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Literary classics from Ancient Greece until the end of the nineteenth century. Did you study them in school? Have you read them since. Find out what you remember!
category Alcott, Louisa May category Austen, Jane
category Boccaccio, Giovanni category Bronte Sisters
category Carroll, Lewis category Chaucer, Geoffrey
category Collins, Wilkie category Conrad, Joseph
category Dante category Defoe, Daniel
category Dickens, Charles category Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
category Dumas, Alexandre category Eliot, George
category Gaskell, Elizabeth category Haggard, H. Rider
category Hardy, Thomas category Hawthorne, Nathaniel
category Homer category Hugo, Victor
category Kipling, Rudyard category London, Jack
category Marlowe, Christopher category Melville, Herman
category Poe, Edgar Allan category Scott, Sir Walter
category Shelley, Mary category Stevenson, Robert Louis
category Swift, Jonathan folder The Classics (16)
category Twain, Mark category Verne, Jules
category Virgil category Wilde, Oscar
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1 MotherGoose's "Mother Goose" Quiz icon
Most of the information for this quiz came from the Mother Goose Society website. This society was founded in 1987 to promote the tradition of Mother Goose rhymes and tales. (Note: this quiz is not for children).
 Difficult 10 qns
3822 plays
 Oct 26 03
MotherGoose editor
2 Nineteenth Century Literary Characters icon
These are some of the most famous characters in nineteenth-century American and British literature. Do you recognize them?
 Average 10 qns
4707 plays
 Aug 06 02
dinkytown
3 Riddles (Anglo-Saxon Style) coolicon
The Anglo-Saxons banished the doom and gloom of the Dark Ages with light-hearted riddles! See if you can solve these ancient brain teasers found in the "Exeter Book".
 Average 10 qns
300 plays
 Nov 15 08
pagiedamon editor
4 Middle English Literature coolicon
Refresh your knowledge or broaden your horizons with this survey of Middle English Literature. Here, you?ll find more than just Chaucer, though you'll find him too!
 Difficult 20 qns
744 plays
 Feb 19 03
skylarb
5 The Romantic Period: Authors and Poets coolicon
Process of elimination is the key to this quiz. Each author is the answer to only one question. Two additional questions ask you to name works.
 Average 15 qns
1275 plays
 Feb 24 03
skylarb
6 English Literature Made Simple - No. 3 icon
This quiz will cover Eighteenth Century English literature up to the Romantic Revolt.
 Average 10 qns
663 plays
 Apr 19 04
rblayer gold
7 English Literature Before 1800
Welcome. Below you'll find the first couple of lines from some famous major English literary works. Some of the texts are presented in a modern translation or in a modernized spelling. It's up to you to identify the work. Good luck.
 Average 15 qns
639 plays
 Mar 25 02
marienbart
8 Great Literature Miscellany icon
A series of questions on a smattering of great literature written before the 20th century.
 Tough 15 qns
1266 plays
 Aug 12 03
skylarb
9 Classic English Novels icon
You are given the summary of the initial situation or events of a classic English novel. Up to you to find out which one is meant.
 Average 10 qns
2001 plays
 Apr 19 02
flem-ish
10 The Victorian Age Quote Identification icon
Match the passage to the author. All of the quotes come from British works from the Victorian age. Most of the selections are from poems, but a few are from important essays from the period.
 Tough 15 qns
342 plays
 Aug 29 03
chicknator
11 British Classical Women Writers icon
This quiz concerns the lives and works of women writers.
 Average 15 qns
816 plays
 Sep 11 02
nutter2002
12 Mixed Bag of Victorian Literature icon
Tired of quizzes about the Bronte sisters? Try this quiz, it will test a broader range of literature from some much-loved Victorian writers.
 Difficult 15 qns
702 plays
 Jun 20 04
tkane82
13 English Literature Made Simple - No. 2 icon
Anyone who survived a high school or college English Lit. class should have no problem with this quiz about 'non-Shakespearian' Elizabethan Age and 17th Century literature. Enjoy.
 Average 10 qns
828 plays
 Apr 16 04
rblayer gold
14 Who Didn't Write It? icon
Theme: 19th century authors and books. Instead of asking "Who wrote it?", I ask which of four books was NOT written by a given author.
 Average 10 qns
1245 plays
 Feb 01 03
skylarb
15 Ancient and Renaissance Literature icon
Thanks to my lit class in college, I've been inspired to produce this quiz concerning the writings of the western world. Enjoy!
 Average 10 qns
561 plays
 Nov 10 01
GypsyQueen
16 Victorian Literature
Questions on British (and Irish?) Victorian poets and novelists.
 Difficult 10 qns
1482 plays
 Mar 05 00
oink
17 English Literature Made Simple - No. 4 icon
While my first English Lit. quiz covered a thousand years, this one will focus on the 39 year period between 1798 and 1837 and the great works of the Age of Romanticism.
 Average 10 qns
606 plays
 Apr 22 04
rblayer gold
18 Match Historical Book and Author
These aren't your modern fiction classics, but rather the works that have influenced history over several centuries. Good luck!
 Tough 10 qns
2142 plays
 Apr 24 00
DesertFox
19 Authors of the Classics
I'm taking this class that's all about Gothic novels... so here's a test your 'Gothic' author skills...
 Average 10 qns
3837 plays
 Sep 26 00
jaydeeTECH
20 Early English Prose icon
A brief walk through English prose from the 12th to the 18th century.
 Tough 15 qns
513 plays
 Aug 07 02
marienbart
21 Literature, generally
Did you pay attention in lit class? A simple literature quiz to check it out ! Good Luck!
 Tough 10 qns
1803 plays
 Aug 15 00
Ruma
22 Gothic Literature icon
How well do you know your 18th Century gothic literature? This easy quiz features questions on the themes and the authors of seven gothic novels.
 Tough 10 qns
312 plays
 Jul 07 04
highland_jadey
23 Authors of Literary Classics
Match the classic literary work with the author to win big!
 Average 10 qns
3897 plays
 Feb 14 00
highstrung
24 Eminent Victorians
This quiz deals with British literature of the Victorian Period (1830-1901). I hope you'll enjoy it.
 Tough 20 qns
432 plays
 Apr 19 02
marienbart
25 Literary "LXG" icon
I found "LXG" to be a thoroughly entertaining movie. The question is, what do you remember about the original literature from which the characters were drawn? ***Spoiler Warning***
 Difficult 10 qns
231 plays
 Aug 05 03
reedy
26 Who Wrote What?-Part 3
I think you all know the drill by now but for newcomers this is an easy match the author to the title quiz. I hope everyone hasn't got too bored of this!
 Average 10 qns
1242 plays
 May 28 00
avory
27 Lazarillo De Tormes
This is a quiz about the first picaresque novel 'Lazarillo de Tormes'. The author is anonymous.
 Very Difficult 10 qns
195 plays
 Dec 04 01
mandapanda880
28 Romanticism
This quiz deals with the period of romanticism in Britain. The questions are mainly about the chief authors of this period, i.e. the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century.
 Average 10 qns
492 plays
 Mar 25 02
marienbart
29 English Literature Made Simple - No. 1 icon
A superhero, some talkative pilgrims and a legendary king. How about a thousand years of English Literature in ten questions? This quiz highlights three early Anglo-Saxon and Medieval English writings from 449 to 1485.
 Tough 10 qns
486 plays
 Apr 11 04
rblayer gold
30 Which Novel Am I From?
I am a character in a classic novel. Which one do I belong in?
 Tough 15 qns
1419 plays
 Apr 09 01
jodan1st
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