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Quiz about Literary Keys
Quiz about Literary Keys

Literary Keys Trivia Quiz


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!

A multiple-choice quiz by Temptresstoo. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
Temptresstoo
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
40,907
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
13 / 25
Plays
1997
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Question 1 of 25
1. In 'Peyton Place', what race was the man for whom the town was named? Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. In 'The Scarlet Letter', what was Hester's little girl's name?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 3 of 25
3. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', what neighbor of Jem and Scout's terrified them (for no real reason)?

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 4 of 25
4. In Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice', what metal was the correct casket made of (remember the 'casket plot')? Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. In Huxley's 'Brave New World', what was the drug of choice?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 6 of 25
6. In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', what was the hero's name?

Answer: (Full, first, or last name will do.)
Question 7 of 25
7. In 'Anne of Green Gables', the poem Anne is quoting while playing dead in the boat shortly before it fills with water is about what literary heroine? Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. In 'Julius Caesar', what are Caesar's last words? Et tu _________?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 9 of 25
9. In Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea', what kind of fish did the old man battle? Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. In 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', what animal did Huck kill to make his father think he was murdered? Hint


Question 11 of 25
11. In 'Oedipus Rex', what did Oedipus stab his eyes out with when he realizes that he has killed his father and married his mother? Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. In Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind', who is Scarlett obsessed with until the very end?

Answer: (Two Words, or first name only)
Question 13 of 25
13. In 'Silas Marner', what color is Eppie's hair (the little girl he finds and adopts)? Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. In 'The Catcher in the Rye', Holden is continuously worried about what Central Park animals in the winter? Hint


Question 15 of 25
15. In 'A Farewell to Arms', what happens to the Army nurse, Catherine Barkley? Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. In 'Beowulf', what is the name of the initial monster that terrorizes the land and Beowulf kills?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 17 of 25
17. In Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find', what animal did grandma have stashed away in a picnic basket? Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. In Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People', what does the traveling Bible salesman steal from 'Hulga' in the hayloft? Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', how does Ophelia die? Hint


Question 20 of 25
20. In 'Rambling Rose', what does Rose eventually die from? Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. In 'Great Expectations', what is Miss Havisham always dressed in? Hint


Question 22 of 25
22. In Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily', what is left on the pillow beside the corpse of her soon-to-be-jilting lover? Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. In Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart', what body part of the old man's drove the main character to murder him and bury him beneath the floorboards? Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. In 'East of Eden', what profession does Aaron and Caleb's mother have? Hint


Question 25 of 25
25. In Steinbeck's 'The Pearl', who or what is shot in the end due to greed and lust for the pearl? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In 'Peyton Place', what race was the man for whom the town was named?

Answer: African

In that day and age, this was considered the town's great shame and was deemed a closely guarded secret.
2. In 'The Scarlet Letter', what was Hester's little girl's name?

Answer: Pearl

Hester would therefore be the mother-of-pearl...LOL!
3. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', what neighbor of Jem and Scout's terrified them (for no real reason)?

Answer: Boo Radley

I mean, good grief, he only stabbed his father with scissors as a child, that doesn't make him evil...or does it?
4. In Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice', what metal was the correct casket made of (remember the 'casket plot')?

Answer: lead

Yep, and it contained a picture of Portia.
5. In Huxley's 'Brave New World', what was the drug of choice?

Answer: soma

Taken by everyone to be 'happy.' I'm guessing that age's equivalency of ecstasy.
6. In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula', what was the hero's name?

Answer: Jonathan Harker

Take me away from all this death!
7. In 'Anne of Green Gables', the poem Anne is quoting while playing dead in the boat shortly before it fills with water is about what literary heroine?

Answer: Lady of Shalott

Just before she is rescued by the dashing Mr. Blythe as she clings like a barnacle to a post.
8. In 'Julius Caesar', what are Caesar's last words? Et tu _________?

Answer: Brute

It is actually Brute', if you put Brutus, I gave it to you since that WAS who stabbed Caesar. The words out of his mouth were "Et tu Brute'--then fall Caesar."
9. In Hemingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea', what kind of fish did the old man battle?

Answer: Blue Marlin

I thought this story was sad...sniff, sniff
10. In 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', what animal did Huck kill to make his father think he was murdered?

Answer: pig

And he spread it all over the shack, messed some things up, and went down by the river...
11. In 'Oedipus Rex', what did Oedipus stab his eyes out with when he realizes that he has killed his father and married his mother?

Answer: brooch

And the book goes into glorious detail how his eyeball bits were running down his face and dripping off his beard as his mother-wife is hanging by the neck in her bedroom. Yummy!
12. In Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind', who is Scarlett obsessed with until the very end?

Answer: Ashley

Ashley, oh Ashley...
13. In 'Silas Marner', what color is Eppie's hair (the little girl he finds and adopts)?

Answer: blonde

A golden haired child to replace the bags of gold stolen from him and later recovered with the body of the thief in the water reservoir.
14. In 'The Catcher in the Rye', Holden is continuously worried about what Central Park animals in the winter?

Answer: ducks

He wonders what they do for food but mostly what they do when the water freezes.
15. In 'A Farewell to Arms', what happens to the Army nurse, Catherine Barkley?

Answer: She dies in childbirth

And I'm crying at this point in the book...
16. In 'Beowulf', what is the name of the initial monster that terrorizes the land and Beowulf kills?

Answer: Grendel

And then, he went toe-to-toe with Grendel's mother...

http://www.grendel.org/grendel/beowulf.html
http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/proj1b/beowulf.html
http://www.timelessmyths.com/norse/beowulf.html#Grendel
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webgoodandra.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Grendel
http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/B/Beowulf.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendel
17. In Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find', what animal did grandma have stashed away in a picnic basket?

Answer: cat

Which stayed, howling by her side, with her body after they had the accident and the Misfit killed her and her family.
18. In Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People', what does the traveling Bible salesman steal from 'Hulga' in the hayloft?

Answer: her leg

I love O'Connor. She writes the most bizarre and ironic short stories of anyone out there.
19. In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', how does Ophelia die?

Answer: drowning

Most everyone meets with one of these deaths in this tragedy.
20. In 'Rambling Rose', what does Rose eventually die from?

Answer: cancer

She was a lovely girl...taught the family's children everything they needed to know about sex...and then some. I'm quite surprised this isn't on the banned books listings.
21. In 'Great Expectations', what is Miss Havisham always dressed in?

Answer: wedding dress

Oh, and all the wedding party refreshments are still on the tables and the clocks are stopped exactly the hour that she was left at the altar...talk about bitter and looney.
22. In Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily', what is left on the pillow beside the corpse of her soon-to-be-jilting lover?

Answer: a gray hair

Ah Faulkner, another ironic short story writer as near my heart as O'Connor. Good story, I believe she poisoned him.
23. In Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart', what body part of the old man's drove the main character to murder him and bury him beneath the floorboards?

Answer: his eye

Another lovely tale...probably my favorite of Poe's...this one and 'The Black Cat'.
24. In 'East of Eden', what profession does Aaron and Caleb's mother have?

Answer: prostitute

Isn't that the loveliest thing...poor twins don't find out until later in life.
25. In Steinbeck's 'The Pearl', who or what is shot in the end due to greed and lust for the pearl?

Answer: Kino's infant

They carry their child's bloody remains home in a sack and pitch the pearl as far into the ocean as it will go. This was another shocking ending...
Source: Author Temptresstoo

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