1.

  Fiction By The Numbers    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

It seems that a lot of literary works have a number in the title, so here I will present to you a medley of number-related book titles. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, eburge, Nov 24 10

Category: Literary Titles

Average
eburge
8844 plays

2.

  Let Others Write Your Titles    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

These writers were inspired by other famous pieces of literature when trying to create titles for some of their most famous works. When I give you a title, can you tell me the literary source of that title?

Tough, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, May 23 14

Category: Literary Titles

Tough
alaspooryoric
666 plays

3.

  Crime and Punishment    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

I hope you read this classic by Dostoyevsky well because this quiz will not be easy!

Average, 10 Qns, adams627, Jul 15 09

Category: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Average
adams627
750 plays

4.

  A Literary Tour of the US    

Label Quiz

 12 Qns

In many major works of American literature the setting is as important as the story. This quiz is dedicated to twelve works that are set in different states of the Union. The one-word hints point to salient features of each of these works.

Easier, 12 Qns, LadyNym, Aug 20 24

Category: American Literature

Easier
LadyNym
Aug 20 24
846 plays

5.

  "A Breath of Snow and Ashes" Chapters 11 - 20    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In book six of the "Outlander" saga we follow Claire and Jamie's story through the American Revolutionary War. Excerpts from the book are given in quotation and were written by Diana Gabaldon.

Average, 10 Qns, LadyCaitriona, Apr 14 20

Category: Gabaldon, Diana

Average
LadyCaitriona
Apr 14 20
690 plays

6.

  Fearless Fourteen    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Miss Plum was back in June 2008!

Average, 15 Qns, Gamemaster1967, Jan 10 10

Category: Evanovich, Janet

Average
Gamemaster1967
894 plays

7.

  Literary Allusions of the 20th Century    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

See what you know about the phrases and other wordplay that these 20th Century authors gave us.

Average, 10 Qns, Oddball, Jun 04 22

Category: Literary Terminology

Average
Oddball
Jun 04 22
3363 plays

8.

  "The Dark Tower" by Stephen King    

Multiple Choice

 25 Qns

If you have not read "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King, DO NOT take this quiz, it may contain spoilers. The quest for the Tower is one that should never be ruined. How much do you remember?

Average, 25 Qns, Sedgewick87, Dec 21 16

Category: Dark Tower Series

Average
Sedgewick87
1818 plays

9.

  Literary Analogies    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

The first two entities have the same relationship as the third entity and the answer. All analogies are related to the world of literature: authors, works, places, etc.

Tough, 20 Qns, Arlesienne, Feb 23 23

Category: Tougher Mixed Literature

Tough
Arlesienne
Feb 23 23
4755 plays

10.

  Poirot & Marple - What's Common?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple are two of the most famous characters created by Agatha Christie. Though they never met in any of her novels, there are some striking similarities between them and the cases they solved. Caution: Spoilers

Average, 10 Qns, zorba_scank, Jun 05 14

Category: Christie, Agatha

Average
zorba_scank
3468 plays

11.

  "Everything's Eventual" Short Stories    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

In Stephen King's "Everything's Eventual" you can read fourteen short stories of horror and drama featuring familiar faces and dark situations. One question comes from each story and there's a fifteenth general question. Good luck!

Tough, 15 Qns, kyleisalive, Jul 28 06

Category: Everything's Eventual

Tough
kyleisalive
1092 plays

12.

  The Body in the Library    

Label Quiz

 10 Qns

Are you an anatomically-inclined reader? Read someone like a book, and point to the part of the body found in the title of the works described here. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Sep 23 22

Category: Body Themed

Average
kyleisalive
Sep 23 22
639 plays

13.

  You Don't Have to Have Read Terry Pratchett    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

The wonderful Terry Pratchett has written thirty-six "Discworld" novels, and many others. This quiz is mainly for people who haven't read any of them. I hope you enjoy it.

Average, 20 Qns, Quiz_Beagle, Dec 29 22

Category: Discworld Miscellany

Average
Quiz_Beagle
Dec 29 22
2790 plays

14.

  11/22/63    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

The title, "11/22/63", was the day American President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Released in November 2011, this book told a tale of a school teacher sent back to change that event.

Average, 15 Qns, Gamemaster1967, Dec 21 16

Category: 11/22/63

Average
Gamemaster1967
693 plays

15.

  Ben and Stephen and Nick    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

A quiz on some of my favorite modern British authors. Nothing too high-brow here - what these men have in common is readability and wit.

Average, 10 Qns, agony, Apr 19 14

Category: British Literature

Average
agony
3507 plays

16.

  The Right Fight    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Shakespearean fight scenes are often tense, glorious events that put you on the edge of your seat. I give you some context, the "challenger" of the fight, and you name the other member of the fight.

Average, 10 Qns, merylfederman, Dec 22 16

Category: Shakespeare Characters

Average
merylfederman
843 plays

17.

  Char and the "Dark Tower" Series    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Roland's world only has one word for 'death', and that word is 'char'. See what you know about the friends and enemies that have been lost through the worlds of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Dec 21 16

Category: Dark Tower Series

Average
kyleisalive
2604 plays

18.

  Will You Read My Book?    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

'It Was a Dark and Stormy Night' was how Snoopy in 'Peanuts' started all his books. They were all rejected, but he's not the only author to suffer this fate. Can you identify the books and writers who struggled to get published?

Average, 10 Qns, rossian, Jun 23 20

Category: Hit or Miss

Average
rossian
Jun 23 20
1572 plays

19.

  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Lewis Carroll's classic children's novel takes readers down the rabbit hole with Alice into a wonderful land of nonsense and confusion. See if you remember what happened in Alice's first trip to Wonderland. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Jan 21 23

Category: Carroll, Lewis

Average
kyleisalive
Jan 21 23
2244 plays

20.

  The Geek Interpreter    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

So you are a geek and don't speak any normal language any more? Well, don't worry - I have put some well-known literary works into computer code for you! (No actual programming skills required - just look at keywords distributed in the code)

Average, 10 Qns, WesleyCrusher, Dec 23 16

Category: Literature Word Play

Average
WesleyCrusher
5811 plays

21.

  You Know More Poetry Than You Think!    

Multiple Choice

 25 Qns

Just as we all know a little classical music from watching old Bugs Bunny cartoons, everyone has picked up bits and tag ends of poetry. Just complete the line.

Average, 25 Qns, agony, Jan 27 24

Category: Poetic Quotes

Average
agony
Jan 27 24
8700 plays

22.

  Writers in Stephen King Novels    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Stephen King often includes other authors and writers in his works. Can you answer ten questions pertaining to writers in various Stephen King novels and short stories? Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Feb 04 12

Category: Characters In Stephen King Novels

Average
kyleisalive
3759 plays

23.

  On the Right Track    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Directions are often given in literature whereby the characters learn how to get where they are supposed to be going. Directions may get a character into or out of trouble. How many of these directions from literature do you recognize?

Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Oct 10 13

Category: Specific Subjects & Themes

Average
FatherSteve
753 plays

24.

  Insomnia    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

In this Stephen King novel, controversy has been heating up in Derry. Ralph Roberts, having just lost his wife, has been suffering from insomnia, but soon, he realizes that this is just the start of things to come. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Mar 01 08

Category: Insomnia

Average
kyleisalive
1179 plays

25.

  Sequels to Classic Children's Books    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

When a popular children's author dies, what can be done to satisfy their legion of fans? Get someone else to write about their characters, of course. What do you know about these sequels by other writers to well-known children's books?

Average, 10 Qns, stedman, Oct 21 18

Category: Children's Literature

Average
stedman
Oct 21 18
1686 plays

26.

  Turning Neither Left Nor White    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Or: "You Just Stepped on My Zeugma!" Come in to find out what happens when good authors turn parallel structure on its head! Warning: there will be some spoilers for the literary works mentioned in this quiz.

Average, 10 Qns, adams627, Feb 08 14

Category: Literary Terminology

Average
adams627
4197 plays

27.

  The Death of Terry Pratchett: A Discworld Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Terry Pratchett's anthropomorphic personification of the Grim Reaper (aptly named Death) has appeared at least once in every Discworld novel written through 2006. How well do you know the basics regarding this crucial character?

Easier, 10 Qns, uglybird, May 19 10

Category: Characters of Discworld

Easier
uglybird
2130 plays

28.

  Adulterous Women    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Adulterous women are ubiquitous in fiction. Listen to each unhappy woman tell her tale of woe, and try to identify the novel in which she appears. *SPOILERS*

Average, 10 Qns, pagiedamon, Feb 08 14

Category: Fictional Females

Average
pagiedamon
9261 plays

29.

  Don't Quote Me!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Don't quote me, I'm quoting them. Can you identify the literary figure who made these statements, or about whom they were made?

Average, 10 Qns, looney_tunes, Jul 24 18

Category: Literary Terms & Quotes

Average
looney_tunes
Jul 24 18
2310 plays

30.

  The Call of a Farewell to Hard Travels    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Remember Starbuck? Tom Sawyer? Ishmael? Ralph and Piggy? They're all nearby, either in your den, the library, the nearest bookstore or the local bookswap. All you need is enough time to decide who you want to spend a few hours with.

Easier, 10 Qns, beergirllaura, Jul 30 24

Category: Literary Classics

Easier
beergirllaura
Jul 30 24
2367 plays

31.

  Stregoni Benefici: Carlisle Cullen    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

How much do you know about the fascinating life of Carlisle, the patriarch of the Cullen family in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" series?

Easier, 10 Qns, alice_cullen7, Jul 21 11

Category: Olympic Coven

Easier
alice_cullen7
10062 plays

32.

  Negative Reviews of Literary Classics    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Each of these ten classic novels has received negative, sometimes scathing, reviews by both literary critics and other authors. Can you identify them from the quotes and clues provided?

Easier, 10 Qns, MotherGoose, Jul 28 22

Category: Hit or Miss

Easier
MotherGoose
Jul 28 22
1140 plays

33.

  "Outlander" and "Outlander" Series Quiz    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

Ok, I specifically wanted this to be a hard quiz. :) Questions from Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander", "Dragonfly in Amber", "Voyager", "Drums of Autumn", and "The Outlandish Companion."

Average, 20 Qns, LadyCaitriona, Jul 10 03

Category: Gabaldon, Diana

Average
LadyCaitriona
3438 plays

34.

  Darkly Dreaming Dexter    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

This quiz is about the delightfully crafted book by Jeff Lindsay, not the television series. Although there are quite a few similarities between the two, there are some definite differences too! Warning, quiz contains spoilers.

Average, 10 Qns, skunkee, Mar 11 21

Category: Lindsay, Jeff

Average
skunkee
Mar 11 21
780 plays

35.

  The Shining    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Every hotel has its ghosts, and in Stephen King's classic horror novel, "The Shining", the Torrance family discovers that the Overlook Hotel is home to many guests who never checked out. Good luck!

Average, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Sep 12 19

Category: The Shining

Average
kyleisalive
Sep 12 19
4632 plays

36.

  Matching the Detectives    

Photo Match

 10 Qns

The pictures on the left represent the surnames of some famous detectives. They will either be a direct clue or a homonym. Once you have identified the gumshoe, match him or her with the author that created them.

Average, 10 Qns, pollucci19, Oct 06 24

Category: Fictional Detectives

Average
pollucci19
Oct 06 24
711 plays

37.

  It Was a Dark and Stormy Night    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Authors including Edward Bulwer-Lytton and Snoopy ("Peanuts" comic strip) used this line to open their stories. But this quiz is about authors whose horror stories give us that eerie, queasy feeling. Let's take a look.

Easier, 10 Qns, CmdrK, Nov 18 12

Category: Horror

Easier
CmdrK
1830 plays

38.

  It's Full of Stars    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

"What is?" you may ask. Literature is, of course. And, I don't mean Hollywood stars, but massive bodies of burning hydrogen and so on. How many of these works of literature that mention stars do you recognize?

Average, 10 Qns, alaspooryoric, Nov 30 24

Category: Nature Themed

Average
alaspooryoric
Nov 30 24
2994 plays

39.

  "Bleak House" - worst title but best Dickens book?    

Multiple Choice

 25 Qns

Many people are put off one of Charles Dickens' best books by the depressing title. However, those who have read it will know how good it is and get the answers to most of these questions.

Average, 25 Qns, Philian, Aug 03 05

Category: Dickens, Charles

Average
Philian
1809 plays

40.

  Classic Contemporary Novels    

Multiple Choice

 25 Qns

This quiz tests your familiarity with some classic 20th century works of science fiction, fantasy and alternative reality fiction.

Average, 25 Qns, Akhnaten, Oct 27 13

Category: Contemporary Literature and Fiction

Average
Akhnaten
9408 plays

41.

  Literary Lexicon - "A"    

Match Quiz

 10 Qns

Match the Literary Terms

Time for me to dust off that old English degree and think back to my university literature courses! I've provided you with ten literary terms that start with the letter "A".

Easier, 10 Qns, trident, Mar 02 24

Category: Literary Terminology

Easier
trident
Mar 02 24
627 plays

42.

  Have You "Red" This Book?    

Photo Quiz

 10 Qns

All of the books mentioned in this quiz have the word "Red" in their title. They cover quite a span of genres and authors. The photos should help offer a clue!

Very Easy, 10 Qns, stephgm67, Jul 02 17

Category: In the Title

Very Easy
stephgm67
1632 plays

43.

  Names for "The Dark One"    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

The Devil is known by various names in scripture and literature. You may "give the Devil his due" but can you also give him his name in this quiz?

Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Apr 15 21

Category: Religious Literature

Average
FatherSteve
Apr 15 21
4944 plays

44.

  Terry Pratchett's Igors - What Goes Around...    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Among my favourite 'bit parts' (yes, that was a play on words) in Terry Pratchett's 'Discworld' books are the Igors - so here's a quiz about them (from several different books). Enjoy!

Average, 15 Qns, Quiz_Beagle, Jan 06 08

Category: Characters of Discworld

Average
Quiz_Beagle
864 plays

45.

  The Romantic Period: Authors and Poets    

Multiple Choice

 15 Qns

Process of elimination is the key to this quiz. Each author is the answer to only one question. Two additional questions ask you to name works.

Tough, 15 Qns, skylarb, Feb 12 19

Category: Literature by Era

Tough
skylarb
Feb 12 19
2688 plays

46.

  9 for 10 - Hamlet    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Here are nine quotes from Shakespeare's "Hamlet". Most of them are spoken by Hamlet himself. The first letters of the answers to questions one to nine spell the answer to the last question.

Average, 10 Qns, minch, Sep 13 06

Category: Hamlet

Average
minch
5109 plays

47.

  High Five    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Published first in 1999, "High Five" offers another glimpse into the world of Stephanie Plum. Her uncle is missing, her cop is worried, and her mentor is looking sexier by the hour!

Average, 10 Qns, gamemaster1967, Aug 09 08

Category: Evanovich, Janet

Average
gamemaster1967
690 plays

48.

  I Have a Novel Idea!    

Multiple Choice

 10 Qns

Good poets and playwrights often try their hands at writing novels. Some succeed. Others, well, probably should have stayed away from prose. The authors in this quiz are all Americans.

Average, 10 Qns, adams627, Nov 09 24

Category: American Literature

Average
adams627
Nov 09 24
6693 plays

49.

  Stephenie Meyer's "The Host"    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

This quiz is all about "The Host" by Stephenie Meyer, the woman who created the "Twilight" series.

Average, 20 Qns, Skyflyerjen, Jul 13 11

Category: The Host

Average
Skyflyerjen
759 plays

50.

  Written by Michael Crichton    

Multiple Choice

 20 Qns

This is a quiz about Michael Crichton and the many things he has written. Test your knowledge on these basic questions about his literary works. Good luck!

Tough, 20 Qns, LeoDaVinci, May 15 24

Category: Crichton, Michael

Tough
LeoDaVinci
May 15 24
1812 plays