Famous Authors & Literature

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Instructions: From Shakespeare to Hemingway — how well do you know the world's greatest books and authors?

1.
Who wrote the tragic love story 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A
William Shakespeare
B
Charles Dickens
C
Geoffrey Chaucer
D
Jane Austen
2.
In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' what is the famous opening line of Hamlet's most well-known soliloquy?
A
'All the world's a stage'
B
'To be, or not to be'
C
'What's in a name?'
D
'Out, out, brief candle'
3.
Charles Dickens wrote 'A Tale of Two Cities.' Which two cities does it refer to?
A
London and Paris
B
Rome and Venice
C
Berlin and Vienna
D
New York and Boston
4.
What was the real name of the American author known as Mark Twain?
A
Nathaniel Hawthorne
B
Henry James
C
Ralph Waldo Emerson
D
Samuel Clemens
5.
Which novel by Jane Austen begins with the line 'It is a truth universally acknowledged'?
A
Emma
B
Persuasion
C
Sense and Sensibility
D
Pride and Prejudice
6.
Ernest Hemingway wrote which of these novels?
A
Of Mice and Men
B
The Great Gatsby
C
Catch-22
D
The Old Man and the Sea
7.
F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for writing which classic American novel?
A
The Catcher in the Rye
B
The Great Gatsby
C
The Sun Also Rises
D
Farewell to Arms
8.
Who wrote the classic novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
A
Harper Lee
B
Maya Angelou
C
Toni Morrison
D
Flannery O'Connor
9.
J.R.R. Tolkien is the author of which fantasy epic?
A
The Lord of the Rings
B
Harry Potter
C
The Chronicles of Narnia
D
A Game of Thrones
10.
Agatha Christie holds the Guinness World Record for being the best-selling what?
A
Fiction writer
B
Playwright
C
Poet
D
Children's author
11.
Which poem by Edgar Allan Poe features a talking bird that repeats 'Nevermore'?
A
The Bells
B
The Raven
C
Annabel Lee
D
The Tell-Tale Heart
12.
Emily Brontë wrote which classic novel set on the Yorkshire moors?
A
Jane Eyre
B
Wuthering Heights
C
Middlemarch
D
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
13.
The ancient Greek poet Homer is credited with writing 'The Odyssey.' What is it about?
A
The creation of the Greek gods
B
Odysseus's long journey home after the Trojan War
C
The founding of Rome
D
The Trojan War battles
14.
Who wrote the novel 'Moby Dick' about an obsessive hunt for a white whale?
A
Jack London
B
Herman Melville
C
Joseph Conrad
D
Nathaniel Hawthorne
15.
Who wrote the dystopian novel '1984,' which introduced concepts like 'Big Brother' and 'thoughtcrime'?
A
H.G. Wells
B
Ray Bradbury
C
George Orwell
D
Aldous Huxley

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