Quiz Literature
Last Updated:
Improve your knowledge with our literature quiz
Are you passionate about literature? We offer a collection of literary quizzes to help you improve your knowledge of writers, literary works, genres, eras and literary movements.
Our literary quizzes will help you discover new authors and works, as well as learn more about the most important writers in the history of literature. With our selection of questions about authors, novels, poems and short stories, you can test your knowledge about literature and literary culture. Do you know the classic authors of English literature? Can you recognize the most famous literary works? Can you tell the difference between modern and contemporary literary movements? Our literature quizzes are here to help you answer these questions and expand your knowledge of literature.
Literary quizzes are a fun way to reinforce your knowledge and discover new authors and literary works from around the world. So, if you are a literature lover or just curious, come and test your knowledge with our literary quizzes.
literature
/ 10
Who is the author of the epistolary novel Dracula published in 1897?
1Bram Stoker
2Mary Shelley
🙌 Good answer
The author of the epistolary novel Dracula, published in 1897, is Bram Stoker. This classic of Gothic literature popularized the vampire myth.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
The author of the epistolary novel Dracula, published in 1897, is Bram Stoker. This classic of Gothic literature popularized the vampire myth.
Next question
literature
/ 10
Who is the author of the science fiction novel The Planet of the Apes published in 1963?
1Pierre Boulle
2Michael Crichton
🙌 Good answer
The author of the science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, published in 1963, is Pierre Boulle. The novel explores a society where apes dominate humans.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
The author of the science-fiction novel Planet of the Apes, published in 1963, is Pierre Boulle. The novel explores a society where apes dominate humans.
Next question
literature
/ 10
Who is the author of the dystopian science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 published in 1953?
1Ray Bradbury
2Aldous Huxley
🙌 Good answer
Ray Bradbury is the author of the dystopian science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953. This classic explores a future where books are banned and burned.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
Ray Bradbury is the author of the dystopian science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953. This classic explores a future where books are banned and burned.
Next question
literature
/ 10
Which novel by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was adapted to the cinema by Baz Luhrmann in 2013 ?
2The Great Gatsby
1The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
🙌 Good answer
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby was adapted for the screen by Baz Luhrmann in 2013. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby was adapted for the screen by Baz Luhrmann in 2013. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby.
Next question
literature
/ 10
Who is the main character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Russian novel Crime and Punishment?
2Rodion Raskolnikov
1Pierre Bezukhov
🙌 Good answer
Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov is the main character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov is the main character in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel Crime and Punishment.
Next question
literature
/ 10
What is Edmond Rostand's most famous play?
1Cyrano de Bergerac
2The Count of Monte Cristo
🙌 Good answer
Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's famous play inspired by Savinien de Cyrano, was first performed in Paris on December 28, 1897.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's famous play inspired by Savinien de Cyrano, was first performed in Paris on December 28, 1897.
Next question
literature
/ 10
To which cycle does the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, published in 1947, belong?
2The cycle of revolt
1The cycle of absurd
🙌 Good answer
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
Next question
literature
/ 10
Who is the author of The Little Prince?
1Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
2Charles Perrault
🙌 Good answer
The author of The Little Prince is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Published in 1943, this philosophical tale is one of the most widely translated books in the world.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
The author of The Little Prince is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Published in 1943, this philosophical tale is one of the most widely translated books in the world.
Next question
literature
/ 10
Which character is the leader of the pirates in Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure novel Treasure Island?
2Long John Silver
1Billy Bones
🙌 Good answer
In Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, the pirates' leader is Long John Silver, a cunning and fearsome cook with a buccaneering past.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
In Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island, the pirates' leader is Long John Silver, a cunning and fearsome cook with a buccaneering past.
Next question
literature
/ 10
What is the sequel to the novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll?
2Through the Looking-Glass
1Alice and the white rabbit
🙌 Good answer
The sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865, is Through the Looking Glass, written in 1871.
Next question
😞 Wrong answer
The sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865, is Through the Looking Glass, written in 1871.
Next question
