LITERATURE QUIZ NO.17
Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 1:33 pm1. In 'Peyton Place,' what race was the man for whom the town was named?
AFRICAN
2. In 'The Scarlet Letter,' what was Hester's little girl's name?
PEARL
3. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' what neighbor of Jem and Scout's terrified them (for no real reason)?
BOO RADLEY
4. In Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice,' what metal was the correct casket made of (remember the 'casket plot')?
LEAD
5. In Huxley's 'Brave New World,' what was the drug of choice?
SOMA
6. In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' what was the hero's name?
JONATHON HARKER
7. In 'Anne of Green Gables,' the poem Anne is quoting while playing dead in the boat shortly before it fills with water is about what literary heroine?
LADY OF SHALOTT
8. In 'Julius Caesar,' what are Caesar's last words? Et tu _________?
BRUTUS
9. In Hemmingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea,' what kind of fish did the old man battle?
BLUE MARLIN
10. In 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' what animal did Huck kill to make his father think he was murdered?
PIG
11. In 'Oedipus Rex,' what did Oedipus stab his eyes out with when he realizes that he has killed his father and married his mother?
BROOCH
12. In Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind,' who is Scarlett obsessed with until the very end?
ASHLEY WILKES
13. In 'Silas Marner,' what color is Eppie's hair (the little girl he finds and adopts)?
BLONDE
14. In 'The Catcher in the Rye,' Holden is continuously worried about what Central Park animals in the winter?
DUCKS
15. In 'A Farewell to Arms,' what happens to the Army nurse, Catherine Barkley?
SHE DIES IN CHILDBIRTH
16. In 'Beowulf,' what is the name of the initial monster that terrorizes the land and Beowulf kills?
GRENDEL
17. In Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' what animal did grandma have stashed away in a picnic basket?
CAT
18. In Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People,' what does the traveling Bible salesman steal from 'Hulga' in the hayloft?
HER LEG
19. In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' how does Ophelia die?
DROWNING
20. In 'Rambling Rose,' what does Rose evenutally die from?
CANCER
21. In 'Great Expectations,' what is Miss Havisham always dressed in?
WEDDING DRESS
22. In Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily,' what is left on the pillow beside the corpse of her soon-to-be-jilting lover?
A GREY HAIR
23. In Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart,' what body part of the old man's drove the main character to murder him and bury him beneath the floorboards?
HIS EYE
24. In 'East of Eden,' what profession does Aaron and Caleb's mother have?
PROSTITUTE
25. In Steinbeck's 'The Pearl,' who or what is shot in the end due to greed and lust for the pearl?
KINOS' INFANT
AFRICAN
2. In 'The Scarlet Letter,' what was Hester's little girl's name?
PEARL
3. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' what neighbor of Jem and Scout's terrified them (for no real reason)?
BOO RADLEY
4. In Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice,' what metal was the correct casket made of (remember the 'casket plot')?
LEAD
5. In Huxley's 'Brave New World,' what was the drug of choice?
SOMA
6. In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' what was the hero's name?
JONATHON HARKER
7. In 'Anne of Green Gables,' the poem Anne is quoting while playing dead in the boat shortly before it fills with water is about what literary heroine?
LADY OF SHALOTT
8. In 'Julius Caesar,' what are Caesar's last words? Et tu _________?
BRUTUS
9. In Hemmingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea,' what kind of fish did the old man battle?
BLUE MARLIN
10. In 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' what animal did Huck kill to make his father think he was murdered?
PIG
11. In 'Oedipus Rex,' what did Oedipus stab his eyes out with when he realizes that he has killed his father and married his mother?
BROOCH
12. In Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind,' who is Scarlett obsessed with until the very end?
ASHLEY WILKES
13. In 'Silas Marner,' what color is Eppie's hair (the little girl he finds and adopts)?
BLONDE
14. In 'The Catcher in the Rye,' Holden is continuously worried about what Central Park animals in the winter?
DUCKS
15. In 'A Farewell to Arms,' what happens to the Army nurse, Catherine Barkley?
SHE DIES IN CHILDBIRTH
16. In 'Beowulf,' what is the name of the initial monster that terrorizes the land and Beowulf kills?
GRENDEL
17. In Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' what animal did grandma have stashed away in a picnic basket?
CAT
18. In Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People,' what does the traveling Bible salesman steal from 'Hulga' in the hayloft?
HER LEG
19. In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' how does Ophelia die?
DROWNING
20. In 'Rambling Rose,' what does Rose evenutally die from?
CANCER
21. In 'Great Expectations,' what is Miss Havisham always dressed in?
WEDDING DRESS
22. In Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily,' what is left on the pillow beside the corpse of her soon-to-be-jilting lover?
A GREY HAIR
23. In Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart,' what body part of the old man's drove the main character to murder him and bury him beneath the floorboards?
HIS EYE
24. In 'East of Eden,' what profession does Aaron and Caleb's mother have?
PROSTITUTE
25. In Steinbeck's 'The Pearl,' who or what is shot in the end due to greed and lust for the pearl?
KINOS' INFANT
