LITREATURE quiz
Here are sample questions from the LITREATURE category. Think about each answer before revealing it – and then check how you'd do against real players in the app.
In which city is "Romeo and Juliet" set?
Part of Shakespeare's play also takes place in Mantua, where Romeo is banished. In Verona, the so-called Juliet's House with its balcony attracts tourists.
How many lines does a distich have?
2
It is also called a couplet.
Who is the narrator of "One Thousand and One Nights"?
In which city was playwright George Bernard Shaw born?
Who wrote "Hamlet"?
Who wrote "The City of God" ("De civitate Dei")?
Augustine of Hippo wrote it after the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, contrasting the earthly city with the City of God.
The first four books of which epic are called the Telemachy?
The name comes from Telemachus, son of Odysseus.
Who wrote "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"?
Lewis Carroll was the pen name of mathematician Charles Dodgson. He made up the story during a boat trip on the Thames for Alice Liddell and her sisters, and published it exactly three years later, on July 4, 1865.
What is the name of the title character of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "The Idiot"?
Originally, the novel was to be titled "Prince Myshkin".
Who wrote the 1884 play "The Wild Duck"?
Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. His other works include "A Doll's House" and "Peer Gynt".
What nationality was the Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda?
His real name was Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. He received the Nobel Prize in 1971.
Which musical based on a Victor Hugo novel hit theatres in 2012?
Directed by Tom Hooper, the film won three Oscars, including one for Anne Hathaway as Fantine. Jean Valjean was played by Hugh Jackman.
Who wrote the novel "The Plague"?
The novel was published in 1947 in Paris.
Who wrote the drama "Faust"?
The drama is in two parts and is based on a German folk legend.
Which English Romantic poet wrote the poem "The Giaour"?
The word "giaour" is a derogatory term used by Muslims for non-believers, especially Christians.
Who narrates almost all of the Sherlock Holmes stories?
Only a few of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories have other narrators – two of them are narrated by Holmes himself.
Who received the only posthumous Nobel Prize in Literature in history, in 1931?
The Swedish poet died in April 1931, a few months before the prize was announced. He had earlier sat on the Nobel Committee himself.
Who wrote the Moomin books?
Jansson was a Finnish writer and illustrator who wrote in Swedish. She illustrated her Moomin books herself.
What is the title of John Milton's poem that thematically complements "Paradise Lost"?
Milton published "Paradise Regained" in 1671, a few years after "Paradise Lost" (1667). While the first poem tells of the Fall of Man, the second focuses on the temptation of Christ by Satan. Both are written in blank verse.
Who wrote the novel "The Godfather"?
The novel was published in 1969. Puzo also co-wrote the screenplay for Coppola's film, for which he won an Oscar.
Want more LITREATURE questions?
Play them in MultiQuiz against players from all over the country.
