Best Literary Classics trivia quiz questions

Test your knowledge on some of the world's most beloved books from Shakespeare to Jane Austen and more.

What is the name of the protagonist in Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita'?
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Humbert Humbert
Who wrote the novel 'The Catch-22'?
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Joseph Heller
What is the title of Chinua Achebe's most famous novel?
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Things Fall Apart
Who wrote the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
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Jane Austen
Who wrote the novel 'The Sound and the Fury'?
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William Faulkner
Who wrote the novel 'The Scarlet Letter'?
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
In Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', what is the first name of Dr. Frankenstein?
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Victor
Who wrote the novel 'The Age of Innocence'?
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Edith Wharton
Which of these plays was written by Tennessee Williams?
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A Streetcar Named Desire
What is the title of James Joyce's most famous novel?
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Ulysses
In Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', who does Elizabeth Bennet eventually marry?
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Fitzwilliam Darcy
What is the title of Leo Tolstoy's most famous novel?
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War and Peace
What is the name of the protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'?
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Rodion Raskolnikov
Which Emily Bronte novel features the character Heathcliff?
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Wuthering Heights
Which Gustave Flaubert novel features the character Emma Bovary?
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Madame Bovary
Which of these novels was written by Jane Austen?
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Pride and Prejudice
In Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick', what is the name of Captain Ahab's ship?
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Pequod
What is the name of the protagonist in Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'?
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Sal Paradise
Which of these novels was written by Toni Morrison?
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Beloved
Who wrote the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'?
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John Steinbeck
What is the title of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel?
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The Great Gatsby
Which Shakespearean play features a character named Iago?
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Othello
Which Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel features the character Santiago Nasar?
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
What is the title of Mark Twain's most famous novel?
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Which dystopian novel, written by Aldous Huxley, portrays a society controlled by technology and conditioning?
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Brave New World
Who wrote the novel 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?
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Mark Twain
In Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', into what creature does the protagonist Gregor Samsa transform?
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An insect
Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
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Harper Lee
In Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities', which two cities are referred to in the title?
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London and Paris
Which Charles Dickens novel features the character Ebenezer Scrooge?
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A Christmas Carol
What is the title of Harper Lee's only published novel?
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To Kill a Mockingbird
What is the title of Ernest Hemingway's first novel?
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The Sun Also Rises
What is the name of the captain in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'?
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Kurtz
In George Orwell's '1984', what is the name of the totalitarian regime's official language?
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Newspeak
What is the name of the protagonist in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera'?
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Florentino Ariza
What is the name of the protagonist in Albert Camus' 'The Stranger'?
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Meursault
What is the title of Ernest Hemingway's most famous novel?
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The Old Man and the Sea
Who wrote the novel 'Moby-Dick'?
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Herman Melville
What is the name of the protagonist in James Joyce's 'Ulysses'?
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Leopold Bloom
In William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', which character represents the voice of reason and civilization?
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Piggy
Who wrote the novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables', what is the name of the inspector who relentlessly pursues Jean Valjean?
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Javert
Who wrote the novel 'Invisible Man'?
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Ralph Ellison
In Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', which creature constantly asks Alice to recite poetry?
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Caterpillar
In James Joyce's 'Ulysses', what is the date on which the entire novel takes place?
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June 16, 1904
In Alexandre Dumas' 'The Count of Monte Cristo', what is the true identity of the Count?
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Edmond Dantès
Who wrote the play 'Death of a Salesman'?
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Arthur Miller
What is the name of the protagonist in Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'?
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Okonkwo
Which Vladimir Nabokov novel features the character Humbert Humbert?
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Lolita
Which Shakespeare play features the characters Romeo and Juliet?
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Romeo and Juliet
What is the name of the family at the center of John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath'?
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Joads
In J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit', what type of creature is Smaug?
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Dragon
What is the name of the protagonist in Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'?
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Esther Greenwood
What is the title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel that tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family?
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
What is the name of the protagonist in Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'?
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Gregor Samsa
In Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights', who is the narrator of the story?
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Mr. Lockwood
In Homer's 'Odyssey', which goddess often helps Odysseus on his journey home?
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Athena
Which Thomas Hardy novel features the character Bathsheba Everdene?
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Who wrote the novel 'Jane Eyre'?
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Charlotte Bronte
In J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', what is the main character's full name?
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Holden Caulfield
In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men', what is the name of the mentally disabled man who travels with George?
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Lennie
In Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman', what is the name of the salesman protagonist?
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Willy Loman
What is the name of the protagonist in George Orwell's '1984'?
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Winston Smith
Who wrote the novel 'Frankenstein'?
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Mary Shelley
Which Jane Austen novel features the character Elizabeth Bennet?
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Pride and Prejudice
In Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace', how many major characters are followed throughout the novel?
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Five
In Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre', what is the name of Mr. Rochester's secret wife?
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Bertha Mason
In Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22', what is the name of the main character?
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Yossarian
In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter', what letter must Hester Prynne wear as punishment for her crime?
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A
What is the title of Joseph Conrad's most famous novel?
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Heart of Darkness
What is the title of Virginia Woolf's most famous novel?
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Mrs. Dalloway
In Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', what is the name of the escaped slave who accompanies Huck?
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Jim
What is the name of the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye'?
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Holden Caulfield
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', what is the occupation of the narrator, Nick Carraway?
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Bond salesman
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', what is Jay Gatsby's real name?
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James Gatz
What is the name of the monster in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'?
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Adam
In Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy', who is the poet that guides Dante through Hell and Purgatory?
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Virgil
In Ernest Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', what is the nationality of the protagonist Robert Jordan?
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American
In Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway', what is the first name of Mrs. Dalloway?
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Clarissa
Which Herman Melville novel features the character Captain Ahab?
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Moby-Dick
Which of these plays was written by William Shakespeare?
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Hamlet
What is the title of Charlotte Bronte's most famous novel?
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Jane Eyre
What is the title of Toni Morrison's most famous novel?
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Beloved
In Oscar Wilde's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray', who paints the portrait of Dorian Gray?
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Basil Hallward
What is the name of the main character in Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre'?
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Jane Eyre
Which George Orwell novel features the character Winston Smith?
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1984
In Miguel de Cervantes' 'Don Quixote', what is the name of Don Quixote's loyal squire?
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Sancho Panza
What is the title of John Steinbeck's most famous novel?
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Of Mice and Men
Which William Golding novel features the characters Ralph and Piggy?
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Lord of the Flies
Who wrote the novel 'Dracula'?
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Bram Stoker

Best Literary Classics trivia quiz questions

What is the name of the protagonist in Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita'?

Who wrote the novel 'The Catch-22'?

What is the title of Chinua Achebe's most famous novel?

Who wrote the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Who wrote the novel 'The Sound and the Fury'?

Who wrote the novel 'The Scarlet Letter'?

In Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein', what is the first name of Dr. Frankenstein?

Who wrote the novel 'The Age of Innocence'?

Which of these plays was written by Tennessee Williams?

What is the title of James Joyce's most famous novel?

In Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', who does Elizabeth Bennet eventually marry?

What is the title of Leo Tolstoy's most famous novel?

What is the name of the protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'?

Which Emily Bronte novel features the character Heathcliff?

Which Gustave Flaubert novel features the character Emma Bovary?

Which of these novels was written by Jane Austen?

In Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick', what is the name of Captain Ahab's ship?

What is the name of the protagonist in Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road'?

Which of these novels was written by Toni Morrison?

Who wrote the novel 'The Grapes of Wrath'?

What is the title of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel?

Which Shakespearean play features a character named Iago?

Which Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel features the character Santiago Nasar?

What is the title of Mark Twain's most famous novel?

Which dystopian novel, written by Aldous Huxley, portrays a society controlled by technology and conditioning?

Who wrote the novel 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?

In Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis', into what creature does the protagonist Gregor Samsa transform?

Who wrote the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?

In Charles Dickens' 'A Tale of Two Cities', which two cities are referred to in the title?

Which Charles Dickens novel features the character Ebenezer Scrooge?

What is the title of Harper Lee's only published novel?

What is the title of Ernest Hemingway's first novel?

What is the name of the captain in Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'?

In George Orwell's '1984', what is the name of the totalitarian regime's official language?

What is the name of the protagonist in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera'?

What is the name of the protagonist in Albert Camus' 'The Stranger'?

What is the title of Ernest Hemingway's most famous novel?

Who wrote the novel 'Moby-Dick'?

What is the name of the protagonist in James Joyce's 'Ulysses'?

In William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', which character represents the voice of reason and civilization?

Who wrote the novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?

In Victor Hugo's 'Les Misérables', what is the name of the inspector who relentlessly pursues Jean Valjean?

Who wrote the novel 'Invisible Man'?

In Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', which creature constantly asks Alice to recite poetry?

In James Joyce's 'Ulysses', what is the date on which the entire novel takes place?

In Alexandre Dumas' 'The Count of Monte Cristo', what is the true identity of the Count?

Who wrote the play 'Death of a Salesman'?

What is the name of the protagonist in Chinua Achebe's 'Things Fall Apart'?

Which Vladimir Nabokov novel features the character Humbert Humbert?

Which Shakespeare play features the characters Romeo and Juliet?

What is the name of the family at the center of John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath'?

In J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit', what type of creature is Smaug?

What is the name of the protagonist in Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar'?

What is the title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel that tells the story of seven generations of the Buendia family?

What is the name of the protagonist in Franz Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'?

In Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights', who is the narrator of the story?

In Homer's 'Odyssey', which goddess often helps Odysseus on his journey home?

Which Thomas Hardy novel features the character Bathsheba Everdene?

Who wrote the novel 'Jane Eyre'?

In J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', what is the main character's full name?

In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men', what is the name of the mentally disabled man who travels with George?

In Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman', what is the name of the salesman protagonist?

What is the name of the protagonist in George Orwell's '1984'?

Who wrote the novel 'Frankenstein'?

Which Jane Austen novel features the character Elizabeth Bennet?

In Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace', how many major characters are followed throughout the novel?

In Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre', what is the name of Mr. Rochester's secret wife?

In Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22', what is the name of the main character?

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter', what letter must Hester Prynne wear as punishment for her crime?

What is the title of Joseph Conrad's most famous novel?

What is the title of Virginia Woolf's most famous novel?

In Mark Twain's 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', what is the name of the escaped slave who accompanies Huck?

What is the name of the protagonist in J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', what is the occupation of the narrator, Nick Carraway?

In F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby', what is Jay Gatsby's real name?

What is the name of the monster in Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'?

In Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy', who is the poet that guides Dante through Hell and Purgatory?

In Ernest Hemingway's 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', what is the nationality of the protagonist Robert Jordan?

In Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway', what is the first name of Mrs. Dalloway?