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Literary Locations Trivia Quiz

Ten literary classics, ten locations. No need to get out the atlas, you're memory will serve you nicely, I'm sure. Enjoy!

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

Author
wytchwood

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
330,449

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
510

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes place in what fictional Alabama town? Hint

Maybridge

Mayberry

Maycomb

Maynard

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Question 2 of 10

2. From which state does the sharecropping Joad family depart for California in "The Grapes of Wrath"? Hint

Missouri

Kansas

Oklahoma

Arkansas

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Question 3 of 10

3. Hester Prynne finds herself wearing "The Scarlet Letter" in which 17th century Puritan town? Hint

Bedford

Boston

Plymouth

Salem

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Question 4 of 10

4. Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain's hometown, was the inspiration for Tom's hometown in, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Can you name it? Hint

St. Martinsburg

St. Lawrence

St. Petersburg

St. Francis

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Question 5 of 10

5. In which body of water will you find, "Treasure Island"? Hint

Coral Sea

Arabian Sea

Marmara Sea

Caribbean Sea

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Question 6 of 10

6. You know that the manor of "Wuthering Heights" is in northern England, but do you know in which county? Hint

Lancashire

Yorkshire

Cumbria

Lincolnshire

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Question 7 of 10

7. From where does the old man set sail in, "The Old Man And The Sea"? Hint

California

Cuba

Mexico

Haiti

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where do Jody Baxter, his family, and his fawn Flag live in, "The Yearling"? Hint

Iowa

Texas

Florida

Pennsylvania

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Question 9 of 10

9. Lemuel Gulliver travels to "several remote nations of the world" as chronicled by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels". Of the following, which is NOT one of Gulliver's destinations? Hint

Lilliput

Laputa

Brobdingnag

Quadling

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Question 10 of 10

10. George Eliot's third novel, "Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe", takes place in Scotland.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" takes place in what fictional Alabama town?

Answer: Maycomb

Lee claims she based the characters and events on those found in and around her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.

2. From which state does the sharecropping Joad family depart for California in "The Grapes of Wrath"?

Answer: Oklahoma

The Joads, along with thousands of other "Okies" depart the Dust Bowl for a better life in California.

3. Hester Prynne finds herself wearing "The Scarlet Letter" in which 17th century Puritan town?

Answer: Boston

Hester suffered for her "sins" in Boston while Reverend Dimmesdale kept mum about his involvement.

4. Hannibal, Missouri, Mark Twain's hometown, was the inspiration for Tom's hometown in, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Can you name it?

Answer: St. Petersburg

Tom and his half-brother Sid lived with Aunt Polly on the banks of the Mississippi in this fictional Missouri town.

5. In which body of water will you find, "Treasure Island"?

Answer: Caribbean Sea

Captain Smollett and his crew set sail from England on the "Hispanola" bound for the Caribbean.

6. You know that the manor of "Wuthering Heights" is in northern England, but do you know in which county?

Answer: Yorkshire

"Wuthering" is an old Yorkshire word for turbulent or violent weather and is a fitting name for the old manor house on the moors.

7. From where does the old man set sail in, "The Old Man And The Sea"?

Answer: Cuba

Santiago leaves the northern coast of Cuba and sails far out into the Gulf of Mexico in search of marlin.

8. Where do Jody Baxter, his family, and his fawn Flag live in, "The Yearling"?

Answer: Florida

Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings lived in rural Florida and was urged by her editor to "write what you know". Pulitzer Prize winner "The Yearling" was the result.

9. Lemuel Gulliver travels to "several remote nations of the world" as chronicled by Jonathan Swift in "Gulliver's Travels". Of the following, which is NOT one of Gulliver's destinations?

Answer: Quadling

Lemuel didn't travel to Quadling, but Dorothy Gale, Uncle Henry, and Auntie Em did when then came to live in Oz in "The Emerald City of Oz".

10. George Eliot's third novel, "Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe", takes place in Scotland.

Answer: false

Silas does his weaving in English Midlands.

Source: Author wytchwood

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