects his deceased brother, Allie, because he was nice to everyone he ever met, and his sister, Phoebe. This quote is spoken by Mr. Spencer, Holden's history teacher, in Chapter Two.

Answer: Meno

"Meno" was written by Plato. It introduces the Paradox of Inquiry (don't ask me to explain it) and the idea of knowledge by recollection. All the other plays were, of course, written by William Shakespeare. "Measure for Measure" is neither a regular Shakespeare tragedy, because no one dies, nor a real comedy. "King Lear" is a tragedy and "As You Like It" is a comedy.

Answer: George's mentally handicapped companion

"Of Mice and Men" is a story about a man named George who dreams and hopes for a better life, but he has to look after Lennie, a mentally handicapped man whose blunders destroy George's hopes of a better life.