Literature Trivia Quiz 20

10 questions · 4 multiple choice · 6 number answers · scored out of 1000

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  1. Multiple choiceeasy
    Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?
  2. Number answervery hard

    Hint: Modernist

  3. Number answerhard
  4. Multiple choiceeasy
    Who wrote the novel "Beloved"?
  5. Number answerhard

    Hint: A landmark in English literature

  6. Number answerhard
  7. Multiple choiceeasy
    Which poet wrote "The Road Not Taken"?
  8. Number answerhard

    Hint: Considered the first modern novel

  9. Number answerhard
  10. Multiple choiceeasy
    Which detective did Agatha Christie create who loves "little grey cells"?

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  1. Who wrote "The Catcher in the Rye"?J.D. Salinger
  2. How many books did Virginia Woolf publish?9
  3. In what year was "The Lord of the Flies" by William Golding published?1,954
  4. Who wrote the novel "Beloved"?Toni Morrison
  5. In what year was the first dictionary published by Samuel Johnson?1,755
  6. How many novels did Ernest Hemingway publish in his lifetime?10
  7. Which poet wrote "The Road Not Taken"?Robert Frost
  8. In what year was "Don Quixote" first published?1,605
  9. In what year was "Peter Pan" by J.M. Barrie first published as a novel?1,911
  10. Which detective did Agatha Christie create who loves "little grey cells"?Hercule Poirot

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