Literature Quizzes for Twelfth Grade

I simply don't understand people who find Shakespeare dull and boring. When a character in Shakespeare goes over the edge, he/she REALLY goes over the edge. Submitted for your approval... Recommended for grades: 11,12

Can you identify the author who created each of these characters, all of whom originally appeared in a novel published in the 1800s? Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Shakespeare's plays are full of acts of betrayal (although not all are technically treason). Can you identify the plays where these examples occur? (Caution: spoilers ahead if you haven't read or seen the plays.) Recommended for grades: 11,12

Among the Bard's innumerable contributions to Western culture (not least quiz-making), let's not forget catchy phrases used by some authors to name their literary efforts! Here are some well-known examples from the 20th century. Recommended for grades: 11,12

Beatrix Potter wrote endearing stories with animals as anthropomorphized characters. See what you know about the wonderful works of Beatrix Potter. Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12

Test your knowledge of Shakespeare and his work with this mixed bag of Bard-related trivia. Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Are you hoity-toity enough to know just exactly who is who in each of these popular Charles Dickens novels? Match the book with each list of Dickensian characters. Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

You may or may not remember reading these classic poems in school. Can you match each with its author? Recommended for grades: 11,12

Match the perfectly peaceful or innocuous event that occurred before tragedy and drama struck to the book or play the event took place in. Recommended for grades: 11,12

It struck me that if Shakespeare's plays had really happened, they'd be breaking news, so I've written some news stories about a few of his plays. Contains spoilers! Recommended for grades: 11,12

Many female characters in literature have a best friend to help them through various trials and tribulations. Your task is to match the pairs of friends to the author who created them. Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

I'll try to make this quiz fun for JA lovers. By the way, please join the Jane Austen Lovers group (#116) in the Friends Area of the funtrivia.com homepage. Recommended for grades: 11,12

All of Jane Austen's heroes and heroines had at least one brother or sister. Can you match each set of siblings with the surname they shared (at least until some of the sisters got married)? Recommended for grades: 11,12

Over the years, many talented authors have crafted a variety of impressive characters, heroes, villains and others. How well do you remember ten of them? Enjoy! Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Join me in celebrating the plays of William Shakespeare (Apr. 23, 1564 - Apr. 23, 1616). Recommended for grades: 11,12

The plays of William Shakespeare include quite a few brothers and sisters. Can you match each set of these sets of siblings with the play in which they appeared? Recommended for grades: 11,12

All the questions in this quiz are based upon the characters and the action in Shakepeare's most famous tragedy "Hamlet". Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

This quiz deals with one of the most passionate love stories ever written - "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte. Recommended for grades: 11,12

Just for fun. I have taken ten plays by the Bard and distilled them down to four words, which describe either the complete action of a play or a key scene/subplot. (Plot and ending spoilers follow.) Recommended for grades: 11,12

An easier quiz on the play Hamlet. Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Many well-known people have penned their own stories in print. Match the autobiography titles on the left, with clues, to the author. Recommended for grades: 11,12

See how much you know about famous--and infamous--ladies in Austen's most popular novel! (A note: I have used quotes from the easy-to-read e-text of the novel found at www.pemberley.com.) Recommended for grades: 11,12

Who says Shakespeare's plays are boring? This quiz will count down the ten bloodiest plays in the Bard's canon to determine which one has the most deaths. Spoilers abound in this quiz. Recommended for grades: 11,12

There have been numerous Masters of literature throughout the years. Of the 15 mentioned, can you match each to one of their masterpieces? Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Each question has two or more word definitions. Just join the answers together to come up with the last name of an author (some answers are literal and others phonetic) and then match them with their first names. Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12

Match the poets to their works. Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12

Who said what in "Macbeth"? See if you know! Recommended for grades: 11,12

Touchstone in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" defines the quarrel by seven degrees. Here are some thrusts and counterthrusts from "Pride and Prejudice". Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

This quiz is about those ladies in Jane Austen's works who actually held the title of 'Lady'. Recommended for grades: 11,12

Most of the questions in this quiz are on well known quotations from "Macbeth". The first letters of the first nine answers spell the answer to the last question. Recommended for grades: 11,12

One of Shakespeare's techniques to engage his audience was to pose questions, sometimes in soliloquys, sometimes between his characters. See if you can match the question with its origin. Recommended for grades: 11,12

Madness - real or faked - seems to be a recurring theme in Shakespeare's plays. While not all of the characters featured in this quiz can be said to have gone insane in a clinical sense, they indeed exhibit various kinds of bizarre behaviour. Recommended for grades: 11,12

Health is a major theme in the 'Chalet School' books, and many doctors appear throughout the series - some of them even end up marrying pupils! Can you guess who's who? Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12

Jane Austen's characters occasionally travelled to real-life locations in England. Can you match up the events that occurred in one of these places with the novel in which they appeared or were mentioned? Recommended for grades: 11,12

This quiz was published in 2005. I made it into a 50/50 quiz: you only have to decide between two choices. I'll give you a line from a work of literature and you pick the correct one from which it came. Good Luck! Recommended for grades: 11,12

Can you match the following Shakespearean quotes with the play to which they belong? Recommended for grades: 11,12

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here! Should ye be bold enough, we can brave the punishments of Dante's Inferno and those who make their way there. Recommended for grades: 11,12

There are not many women in Shakespeare's plays, although in some they play a very important part. In Shakespeare's day the parts of women were played by boys. I give you the woman. You name the play. Recommended for grades: 11,12

These images portray moments from Act Five of Shakespeare plays - tell me which one! Recommended for grades: 11,12

"It is a truth universally acknowledged", that quite a few of Jane Austen's young female characters were "in possession of a good fortune" and therefore "in want of a" husband. Here's some questions about them. Recommended for grades: 11,12

There are several families who play a major role in the 'Chalet School' and 'La Rochelle' series, some of whom have many children. Match the parents with the kids! Recommended for grades: 8,9,10,11,12

As you'll see from the short plot summaries in this quiz, Thomas Hardy's novels aren't exactly known as comedies. You just have to match them up with the correct title. Recommended for grades: 11,12

"Jude the Obscure" was so controversial that Thomas Hardy never wrote another novel after its publication. Test your knowledge of one of Hardy's most famous works! Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Which of Shakespeare's feisty female characters, in which play, fit the descriptions and speak the lines quoted? Recommended for grades: 11,12

So you think you know the Scottish play? Well take this quiz and find out. It's not an easy quiz, but have fun and enjoy. Recommended for grades: 11,12

I'll name a few literary characters, and you pick the author who created them. Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12

Here is a quiz that explores Geoffrey Chaucer's "General Prologue" from "The Canterbury Tales". Please bear in mind that this quiz focuses solely on Chaucer's perceptions of Christianity during the 14th century and is in no way an ongoing belief. Enjoy! Recommended for grades: 11,12

Identify the speaker of these quotations from Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice." Good luck! Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", a semi-autobiographical novel about a group of expats living in Paris, has been in print continuously since its publication in 1926. How much do you know about this canonical book? Most of the pictures should help a bit. Recommended for grades: 10,11,12

If 'body count' is the measure of a 'tragedy,' "Hamlet" scores an A+. How well do you know the Shakespearean 'unliving?' Recommended for grades: 10,11,12