Literature Trivia Quiz 📖

On the Road

On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States.

1985

The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1985.

Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go is a 2005 dystopian science fiction novel by the British author Kazuo Ishiguro. It was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize.

The Mysterious Affair at styles

Agatha Christie wrote her first novel, “The Mysterious Affair at Styles,” because her sister Madge bet her that she couldn't. The book was published in 1916 and featured Hercule Poirot, a Belgian detective who would appear in many of her works.

Edith Warton

In 1921, Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Novel Prize.

Nick Carraway

Nick Carraway is a fictional character and narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.

Voltaire

François Marie Aroué was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his pen name Voltaire, he was renowned for his wit, and his critique of Christianity—particularly the Roman Catholic Church—and slavery.

Catch-22

Capt. John Yossarian is a fictional character, the protagonist of Joseph Heller's satirical 1961 novel Catch-22 and its 1994 sequel Closing Time.

As you like it

The most famous speech in As You Like It is the Seven Ages of Man, which begins 'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players' (Act 2, Scene 7). Michael Horden playing Jaques, the character in As You Like It who delivers the 'Seven Ages of Man' speech.

Go Tell it on the Mountain

His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, was published in 1953; decades later, Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels released from 1923 to 2005. His first essay collection, Notes of a Native Son, was published in 1955. New York City, U.S.