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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)
folder Literature by Era (4) folder Literature Word Play (6)
folder Specific Subjects & Themes (112)
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61 trivia quiz  From The Curiosity-Shop of Literature icon
This quiz is mainly about literary terminology and odd facts from the world of literature.
Difficult 10Q
510 plays
Aug 30 03
Flem-ish
62 trivia quiz  Random Literature Part 1 icon
This is just a quiz on Literature. I hope it is not too hard!
Difficult 10Q
816 plays
Jul 31 03
Sarah606
63 trivia quiz  Literature Smorgasboard
These are questions about some of my favorite books and authors. Some may find them difficult, others may not. Have fun.
Tough 15Q
1374 plays
Jun 30 01
SullenGirl20
64 trivia quiz  From Books to Movies
Many of our favorite movies have stemmed from literary sources. Most of these questions are on widely known books and movies, so they should be fairly familiar to you.
Average 10Q
6597 plays
May 27 00
abbeyrd
65 trivia quiz  Shelf Life icon
These are some of the books that for one reason or another I've hung on to over the years, despite numerous house - and even country - moves.
Very Difficult 10Q
663 plays
Jan 11 03
wajo
66 trivia quiz  Hard Lit Quiz-For TRUE readers. icon
Welcome to my Hardlit quiz.Do not be discouraged,this is meant, yes meant to be a tough quiz for people who believe they are well read and knowledgable in many areas including novels,authors,plays, and even movies.Most of all,learn from this quiz.Enjoy!
Difficult 15Q
2964 plays
Apr 07 00
dendog
67 trivia quiz  Great Books! icon
This is a quiz on books which I think are really worth reading.
Tough 10Q
2118 plays
Jul 23 02
pia_fraus
68 trivia quiz  Advice from the Bookshelf icon
When seeking advice, there are some classic characters whose situations could relate to your own. Some handled the situation well, while others may not be the best role models. *Possible Spoilers
Tough 10Q
213 plays
Aug 06 06
smartie806
69 trivia quiz  Literary Wormhole icon
While in a library, you chance upon a book titled 'Don't Open Me'. You do, and are immediately sucked into a wormhole that emanates from the book. A voice booms, "You will be taken from story to story. Name the story, and you live. Answer wrong, and die�
Average 10Q
585 plays
Sep 12 04
eytank
70 trivia quiz  Literary Keys icon
Most of these questions deal with key points, characters, etc. of classical literature. I hope you are as well read as I am, or you WILL be the WEAKEST LINK...LOL!
Difficult 25Q
1389 plays
May 30 01
Temptresstoo
71 trivia quiz  Pretty Easy General Literature Quiz
A relatively easy Literature quiz - if you know your novels, you'll know the answers!
Average 10Q
2700 plays
Jun 28 02
ecstasybabe
72 trivia quiz  Generic Literary Trivia
Just a little quiz that I constructed at 3:00 in the morning, one that touches on works that I've studied throughout my four years of English in university. Hope it's not too easy!
Difficult 10Q
1635 plays
Oct 09 00
Doubtless
73 trivia quiz  Booker Lookers 2 icon
Since my first Book quiz was so popular, I decided to make another one. Have fun.
Tough 10Q
510 plays
Apr 11 02
stevethehunter
74 trivia quiz  Classic Authors - Lesser-Known Works icon
In an ongoing mission to convince people that great literature extends far beyond the books forced upon us in high school, this is a quiz concerning some recommended lesser-known works by great authors. Simply pick which work I'm describing and learn!
Difficult 10Q
231 plays
Nov 04 05
firemaple783
75 trivia quiz  Assorted Literature icon
Calling all bookworms! From the mind of an Honours English student, here's a general quiz about some of the greatest authors, characters, and pieces of literature of all time (in my humble opinion). Some are well-known, and others less so. Good luck!
Difficult 10Q
369 plays
Mar 01 06
PrincessJoey
76 trivia quiz  General Knowledge of Literature icon
This is a quiz that will test your knowledge concerning some of the best in World Literature.
Tough 15Q
2004 plays
Mar 18 02
ariellegarellek
77 trivia quiz  Mixture of Classic Literature II icon
This quiz is over the books that changed the world!
Average 10Q
1272 plays
Aug 18 03
supadork1029
78 trivia quiz  Miscellaneous Literature - Part 2 icon
I enjoyed making my last quiz of this type so I thought I'd share some more questions on some of my other favourite books with you too.
Difficult 10Q
390 plays
Jun 25 04
hannah04
79 trivia quiz  Literary Odds N' Ends icon
Just some mixed literary trivia.
Difficult 10Q
1119 plays
Jul 24 01
tjoebigham
80 trivia quiz  How Much Do You Read Now? icon
It seems people had a tough time with my first reading quiz. Let's see how well you do this time.
Tough 10Q
468 plays
Nov 20 04
movieman82
81 trivia quiz  A Funky Lit Smorgasbord
A taste of many things wordful and imaginative (just enough to keep from overindulgence).
Very Difficult 15Q
843 plays
Oct 21 01
Lofgeornost
82 trivia quiz  My Top Ten Favorite Books icon
Just like my music quiz "My Personal Top Ten", this is about my favorite books, counting downwards from number ten. Each author - with one exception - appears just once; otherwise this quiz would only feature two or three different authors :)
Difficult 10Q
564 plays
Aug 10 02
PearlQ19
83 trivia quiz  Random book knowledge icon
This is random knowledge about ten books that everyone should read at least two times over.
Difficult 10Q
969 plays
May 01 03
cityrocker
84 trivia quiz  Freshman English icon
These questions are all taken from literature often read in the freshman year in high school.
Tough 10Q
1080 plays
Jan 12 03
rubytuesday87
85 trivia quiz  Literature-thou shall rule! icon
Respect thy ruler and answer these...!
Average 10Q
834 plays
Jan 21 03
ankan
86 trivia quiz  Books, Authors, and Quotations icon
What do you know about book titles, pseudonyms and quotations from novels?
Average 10Q
339 plays
Apr 05 06
support5
87 trivia quiz  Miscellaneous Literature - Part 1 icon
Hopefully, this is a real mixed bag of questions so there should be something for everyone.
Tough 10Q
603 plays
Apr 20 04
hannah04
88 trivia quiz  Odd one out of Literature icon
Can you find the odd one out?
Very Difficult 10Q
684 plays
Jul 21 02
Polygon
89 trivia quiz  Fascinating World Literature Factoids icon
I have culled these questions from various sources and combined them in a completely random way. You will find this quiz challenging, I'm sure...but hopefully interesting as well...good luck!
Very Difficult 5Q
423 plays
Feb 24 01
thejazzkickazz gold
90 trivia quiz  A Little Light Reading
Assortment of tricky questions
Difficult 10Q
1233 plays
May 05 00
awkins
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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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