Literature, generally

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

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

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? Arms and the Man The Importance of being Earnest A Woman of No Importance Lady Windermere's Fan

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

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

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

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

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

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