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An assortment of trivia facts on books, authors and characters.
folder Authors and their Works (56) folder Literary Characters (43)
folder Literary Terms & Quotes (61) folder Literary Titles (27, 1 new)
folder Literature by Era (4) folder Literature Word Play (6)
folder Specific Subjects & Themes (111)
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1 trivia quiz  Loony Literary Limericks icon
Identify the author or literary character from these limericks. The harder examples will be multiple choice.
Average 10Q
3639 plays
Mar 28 06
jeremyb
2 trivia quiz  Dramatic Moments in Literature icon
The title tells you all you need to know.
Difficult 10Q
4968 plays
Nov 14 01
robert362
3 trivia quiz  Literary Analogies coolicon
The first two entities have the same relationship as the third entity and the answer. All analogies are related to the world of literature: authors, works, places, etc.
Tough 20Q
987 plays
Jan 24 07
Arlesienne
4 trivia quiz  Literary Haiku coolicon
Can you guess the famous work from the haiku given? I bet you can!
Average 10Q
576 plays
Jul 02 07
ensiform
5 trivia quiz  ?Done into English?: 1,000 Years of Translation coolicon
Translation is an under-appreciated art. Much of it may be hackwork, but for a thousand years the best translators have been enabling readers of English to understand and enjoy the world?s masterpieces in that language.
Difficult 10Q
327 plays
Nov 24 07
TabbyTom editor
6 trivia quiz  "Tomboys" in Literature coolicon
As a female reader I was never drawn to the 'traditional' heroines - I preferred them more feisty. This is a quiz celebrating them - enjoy!
Very Difficult 10Q
405 plays
Jun 15 07
Quiz_Beagle gold
7 trivia quiz  Read Any Good Books Lately? Here are a Few... coolicon
This quiz is about some of the greatest novels written during the past century. The titles were taken from The Modern Library's "Best 100 Novels" list. How many of these classics have you read?
Average 10Q
2661 plays
Jan 02 07
robbieh gold
8 trivia quiz  Literary Timeline coolicon
Take this quiz to get the big picture! It will give you a feel for who wrote when, and it will provide an overview of many literary periods. But fear not; there are no specific dates.
Difficult 20Q
2268 plays
Feb 27 03
skylarb gold
9 trivia quiz  Literary Rejection Notices coolicon
"I regret the American public is not interested in anything on China", read an actual rejection letter to Pearl Buck, author of "The Good Earth". The following are rejection notices of famous works that I have made up- see if you can guess the work.
Average 10Q
3627 plays
Jul 25 03
bullymom
10 trivia quiz  Fanfiction coolicon
The internet has given birth to a whole new genre of literature. How much do you know about "fanfiction"?
Average 10Q
822 plays
Oct 06 04
skylarb gold
11 trivia quiz  You Now OWN the Bookstore! coolicon
What a journey it has been! Just a few years ago a sales clerk, then a manager, then (after college and a few bucks) you bought the bookstore! Alas, though, bigger job but similar questions await you...
Difficult 10Q
609 plays
Dec 09 06
Gatsby722 gold
12 trivia quiz  Mystery Men of Literature coolicon
This quiz is devoted to some of the more enigmatic figures of literature - authors whose identities are unknown, who disappeared without trace, who led eccentric or reclusive lives or all of the above. Enjoy!
Average 10Q
291 plays
Apr 08 08
MarcelMule
13 trivia quiz  25 Centuries of Literature coolicon
Each question in this quiz covers a different century in the history of world literature, offering a little something for everyone.
Tough 25Q
3150 plays
Oct 20 03
skylarb gold
14 trivia quiz  Ladies of the Book Club coolicon
Our Women's Literature Group has been meeting for over a decade. Here's a chance to see what we've been reading, and to meet some of the members.
Difficult 10Q
273 plays
Feb 21 08
janetgool gold
15 trivia quiz  10 Questions That Librarians May Need to Know coolicon
It's your first day on the job as librarian in the small town of Forgetfullville. The townspeople know what it is they want to read, they just have a hard time remembering titles. Hopefully you can help them out.
Tough 10Q
498 plays
Dec 02 07
MyrdinSasnak
16 trivia quiz  The Ransom Demands For Our Gerbil, "Geronimo" coolicon
It was a Tuesday when it was noticed that Geronimo, a most affable 2-year-old bookstore mascot, was not in his little cage. The fear and sadness was tangible amongst us booksellers. Then, the ransom notes came...and our mission to find him began...
Very Difficult 10Q
213 plays
Jun 03 07
Gatsby722 gold
17 trivia quiz  The Rolling English Drunkard Gives Directions coolicon
G. K. Chesterton's famous poem 'The Rolling English Road' has inspired this literary tour of England. Your challenge is to identify the authors, works or places from the drunken clues.
Tough 10Q
273 plays
Nov 10 06
bracklaman gold
18 trivia quiz  My World Cup Literary Eleven icon
So I thought, why not see what sort of Soccer team I could put together from the characters in the novels, history books, plays and poems on my bookshelf. See if you can identify the players I've selected for Bracklaman's World Cup Literary Eleven?
Tough 10Q
573 plays
Jun 12 06
bracklaman gold
19 trivia quiz  The Best Books I've Ever Read icon
As an English major, I was required to read a lot, and these are some of my favorites, required and recreational.
Average 10Q
1578 plays
May 10 07
fancy_pants
20 trivia quiz  Connect Four Literature icon
I will list four items that have a literary connection. You simply identify what that connection is.
Average 10Q
1497 plays
Nov 15 06
poeticliesense
21 trivia quiz  Books Never Written -- Yet Written About icon
This is a quiz about books never written, but mentioned in real-world fiction books. REAL books not obscure, most questions can be answered correctly by well-read persons with SOME knowledge about the book or author. Being well and broadly read REQUIRED.
Very Difficult 25Q
1659 plays
Dec 21 01
xaosdog
22 trivia quiz  Welcome To My Bookshop! icon
If you love books of all different genres, then this is the place to be. You have a list of books to find, and the shelves are in alphabetical order, so you should have no problems!
Average 20Q
1857 plays
Sep 15 04
buffy_anne
23 trivia quiz  The BBC Big Read icon
In 2003, the BBC published a list of the nation's best loved books. This quiz contains a question about each book in the top 20.
Average 20Q
1074 plays
Sep 27 05
psc3kh
24 trivia quiz  A Mixture of Literature! icon
These are random questions from a selection of books on my shelves ranging from Penguin Classics to Helen Fielding! Enjoy!
Tough 15Q
789 plays
Jan 03 07
Anduril_Narsil
25 trivia quiz  Books Within Books icon
I will morph into several fictitious authors, who appeared in famous books. You'll have to identify who wrote those books. Good Luck!
Average 10Q
1824 plays
Feb 11 04
noire
26 trivia quiz  Literary Alphabet icon
This is a quiz of character names, authors and book names for every letter of the alphabet from A-Y.
Average 25Q
1959 plays
May 17 04
wizequizgenius
27 trivia quiz  Authors and Characters: Mix and Match icon
Here's a mixture of authors and characters for you to sort out. All authors are well known and have sold a great many books. None of the characters, books, or authors is obscure.
Difficult 10Q
567 plays
Feb 04 07
sallyo
28 trivia quiz  Top Ten Best-Sellers icon
Surely no-one can identify the top ten best-selling books of all time but this quiz is based on the list in Russel Ash's book, "The Top 10 of Everything 2002". This list is generally agreed upon by many sources including Booksellers World.
Tough 10Q
1206 plays
Aug 24 05
MotherGoose editor
29 trivia quiz  Very Easy Literature Questions icon
Take an easy stroll down the literature path.
Very Easy 15Q
1293 plays
Aug 20 06
itsfun4u2c
30 trivia quiz  A Selection from my Bookshelf! icon
These are questions on a mixture of books taken at random from my bookcase! There are a range of books, from Austen to J.K. Rowling, to keep everyone happy, so test your knowledge on literature and have fun!
Tough 10Q
507 plays
Feb 04 07
Anduril_Narsil
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Some sample questions from this category:

* Lily Bart is the heroine of which Edith Wharton novel?
* A Swiftly Tilting Planet is the 3rd book in whose 'Time Quartet'?
* What author of 'Ghost Story' once co-wrote a novel with Stephen King?
* What French pilot and philosopher wrote 'Vol de Nuit'(Night Flight)?
* What is the philosophy put forth by Ayn Rand?
* What river did Lucy's new room overlook in 'A Room With A View'?
* This author won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1962. Who is this author of Cup of Gold, The Wayward Bus, and The Winter of Our Discontent?
* The author Amandine A.L. Dupin Dudevant was said to have had an affair with a person who died in 1849. By what name is Dudevant best known as?
* Seven books total make up these series of books, with the first three winning a Hugo for best all-time series in 1966. What is the original name of the first novel?
* Characters in this novel include Zossimov, Lebeziatnikov, Nikodim Fomitch, Zametov, Alyona, Pulcheria, and Marfa Petrovna, just to name a few. What is this novel?
* 'On a frosty morning with a little February sun, Clifford and Connie went for a walk across the park to the wood,' begins chapter five of what novel?
* What is the title of James Baldwin's first novel?
* For which work did Carl Sagan win a Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction in 1978?
* Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of short stories by which American writer?
* A Nobel Prize winning author, this author had his citizenship taken away and then restored. Who is this author of The Gulag Archipelago and The First Circle?
* At the time of his death in 1870, a novel remained to be finished. Name this unfinished novel by the author of Sketches by Boz?
* Which of the following is taken from the novel The Godfather by author Mario Puzo?
* A Comedy based partly on Rosalynde, a novel by the English author Thomas Lodge, characters include Rosalind, Celia, Orlando and others. Name this play by Shakespeare first performed in 1599 and published in 1623.
* The 1940 Oscar winner for Best Picture, Rebecca was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. However the movie was made from the novel by which author?
* Which book did Alex Haley describe as FACTION, somewhere between fact and fiction?

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