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Quiz about World Literature
Quiz about World Literature

10 Average Questions about World Literature


This quiz concerns books that are famous around the world and have been well acclaimed internationally. How many do you know?

A multiple-choice quiz by Mixamatosis. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
Mixamatosis
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
373,468
Updated
Mar 06 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
989
Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (4/10), quizzer74 (8/10), Guest 78 (8/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer and playwright who lived in the time of Stalin. Which was his best known book, described as a masterpiece and classic of the 20th century? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In spite of his name, Louis De Bernieres is an English writer. His most famous book was made into a film starring Nicolas Cage. What was it called? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This book by Graham Greene is set in Indo China and was made into a film starring Michael Caine. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Colleen McCullough is an Australian writer best known for her novel "The Thorn Birds" but what other subject did she write an acclaimed series of books on? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This prize winning novel is generally considered to be Irish writer John McGahern's masterpiece. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is a book by U.S author Ken Kesey that was turned into a film starring Jack Nicholson. What was the subject matter of this book? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Jean Paul Sartre, a French philosopher and writer, wrote a post WWII trilogy "The Age of Reason", "The Reprieve" and "Iron in the Soul". Collectively, what are they known as? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In 2011 US author Ernest Cline wrote this popular science fiction novel based on modern technology. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of these is *NOT* a novel by British author Robert Harris? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which German author wrote "The Glass Bead Game"? Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Nov 14 2024 : Guest 86: 4/10
Nov 07 2024 : quizzer74: 8/10
Nov 06 2024 : Guest 78: 8/10
Oct 11 2024 : Guest 92: 6/10

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1. Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian writer and playwright who lived in the time of Stalin. Which was his best known book, described as a masterpiece and classic of the 20th century?

Answer: The Master and Margarita

Bulgakov died in 1940 aged 48. "The Master and Margarita" was published more than 25 years after his death. Described as a "dark fantasy" and a "funny satire", it begins with Satan visiting Moscow and develops into an indictment of Soviet Russia.
2. In spite of his name, Louis De Bernieres is an English writer. His most famous book was made into a film starring Nicolas Cage. What was it called?

Answer: Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Set in WWII on the Greek island of Cephallonia at the time of its occupation by Nazi and Italian forces, it was 19th on the BBC's 2003 'Big Read' survey to find Britain's best loved novel of all time and it boosted tourism to Cephallonia.
3. This book by Graham Greene is set in Indo China and was made into a film starring Michael Caine.

Answer: The Quiet American

The book is set in Vietnam at the time of occupation by the French Army and before the Vietnam war. It has been described as a 'terrifying portrait of innocence at large'.
4. Colleen McCullough is an Australian writer best known for her novel "The Thorn Birds" but what other subject did she write an acclaimed series of books on?

Answer: The Romans

Colleen McCullough died on 29 January 2015. Her series of seven well researched books, "Masters of Rome", is a tour de force that takes the reader from the early times of Gaius Marius up to the tragic end of Antony and Cleopatra.
5. This prize winning novel is generally considered to be Irish writer John McGahern's masterpiece.

Answer: Amongst Women

Set in the rural midlands of the Republic of Ireland, this novel spans 20 years and revolves around ex-IRA man Michael Moran and his controlling influence on his family. It won "The Guinness Peat Aviation Award" in 1990. The judge was John Updike.
6. "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" is a book by U.S author Ken Kesey that was turned into a film starring Jack Nicholson. What was the subject matter of this book?

Answer: Inmates in a psychiatric hospital

The book is narrated by Chief Bromden, a gigantic half-native American who is thought to be deaf and mute, and focuses on the rebellious antics of patient Randle McMurphy who fakes insanity to avoid a prison sentence.
7. Jean Paul Sartre, a French philosopher and writer, wrote a post WWII trilogy "The Age of Reason", "The Reprieve" and "Iron in the Soul". Collectively, what are they known as?

Answer: Roads to Freedom

Originally it was intended as a tetralogy but no fourth novel was produced. The novels reflect the existentialist philosophy for which Sartre is best known.

Wrong answers: "Nausea" was Sartre's first novel (1938). Albert Camus wrote "The Stranger". Emile Zola wrote "Nana".
8. In 2011 US author Ernest Cline wrote this popular science fiction novel based on modern technology.

Answer: Ready Player One

This novel is set in 2044 in an ugly world beset with the problems man has failed to solve. The virtual world seems much more attractive to many and there's a massive fortune to be won for one lucky, skilled and clever enough person.
9. Which of these is *NOT* a novel by British author Robert Harris?

Answer: Anna Karenina

"Anna Karenina" is a classic novel by Leo Tolstoy.

Wrong answers: "Ghost" is a thriller about a ghost writer for a British Prime Minister. The film "Ghost Writer" is based on it. "Fatherland" imagines that Nazi Germany won WWII. "The Fear Index" follows 24 critical (for the world) hours in a fictional hedge fund.
10. Which German author wrote "The Glass Bead Game"?

Answer: Herman Hesse

Published in Switzerland (because of Hesse's anti-Nazi views) during WWII, this last novel of Herman Hesse is a futuristic philosophical work about an ultra aesthetic game played by scholars chosen in childhood and nurtured in elite schools in a fictional kingdom.

It questions whether man can or should live isolated from hunger, family and children in a perfect world of meditation and academic discipline.
Source: Author Mixamatosis

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