General Literature Quiz

1. What is the family name of the founder of Macondo?

2. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

3. Fahrenheit ___

4. Protagonist in 'The Hunger Games'

5. What is Oliver's last name?

6. Severus ____

7. Little girl who discovers life of the nutcracker in Alexandre Dumas' edition

8. Character who finds an insane woman in her fiance's attic

9. "It was a bright cold day in April and ________"

10. "13 men on a dead man's chest. Yo ho ho, and a bottle of rum!"

11. Considered the oldest piece of literature

12. Who killed Achilles?

13. How many circles of hell are in Dante's 'Inferno'?

14. Which of the following is NOT a circle of hell?

15. Who is the protagonist in 'The Alchemist'?

16. Who wrote 'David Copperfield'?

17. Who is 'the Shrew' in 'Taming of the Shrew'?

18. How many daughters does 'King Lear' have?

19. Who was responsible for the murder on the orient express?

20. According to Douglas Adams, what is widely regarded as 'a bad move'?

21. Who went on an adventure to Wonderland?

22. Who are the two immortal protagonists from 'Good Omens'?

23. Who wrote 'One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich'?

24. Who's party was the result of extreme thought and trial?

25. Who was the wild companion of King Gilgamesh?

26. Which patriarch dies after years of being tied to a chestnut tree?

27. Name one character who lived in Slaughterhouse Five

28. Which classic novel features Meg, Amy, Beth, and Jo

29. Which 20th century novel begins with the story of Narcissus, a lake, and a mysterious character?

30. 2001 post-apocalyptic novel featuring a historian and a wild, scar-faced women

31. Which is the sequel to the above novel?

32. Which debut novel focused on the final months of Icelander, Agnes Magnusdottir, and the people she lives with?

33. The answer to life, the universe, and everything is?

34. Which American horror short story features the relationship between the protagonist and a man he does not realise is actually dead?

35. What did the Ghost of Christmas Future vaguely resemble?

36. Which Stephen King novel features an author who was saved from an auto wreck by a psychotic fan?

37. Which children's book series features a boy who's father is Poseidon?

38. Which award winning novel features a teenage boy who interacts with a humanoid yew tree, and struggles to accept the imminent mortality of his mother?

39. Who famously collected an archive of verbal fairytales?

40. Which John Green novel features a maths obsessed teenager who has dated 17 women of the same name?