Literature Trivia Quiz 27

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

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  1. Number answervery hard

    Hint: BC - The oldest known literary work

  2. Number answermedium
  3. Multiple choicemedium
    Who wrote "Norwegian Wood"?
  4. Number answereasy

    Hint: A dystopian novel

  5. Number answerhard
  6. Multiple choicemedium
    Who wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"?
  7. Number answervery hard

    Hint: Cervantes

  8. Number answermedium
  9. Multiple choiceeasy
    Which play by Shakespeare features the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy?
  10. Number answermedium

    Hint: The traditional structure

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  1. In what year was the Epic of Gilgamesh written?2,100
  2. In what year was "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald published?1,925
  3. Who wrote "Norwegian Wood"?Haruki Murakami
  4. In what year was George Orwell's "1984" first published?1,949
  5. How many novels make up the "Foundation" series by Isaac Asimov?7
  6. Who wrote "The Importance of Being Earnest"?Oscar Wilde
  7. In what year was "Don Quixote" Part 1 published?1,605
  8. How many acts does a traditional Shakespearean play have?5
  9. Which play by Shakespeare features the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy?Hamlet
  10. How many acts are in a standard Shakespearean play?5

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