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Quiz about The Most Famous Animals in Literature

The Most Famous Animals in Literature Quiz

Ten animals, ten categories.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
97,799

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
5000

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (9/10), gma4 (1/10), Guest 200 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. A dog named "Buck" figures prominently in a novel by which author? Hint

Sinclair Lewis

Ernest Hemingway

Jack London

John Steinbeck

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Question 2 of 10

2. The "Cheshire Cat" figures prominently in a story by whom? Hint

Johanna Spyri

Lewis Carroll

Anna Sewell

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

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Question 3 of 10

3. The story of the Trojan Horse (as a device by which the Greeks tricked the Trojans and won the war) is a classic. In which of these works is the Trojan war described? Hint

Aeneid

The Cave

Critias

Oedipus at Colonus

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "The Jungle Book", Mowgli is raised by a family of ...? Hint

Elephants

Lions

Wolves

Bears

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Question 5 of 10

5. The most famous bird in literature is Poe's "Raven". At the end of the poem, the bird perches atop a bust of which deity? Hint

Venus/Aphrodite

Neptune/Poseidon

Pallas/Athena

Artemis/Diana

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Question 6 of 10

6. The most famous sea creature in literature is "Moby Dick". Who wrote the novel? Hint

Thomas Wolfe

Theodore Dreiser

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Herman Melville

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Question 7 of 10

7. An albatross figures prominently in a poem by which author? Hint

William Wordsworth

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Emily Dickinson

Elizabeth Browning

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Question 8 of 10

8. An orang-utan plays a key role in which short story? Hint

Murder in the Cathedral

Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Mystery of Marie Roget

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Question 9 of 10

9. "Old Major" is a character in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". What kind of animal is it? Hint

Goat

Cow

Pig

Fox

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Question 10 of 10

10. One of the most famous rabbits in literature is the title character in "Rabbit, Run" (and the other "Rabbit" novels that followed). Who wrote those novels? Hint

John Barth

John Updike

John Cheever

John Dos Passos

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A dog named "Buck" figures prominently in a novel by which author?

Answer: Jack London

Buck is the dog that cannot resist "The Call of the Wild". Honorable Mention to "The Hound of the Baskervilles".

2. The "Cheshire Cat" figures prominently in a story by whom?

Answer: Lewis Carroll

Carroll described the cat in "Alice in Wonderland". Spyri wrote "Heidi". Sewell wrote about another famous animal - a horse (in "Black Beauty"). Rawlings wrote "The Yearling".

Honorable Mention goes to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (although there really isn't an actual cat).

3. The story of the Trojan Horse (as a device by which the Greeks tricked the Trojans and won the war) is a classic. In which of these works is the Trojan war described?

Answer: Aeneid

Virgil's 'Aeneid' tells the story of the Trojan who becomes the ancestor of the Romans after travelling to Italy. Homer's Illiad also relates some of the major incidents of the Trojan War.

4. In "The Jungle Book", Mowgli is raised by a family of ...?

Answer: Wolves

By Rudyard Kipling.

5. The most famous bird in literature is Poe's "Raven". At the end of the poem, the bird perches atop a bust of which deity?

Answer: Pallas/Athena

"on the pallid bust of Pallas .." Honorable Mention to "The Maltese Falcon".

6. The most famous sea creature in literature is "Moby Dick". Who wrote the novel?

Answer: Herman Melville

They say it's a "great novel".

7. An albatross figures prominently in a poem by which author?

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner". The killing of the albatross brings bad luck to the mariner's ship.

8. An orang-utan plays a key role in which short story?

Answer: Murders in the Rue Morgue

Poe's short story. Who did it? It's not a who - it's a "what".

9. "Old Major" is a character in George Orwell's "Animal Farm". What kind of animal is it?

Answer: Pig

A famous pig? Why not?

10. One of the most famous rabbits in literature is the title character in "Rabbit, Run" (and the other "Rabbit" novels that followed). Who wrote those novels?

Answer: John Updike

Okay, I cheated. It's not a real rabbit - just a nickname for a guy.

Source: Author robert362

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