Literature Trivia Quiz 21

10 questions · 3 multiple choice · 7 number answers · scored out of 1000

Answer everything below, then hit finish for a scored breakdown. Number questions give partial credit for close guesses, so always take a shot.

  1. Number answermedium

    Hint: French epic novel

  2. Number answerhard
  3. Multiple choiceeasy
    Who wrote "1984"?
  4. Number answerhard

    Hint: "Jesus wept" - John 11:35

  5. Number answervery hard
  6. Multiple choicemedium
    Which author wrote 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?
  7. Number answervery hard

    Hint: Dostoevsky

  8. Number answerhard
  9. Multiple choicemedium
    Which Toni Morrison novel is set during the Reconstruction era and explores the trauma of slavery?
  10. Number answerhard

    Hint: Hardy's tragic heroine

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  1. In what year was 'Les Miserables' by Victor Hugo published?1,862
  2. In what year was "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov published?1,955
  3. Who wrote "1984"?George Orwell
  4. How many words are in the shortest verse of the Bible?2
  5. How many acts are in Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman'?2
  6. Which author wrote 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'?Douglas Adams
  7. In what year was Crime and Punishment published?1,866
  8. How many books make up the original Wizard of Oz series by L. Frank Baum?14
  9. Which Toni Morrison novel is set during the Reconstruction era and explores the trauma of slavery?Beloved
  10. In what year was "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" by Thomas Hardy published?1,891

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