Literature Quiz

1 - Who was the author of the famous storybook 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

a)      Rudyard Kipling    b) John Keats    c) Lewis   Carroll    d) H. G. WellsANSWER - Lewis Carroll

2 - How many lines does a sonnet have?

a) 10      b) 12    c)14    d) they varyANSWER - 14

3 - Who wrote 'Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise'? 

a) Browning      b) Marx    c) Shakespeare    d) KiplingANSWER   - Shakespeare

   4 -  Name the book which opens with the line 'All children, except one grew up'?

a) The Railway   Children    b) Winnie the Poo    c) Jungle Book      d) Peter PanANSWER - Peter Pan

5 - Which is the first Harry Potter book?

a) HP and the   Goblet of Fire    b) HP and the Philospher's Stone      c) HP and the Chamber of SecretsANSWER - Harry Potter and the   Philosopher's Stone 

6 - In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales written?

a) fourteenth      b) fifteenth    c) sixteenth    d) seventeenthANSWER   - 14th Century

7 - What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of 'Treasure Island'?

a) Scottish      b) Welsh    c) English    d) Irish      e) FrenchANSWER - Scottish 

8 - 'Jane Eyre' was written by which Bronte sister?

a) Anne      b) Charlotte    c)EmilyANSWER - Charlotte

9 - What is the book 'Lord of the Flies' about?

a) a road trip   around the USA    b) a swarm of killer flies      c) schoolboys on a desert islandschoolboys on a desert island

10 - In the book' The Lord of the Rings', who or what is Bilbo?

a) dwarf      b) wizard    c) troll    c) hobbit      d) man    e) castleANSWER - hobbit

11 - The following taboo phrases were used by which writer?

"I fart at thee", "shit on your head', "dirty bastard"

a) Ben Johnson      b) William Shakespeare    c) Henry James    d)   Ernest Hemingway ANSWER - Ben Johnson

12 - Who wrote the crime novel "Ten Little Niggers"?

a) Sir Arthur   Conan Doyle    b) Irvine Welsh    c) Agatha   Christie    d) Emile Zola ANSWER - Agatha Christie