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Literary Characters Trivia Quiz

I name the literary character - you identify the author who created it.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
11,765

Updated
Feb 25 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
6330

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (10/10), Guest 51 (9/10), Guest 2 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Raskolnikov Hint

Dostoevsky

Pushkin

Tolstoi

Goethe

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Question 2 of 10

2. Dr. Pangloss Hint

Mann

Stendahl

Voltaire

Zola

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Question 3 of 10

3. Jacob Marley Hint

Theodore Dreiser

Charles Dickens

Henry James

F Scott Fitzgerald

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Question 4 of 10

4. George Webber Hint

Thomas Wolfe

Sinclair Lewis

Stephen Crane

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Question 5 of 10

5. Joseph K Hint

Hermann Hesse

Jonathan Swift

Herman Melville

Franz Kafka

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Joad Family Hint

Daniel Defoe

James Fenimore Cooper

William Faulkner

John Steinbeck

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Question 7 of 10

7. Buck - a dog Hint

Gustave Flaubert

Jack London

Ernest Hemingway

D.H. Lawrence

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Question 8 of 10

8. Jean Valjean Hint

Marcel Proust

Victor Hugo

Albert Camus

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Question 9 of 10

9. Jude Hint

James Agee

Oscar Wilde

Thomas Hardy

Rudyard Kipling

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Question 10 of 10

10. Kurtz Hint

Henry Fielding

Erich Maria Remarque

Joseph Conrad

Ivan Turgenev

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Mar 05 2024 : Guest 174: 10/10
Mar 04 2024 : Guest 51: 9/10
Mar 01 2024 : Guest 2: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Raskolnikov

Answer: Dostoevsky

He is the principal character in 'Crime and Punishment'

2. Dr. Pangloss

Answer: Voltaire

He is a teacher in 'Candide' - 'the best of all possible worlds'

3. Jacob Marley

Answer: Charles Dickens

From 'A Christmas Carol'

4. George Webber

Answer: Thomas Wolfe

Webber is the man who found out that 'you can't go home again'

5. Joseph K

Answer: Franz Kafka

He's the victim in 'The Trial'

6. The Joad Family

Answer: John Steinbeck

The migrant family in 'The Grapes of Wrath'

7. Buck - a dog

Answer: Jack London

Important 'character' in 'Call of the Wild'

8. Jean Valjean

Answer: Victor Hugo

From 'Les Miserables'

9. Jude

Answer: Thomas Hardy

Title character in 'Jude the Obscure'

10. Kurtz

Answer: Joseph Conrad

From 'The Heart of Darkness'

Source: Author robert362

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