Literary Classics Quiz

1. According to Jules Verne, how many days did Phileas Fogg want to travel around the world in?

50607080

2. For which novel did Elizabeth Strout win a Pulitzer Prize?

Oh William!My Name Is Lucy BartonOlive KitteridgeOlive

3. Where was Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights set?

YorkshireLondonBirminghamScotland

4. What was Charles Dickens’s last novel?

Oliver TwistThe Mystery of Edwin DroodA Tale of Two CitiesLittle Dorrit

5. Which of these novels was not written in the 19th century?

The Old Curiosity ShopMoby DickLittle WomenRobinson Crusoe

6. What is the name of Sherlock Holmes’ famous sidekick?

Dr WilsonDr WatsonDr WoodsDr Walton

7. Which insect was so ‘Very Hungry’ it ate through the pages of Eric Carle’s book?

AntSpiderCaterpillarBeetle

8. What was the first ever science-fiction novel?

FrankensteinStand on ZanzibarDraculaDon Quixote

9. Before he decided on a peach, what was the first fruit that Roald Dahl considered for his story James and the Giant Peach?

TomatoOrangeGrapefruitCherry

10. Where does Philip Pullman’s character Lyra grow up?

OxfordDevonReadingHastings

11. Which of the following is NOT the name of one of the Pevensie children from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

LucyEdmundSarahPeter

12. Who famously wrote, “Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.”?

Dr. SeussOscar WildeC.S. LewisErnest Hemingway

13. In which decade is The Great Gatsby set?

The 1910sThe 1920sThe 1930sThe 1940s

14. Which of Victor Hugo’s novels was adapted into a Disney animation in 1996?

The Hunchback of Notre DameAladdin and the King of ThievesMatilda101 Dalmations

15. What is George Eliot’s real name?

Louisa May AlcottMary Ann EvansAlice Mary NortonAmantine Lucile Aurore Dupin