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Literature & Drama Quiz
Literature & Drama · Easy
20 questions · Unlimited attempts · Free online practice
Literature and drama represent humanity's attempts to understand the world and itself through storytelling, character, and language. Great works of literature - from Homer's Iliad...
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All 20 questions in this Literature & Drama quiz
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Which legendary ancient Greek poet is traditionally credited with authoring the epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?
- A. Sophocles
- B. Homer
- C. Euripides
- D. Virgil
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Which play features the characters Romeo and Juliet?
- A. The Tempest
- B. Macbeth
- C. Othello
- D. Romeo and Juliet
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In George Orwell's dystopian novel '1984,' what is the name of the omniscient leader of Oceania who represents state surveillance?
- A. The Commander
- B. Big Brother
- C. The Grand Inquisitor
- D. Chancellor Adam Sutler
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Who wrote the 1865 children's classic 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
- A. C.S. Lewis
- B. Roald Dahl
- C. Lewis Carroll
- D. J.M. Barrie
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Who wrote the play 'Hamlet'?
- A. Dickens
- B. Orwell
- C. Twain
- D. Shakespeare
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Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?
- A. Jane Austen
- B. Charles Dickens
- C. Mark Twain
- D. William Shakespeare
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In Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' which character is the moral backbone of the story, defending a black man in a racially charged trial?
- A. Jem Finch
- B. Atticus Finch
- C. Boo Radley
- D. Tom Robinson
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In Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice,' which character initially snubs Elizabeth Bennet at a ball, only to later fall in love with her?
- A. Charles Bingley
- B. George Wickham
- C. Fitzwilliam Darcy
- D. Mr. Collins
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Which Paulo Coelho novel follows a young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago on his journey to the Egyptian pyramids?
- A. Veronika Decides to Die
- B. The Alchemist
- C. Eleven Minutes
- D. The Zahir
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Who wrote the 'Harry Potter' series?
- A. J.K. Rowling
- B. C.S. Lewis
- C. Roald Dahl
- D. Tolkien
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Who wrote 'Harry Potter'?
- A. J.K. Rowling
- B. Roald Dahl
- C. J.R.R. Tolkien
- D. Stephen King
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Which Shakespearean play is set in the Kingdom of Denmark and follows a prince seeking revenge for his father's murder?
- A. Macbeth
- B. Othello
- C. Hamlet
- D. King Lear
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Who wrote 'Hamlet'?
- A. Austen
- B. Dickens
- C. Shakespeare
- D. Twain
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Which semi-autobiographical novel by Louisa May Alcott follows the lives of the four March sisters?
- A. Jane Eyre
- B. Little Women
- C. The Secret Garden
- D. Anne of Green Gables
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Which famous 19th-century American author wrote the macabre narrative poem "The Raven"?
- A. Walt Whitman
- B. Robert Frost
- C. Emily Dickinson
- D. Edgar Allan Poe
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Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
- A. Mark Twain
- B. William Shakespeare
- C. Jane Austen
- D. Charles Dickens
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In literature, what is a story where animals act like humans called?
- A. Epic
- B. Drama
- C. Haiku
- D. Fable
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What was the real name of the acclaimed American author who wrote under the pseudonym Mark Twain?
- A. Charles Dickens
- B. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- C. Nathaniel Hawthorne
- D. Herman Melville
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Who wrote 'The Hobbit'?
- A. J.K. Rowling
- B. J.R.R. Tolkien
- C. C.S. Lewis
- D. George R.R. Martin
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Which Agatha Christie novel features her famous detective Hercule Poirot solving a murder on a luxury train?
- A. Death on the Nile
- B. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
- C. Murder on the Orient Express
- D. The ABC Murders