Statistics for Literature by Letter - M

Click here to take the quiz!

General Stats
Answer Stats
Score Distribution
Your Score History

General Stats

This quiz has been taken 13,423 times
(13,395 since last reset)
The average score is 12 of 20

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Classic book about Ahab and the White Whale	Moby Dick	97%
Victor Hugo novel about the life of Jean Valjean	Les {Misérables}	94%
Mythical king. Everything he touched turned to gold	Midas	91%
Wonderland resident who invited Alice to an "unbirthday" party	Mad Hatter	83%
Performers of this tragedy call it "the Scottish play", as saying its name is supposedly bad luck	Macbeth	82%
Roald Dahl book about a girl with telekinetic powers	Matilda	74%
The nine daughters of Zeus with the power to inspire poetry, theatre, and music	Muses	72%
Where Sauron dwells in "The Lord of the Rings"	Mordor	67%
Novel featuring hard-boiled detective Sam Spade; Humphrey Bogart made a movie version	{Maltese} Falcon, the	66%
17th-century English poet who wrote "Paradise Lost"	John Milton	58%
The story of the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban	I am {Malala}	57%
First of the Aubrey-Maturin 20-book series that describes sea life during the Napoleonic wars	{Master} and Commander	57%
Romeo's friend who shouts, "A plague on both your houses!"	Mercutio	56%
"Midnight's Children" and "Shantaram" were set in this Asian city	Mumbai	55%
Playwright who wrote "The Crucible" and "Death of a Salesman"	Arthur Miller	52%
Stephen King novel about an obsessive fan who torments an author	Misery	49%
Style of writing that includes supernatural elements. Gabriel García Márquez was a practicioner	{Magic} Realism	43%
Author of "Gone with the Wind"	Margaret Mitchell	39%
Author of "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye"	Toni Morrison	32%
"The Naked and the Dead" author and wife-stabber	Norman Mailer	16%