Literature Classics

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1.Which author wrote "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling"?
- A. Hans Christian Andersen
- B. Murasaki Shikibu
- C. Clarice Lispector
- D. Machado de Assis
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Hans Christian Andersen
Did you know? Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author of fairy tales.
2.Which fairy tale heroine lets a prince climb her long hair?
- A. Sleeping Beauty
- B. Cinderela
- C. Snow White
- D. Rapunzel
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Rapunzel
Did you know? Rapunzel's story appears in the Grimm brothers' collection.
3.Which literary character is raised by apes in the African jungle?
- A. Tarzan
- B. Zorro
- C. Long John Silver
- D. Pinocchio
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Tarzan
Did you know? Edgar Rice Burroughs created Tarzan in 1912.
4.Which novel tells of a fisherman's battle with a giant marlin?
- A. The Catcher in the Rye
- B. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- C. The Metamorphosis
- D. The Old Man and the Sea
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The Old Man and the Sea
Did you know? Ernest Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea in 1952.
5.Which person grew to about 2.72 m as the tallest person in recorded history?
- A. Robert Wadlow
- B. the jigsaw puzzle
- C. the Neanderthal
- D. Earth Day
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Robert Wadlow
Did you know? Robert Wadlow, born in 1918 in Illinois, wore size 37AA shoes.
6.Which authors collected folk tales like Cinderella and Snow White?
- A. H.G. Wells
- B. the Brothers Grimm
- C. Edgar Allan Poe
- D. Clarice Lispector
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the Brothers Grimm
Did you know? Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were German scholars.
7.Which play features the line "To be, or not to be"?
- A. King Lear
- B. Hamlet
- C. Macbeth
- D. Othello
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Hamlet
Did you know? The soliloquy is spoken by the Prince of Denmark.
8.Which literary character is a wooden puppet whose nose grows when he lies?
- A. Ebenezer Scrooge
- B. Jean Valjean
- C. Pinocchio
- D. Sherlock Holmes
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Pinocchio
Did you know? Carlo Collodi created Pinocchio in Italy in 1883.
9.Which novel follows a gentleman of La Mancha who imagines himself a knight?
- A. Jane Eyre
- B. Don Quixote
- C. To Kill a Mockingbird
- D. The Little Prince
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Don Quixote
Did you know? Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615.
10.Which author created the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple?
- A. Agatha Christie
- B. H.G. Wells
- C. Murasaki Shikibu
- D. Machado de Assis
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Agatha Christie
Did you know? Agatha Christie is one of the best-selling novelists in history.
11.Which literary character is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve?
- A. Ebenezer Scrooge
- B. Captain Nemo
- C. Atticus Finch
- D. Captain Ahab
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Ebenezer Scrooge
Did you know? Scrooge appears in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
12.Which novel tells of a scientist who gives life to a creature?
- A. Frankenstein
- B. 1984
- C. A Study in Scarlet
- D. The Great Gatsby
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Frankenstein
Did you know? Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein while still a teenager.
13.Which author is famous for dark tales like "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
- A. Edgar Allan Poe
- B. Hans Christian Andersen
- C. the Brothers Grimm
- D. Machado de Assis
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Edgar Allan Poe
Did you know? Edgar Allan Poe also wrote the poem "The Raven".
14.Which literary character is a masked defender in old California?
- A. Zorro
- B. Pinocchio
- C. Elizabeth Bennet
- D. Atticus Finch
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Zorro
Did you know? Zorro was created by Johnston McCulley in 1919.
15.Which novel asks for more gruel in the workhouse?
- A. Dracula
- B. Ulysses
- C. The Great Gatsby
- D. Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist
Did you know? Charles Dickens published Oliver Twist in serial form in the 1830s.
16.Which author created Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
- A. Clarice Lispector
- B. Mark Twain
- C. Miguel de Cervantes
- D. Jules Verne
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Mark Twain
Did you know? Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Clemens.
17.Which literary character lives at 221B Baker Street?
- A. Sherlock Holmes
- B. Phileas Fogg
- C. Captain Ahab
- D. Huckleberry Finn
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Sherlock Holmes
Did you know? Sherlock Holmes first appeared in 1887.
18.Which novel features the cook Long John Silver?
- A. Treasure Island
- B. Pride and Prejudice
- C. Fahrenheit 451
- D. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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Treasure Island
Did you know? Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island in 1883.
19.Which author wrote the classic Dom Casmurro?
- A. Machado de Assis
- B. Clarice Lispector
- C. the Brothers Grimm
- D. Mary Shelley
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Machado de Assis
Did you know? Machado de Assis was a founder of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
20.Which literary character contemplates a skull in a graveyard?
- A. Peter Pan
- B. the three musketeers
- C. Romeo and Juliet
- D. Hamlet
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Hamlet
Did you know? Hamlet is the Prince of Denmark.
21.Which novel introduces the detective Sherlock Holmes?
- A. Treasure Island
- B. The Tale of Genji
- C. A Study in Scarlet
- D. Dracula
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A Study in Scarlet
Did you know? A Study in Scarlet was Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes novel.
22.Which author wrote short stories about labyrinths and infinite libraries?
- A. Jorge Luis Borges
- B. Edgar Allan Poe
- C. Miguel de Cervantes
- D. Agatha Christie
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Jorge Luis Borges
Did you know? Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine master of the short story.
23.Which literary character bets he can travel around the world in eighty days?
- A. Phileas Fogg
- B. Elizabeth Bennet
- C. Sherlock Holmes
- D. Hamlet
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Phileas Fogg
Did you know? Phileas Fogg travels with his servant Passepartout.
24.Which novel begins when Alice follows a white rabbit with a watch?
- A. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- B. A Study in Scarlet
- C. Les Misérables
- D. Brave New World
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Did you know? Lewis Carroll published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865.
25.Which author published Frankenstein at about age 20?
- A. Jules Verne
- B. Mark Twain
- C. Gabriel García Márquez
- D. Mary Shelley
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Mary Shelley
Did you know? Mary Shelley was the daughter of the philosopher William Godwin.
26.Which literary character lives in the Hundred Acre Wood?
- A. Huckleberry Finn
- B. Jean Valjean
- C. Tarzan
- D. Winnie-the-Pooh
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Winnie-the-Pooh
Did you know? A.A. Milne created Winnie-the-Pooh in 1926.
27.Which novel begins when Gregor Samsa wakes up as an insect?
- A. Don Quixote
- B. Dracula
- C. The Metamorphosis
- D. The Great Gatsby
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The Metamorphosis
Did you know? Franz Kafka published The Metamorphosis in 1915.
28.Which author created Sherlock Holmes?
- A. Arthur Conan Doyle
- B. Machado de Assis
- C. Mark Twain
- D. Jules Verne
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Did you know? Conan Doyle practiced as a doctor before finding fame as a writer.
29.Which literary character refuses to grow up in Neverland?
- A. Quasimodo
- B. Frankenstein's monster
- C. Ebenezer Scrooge
- D. Peter Pan
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Peter Pan
Did you know? J.M. Barrie created Peter Pan.
30.Which novel follows the five Bennet sisters in rural England?
- A. 1984
- B. Crime and Punishment
- C. The Stranger
- D. Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice
Did you know? Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice in 1813.
31.Which author wrote Don Quixote, often cited as the best-selling novel of all time?
- A. Miguel de Cervantes
- B. Gabriel García Márquez
- C. Hans Christian Andersen
- D. Jorge Luis Borges
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Miguel de Cervantes
Did you know? Miguel de Cervantes was a Spanish writer of the 1500s and 1600s.
32.Which literary character hunts a white whale?
- A. Winnie-the-Pooh
- B. Zorro
- C. Huckleberry Finn
- D. Captain Ahab
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Captain Ahab
Did you know? Ahab commands the whaling ship Pequod.
33.Which novel sends its hero to the land of tiny Lilliputians?
- A. The Catcher in the Rye
- B. Gulliver's Travels
- C. The Count of Monte Cristo
- D. Les Misérables
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Gulliver's Travels
Did you know? Jonathan Swift published Gulliver's Travels in 1726.
34.Which author wrote of submarines and lunar voyages decades before they existed?
- A. Murasaki Shikibu
- B. Jules Verne
- C. Jorge Luis Borges
- D. Clarice Lispector
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Jules Verne
Did you know? Jules Verne is often called the father of science fiction.
35.Which literary character is a monkey king with a magic staff?
- A. Sun Wukong
- B. Elizabeth Bennet
- C. Hamlet
- D. Captain Nemo
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Sun Wukong
Did you know? Sun Wukong journeys west in the Chinese classic of the same tale.
36.Which novel follows a journey to destroy a ring in Mount Doom?
- A. Pride and Prejudice
- B. The Lord of the Rings
- C. Les Misérables
- D. Oliver Twist
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The Lord of the Rings
Did you know? J.R.R. Tolkien published The Lord of the Rings in 1954 and 1955.
37.Which characters belong to feuding families in Verona?
- A. Ebenezer Scrooge
- B. Romeo and Juliet
- C. Sun Wukong
- D. Jean Valjean
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Romeo and Juliet
Did you know? Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet was published in 1597.
38.Which novel features "firemen" who burn books?
- A. Fahrenheit 451
- B. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- C. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- D. Brave New World
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Fahrenheit 451
Did you know? Ray Bradbury published Fahrenheit 451 in 1953.
39.Which novel features Captain Nemo's submarine Nautilus?
- A. The Little Prince
- B. Pride and Prejudice
- C. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- D. One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Did you know? Jules Verne published Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in 1870.
40.Which novel opens with the words "Call me Ishmael"?
- A. Journey to the West
- B. Moby-Dick
- C. The Lord of the Rings
- D. One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Moby-Dick
Did you know? Moby-Dick tells of Captain Ahab's hunt for a white whale.

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