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World Literature Trivia Quiz

There are interesting (but lesser known) works that come from places other than the U.S. and the U.K.

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

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
45,292

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2553

Last 3 plays: ptc123 (3/10), Guest 130 (3/10), Guest 131 (3/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote 'Dead Souls'? Hint

Shololokhov

Pushkin

Gogol

Pasternak

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Question 2 of 10

2. Jorge Luis Borges comes from what country? Hint

Brazil

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which two authors shared a curious (and, at times, violent) relationship with one another? Hint

Rimbaud and Villon

Stendhal and Villon

Verlaine and Rimbaud

Verlaine and Stendahl

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who is best known as a writer of biographical works? Hint

Novalis

Rilke

Zweig

Heine

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote 'Six Characters In Search of An Author'? Hint

Ionesco

Pirandello

Brecht

Remarque

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which work is by Anatole France? Hint

Notes from the Underground

The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard

The Plague

Demian

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'? Hint

Blasco-Ibanez

Cervantes

Lorca

Unamuno

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wrote 'The Flowers of Evil'? Hint

Gide

Baudelaire

Balzac

De Maupassant

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which work is by Goethe? Hint

The Sufferings of Young Werther

Candide

The Counterfeiters

Germinal

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote ' 'Juno and The Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars'? Hint

O'Faolain

Yeats

O'Casey

Synge

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote 'Dead Souls'?

Answer: Gogol

Pasternak did 'Dr. Zhivago'. Sholokhov did 'And Quiet Flows The Don'.

2. Jorge Luis Borges comes from what country?

Answer: Argentina

Creative.

3. Which two authors shared a curious (and, at times, violent) relationship with one another?

Answer: Verlaine and Rimbaud

Turbulent relationship: mentor and student - and shooting.

4. Who is best known as a writer of biographical works?

Answer: Zweig

Stefan Zweig is a biographer (among other things). The others are known for their poetry.

5. Who wrote 'Six Characters In Search of An Author'?

Answer: Pirandello

Brecht has many plays to his credit. Ionesco is a key figure in 'theatre of the absurd'. Remarque wrote 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

6. Which work is by Anatole France?

Answer: The Crime of Sylvester Bonnard

'Underground' is by Dostoevsky. 'Plague' is by Camus. 'Demian' is by Hesse.

7. Who wrote 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'?

Answer: Blasco-Ibanez

It made him famous. Lorca was a prolific Spanish writer. Cervantes did 'Don Quixote'. Unamuno is perhaps best known for his philosophical writings.

8. Who wrote 'The Flowers of Evil'?

Answer: Baudelaire

It's a volume of poetry.

9. Which work is by Goethe?

Answer: The Sufferings of Young Werther

'Counterfeiters' is by Gide. 'Candide' is by Voltaire. 'Germinal' is by Zola.

10. Who wrote ' 'Juno and The Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars'?

Answer: O'Casey

Synge did 'Riders to the Sea' and 'Playboy of the Western World'.

Source: Author robert362

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