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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 Irving, Washington 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 (17) category Twain, Mark
category Verne, Jules category Virgil
category Wilde, Oscar
Editors: Bruyere, MotherGoose, agony, LeoDaVinci, trident87, LadyCaitriona Quiz Search:
1 MotherGoose's "Mother Goose" Quiz
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 Q
MotherGoose
Oct 26 03
3939 plays
2 Nineteenth Century Literary Characters
These are some of the most famous characters in nineteenth-century American and British literature. Do you recognize them?
Average
10 Q
dinkytown
Aug 06 02
4956 plays
3 Riddles (Anglo-Saxon Style)
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 Q
pagiedamon
Nov 15 08
396 plays
4 Middle English Literature
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 Q
skylarb
Feb 19 03
816 plays
5 The Romantic Period: Authors and Poets
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.
Tough
15 Q
skylarb
Feb 24 03
1377 plays
6 Great Literature Miscellany
A series of questions on a smattering of great literature written before the 20th century.
Tough
15 Q
skylarb
Aug 12 03
1380 plays
7 English Literature Made Simple - No. 3
This quiz will cover Eighteenth Century English literature up to the Romantic Revolt.
Average
10 Q
rblayer
Apr 19 04
744 plays
8 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 Q
marienbart
Mar 25 02
711 plays
9 British Classical Women Writers
This quiz concerns the lives and works of women writers.
Average
15 Q
nutter2002
Sep 11 02
876 plays
10 Classic English Novels
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 Q
flem-ish
Apr 19 02
2181 plays
11 Mixed Bag of Victorian Literature
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 Q
tkane82
Jun 20 04
753 plays
12 English Literature Made Simple - No. 2
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 Q
rblayer
Apr 16 04
882 plays
13 Who Didn't Write It?
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 Q
skylarb
Feb 01 03
1326 plays
14 The Victorian Age Quote Identification
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 Q
chicknator
Aug 29 03
372 plays
15 Victorian Literature
Questions on British (and Irish?) Victorian poets and novelists.
Difficult
10 Q
oink
Mar 05 00
1563 plays
16 Ancient and Renaissance Literature
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 Q
GypsyQueen
Nov 10 01
588 plays
17 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 Q
DesertFox
Apr 24 00
2280 plays
18 English Literature Made Simple - No. 4
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.
Tough
10 Q
rblayer
Apr 22 04
663 plays
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 Q
jaydeeTECH
Sep 26 00
4107 plays
20 Literature, generally
Did you pay attention in lit class? A simple literature quiz to check it out ! Good Luck!
Tough
10 Q
Ruma
Aug 15 00
1977 plays
21 Literature Quiz for English Majors
A multiple choice quiz about literature. Do you know your classics?
Average
10 Q
scottm
Mar 20 00
3057 plays
22 Early English Prose
A brief walk through English prose from the 12th to the 18th century.
Tough
15 Q
marienbart
Aug 07 02
549 plays
23 Gothic Literature
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 Q
highland_jadey
Jul 07 04
327 plays
24 Literary "LXG"
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 Q
reedy
Aug 05 03
240 plays
25 Authors of Literary Classics
Match the classic literary work with the author to win big!
Average
10 Q
highstrung
Feb 14 00
3981 plays
26 English Literature Made Simple - No. 1
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 Q
rblayer
Apr 11 04
516 plays
27 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 Q
avory
May 28 00
1323 plays
28 Eminent Victorians
This quiz deals with British literature of the Victorian Period (1830-1901). I hope you'll enjoy it.
Tough
20 Q
marienbart
Apr 19 02
453 plays
29 Which Novel Am I From?
I am a character in a classic novel. Which one do I belong in?
Tough
15 Q
jodan1st
Apr 09 01
1467 plays
30 Lazarillo De Tormes
This is a quiz about the first picaresque novel 'Lazarillo de Tormes'. The author is anonymous.
Very Difficult
10 Q
mandapanda880
Dec 04 01
198 plays
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