Literature, generally

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1. 'All for one, one for all' is the motto of which fictional heroes? Superman and Batman Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson The Three Musketeers Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

2. Who was the incurable optimist in Dickens' 'David Copperfield', always expecting ' something to turn up'? Fagin Nicholas Nickleby Sydney Carton Mr Micawber

3. 'Matrimony, as the origin of change, was always disagreeable...' is a line from the first chapter of which book? Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

4. Which of the following titles is NOT a play by Oscar Wilde? A Woman of No Importance Arms and the Man The Importance of being Earnest Lady Windermere's Fan

5. Who began his writing with 'Just So Stories', written to amuse his daughter? Rudyard Kipling Mark Twain A.A Milne Lewis Carroll

6. Which country's king was the Prisoner of Zenda? Monrovia Transylvania Ruritania Rumania

7. Who wrote,' the female of the species is deadier than the male....'? Rudyard Kipling Oscar Wilde Alexander Pope Lord Byron

8. The well-known musical 'My Fair Lady' is an adaption of a famous play.Name the play and the author. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare The Importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Pygmalion, by G.B Shaw The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

9. Which of the following is NOT a female character from a Jane Austen book? Elinor Dashwood Fanny Price Lorna Doone Lydia Bennet

10. Of which Shakespeare heroine was it said that 'age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety' Answer: (One Word)