LITERATURE QUIZ 4
Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 2:31 pm1 Whose birth date of April 2 is celebrated as International Children’s Book Day?
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
2 Which DH Lawrence novel had the working title of Paul Morel?
SONS AND LOVERS
3 What was the best selling novel in the USA in the 19th century?
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
4 Which Stephen King novel features a temperamental writer called Jack Torrance?
THE SHINING
5 Which novel features a wealthy prostitute called Belle Watling?
GONE WITH THE WIND
6 Which autobiographical novel by Lucy Irving was adapted into a 1986 film with Amanda Donahoe playing the role of Lucy?
CASTAWAY
7 The Sunless Sea is located in which mythical realm?
NARNIA
8 He put a glass to his lips and drank one gulp. A cry followed, he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on. Which character is this text referring to?
DR. JEKYLL
9 The opening line of which novel mentions the Parish of Oare, the county of Somerset and the character of John Ridd?
LORNA DOONE
10 Which Shakespeare play opens with the line, “When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning or rain”?
MACBETH
11 Whose final novel published in 1899 was entitled Resurrection?
LEO TOLSTROY
12 What is the most famous creation of the children’s author Anne Wood?
TELE TUBBIES
13 The beginning of which novel describes a building called the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre?
BRAVE NEW WORLD
14 Which Shakespeare character delivers the line, “Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war”?
ORTHELLO
15 In which 19th century novel did the lead character accept a £20,000 wager at the Reform Club?
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
16 Genesis Chapter 19 chronicles the destruction of which two cities?
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
17 Which publishing company was founded by Sir Allen Lane in 1935?
PENGUIN
18 Which renowned writer lived in a house called Green Edges?
ENID BLYTON
19 What four animals are the lead characters in The Wind In The Willows?
TOAD, RAT, MOLE AND BADGER
20 In the Bible who is said to have been cured of seven demons by Jesus?
MARY MAGDALENE
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON
2 Which DH Lawrence novel had the working title of Paul Morel?
SONS AND LOVERS
3 What was the best selling novel in the USA in the 19th century?
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
4 Which Stephen King novel features a temperamental writer called Jack Torrance?
THE SHINING
5 Which novel features a wealthy prostitute called Belle Watling?
GONE WITH THE WIND
6 Which autobiographical novel by Lucy Irving was adapted into a 1986 film with Amanda Donahoe playing the role of Lucy?
CASTAWAY
7 The Sunless Sea is located in which mythical realm?
NARNIA
8 He put a glass to his lips and drank one gulp. A cry followed, he reeled, staggered, clutched at the table and held on. Which character is this text referring to?
DR. JEKYLL
9 The opening line of which novel mentions the Parish of Oare, the county of Somerset and the character of John Ridd?
LORNA DOONE
10 Which Shakespeare play opens with the line, “When shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning or rain”?
MACBETH
11 Whose final novel published in 1899 was entitled Resurrection?
LEO TOLSTROY
12 What is the most famous creation of the children’s author Anne Wood?
TELE TUBBIES
13 The beginning of which novel describes a building called the Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre?
BRAVE NEW WORLD
14 Which Shakespeare character delivers the line, “Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war”?
ORTHELLO
15 In which 19th century novel did the lead character accept a £20,000 wager at the Reform Club?
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
16 Genesis Chapter 19 chronicles the destruction of which two cities?
SODOM AND GOMORRAH
17 Which publishing company was founded by Sir Allen Lane in 1935?
PENGUIN
18 Which renowned writer lived in a house called Green Edges?
ENID BLYTON
19 What four animals are the lead characters in The Wind In The Willows?
TOAD, RAT, MOLE AND BADGER
20 In the Bible who is said to have been cured of seven demons by Jesus?
MARY MAGDALENE
