Round 1: Easy Literature Trivia Questions and Answers

1. In which novel do we meet Scout, Jem and Atticus Finch? To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Which George Orwell novella is an allegory for the Russian Revolution? Animal
Farm
3. What is the name of the Wizarding School where most of the Harry Potter series
takes place? Hogwarts
4. ‘Call me Ismael’ is the first line of which novel? Moby Dick
5. The Great Gatsby is set in West Egg, a fictional neighbourhood of which
city? New York
6. What is the first book in The Lord of the Rings trilogy? The Fellowship of the
Ring
7. The Alchemist was originally written in which language? Portuguese
8. After being expelled from school, who spends two days killing time in New York
in The Catcher in the Rye? Holden Caulfield
9. In which Shakespeare play do we meet the quarrelling Montague and Capulet
families? Romeo and Juliet
10. What district do Katniss, Peeta and Gale come from in The Hunger
Games? District 12
Round 2: Literature Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

1. ‘Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way’ is
the opening line of which book? c. Anna Karenina
2. What does Theodore Decker steal at the beginning of The Goldfinch? D. A
painting of a goldfinch
3. In A Room With A View, Lucy Honeychurch falls in love on an eye opening
holiday to which country? B. Italy
4. What is the third book in the Twilight Saga? B. Eclipse
5. Which of the following is not a real Bennet sister from Pride and Prejudice? C.
Maggie Bennet
6. Complete the first line of Kafka’s Metamorphosis: ‘As Gregor Samsa awoke one
morning from troubled dress he found himself transformed in his bed
into___.’ b.. An enormous insect
7. Who is Harry Potter married to in the epilogue of The Deathly Hallows? D. Ginny
Weasley
8. Jack London’s Call of the Wild is set during which historic event? A. The
Klondike Gold Rush
9. What is the most read Ernest Hemingway novel according to Goodreads? C. The
Old Man and The Sea
10. What was the most commonly banned book from American schools and libraries
in the 20th century? A. 1984
Round 3: Literature Quiz and Answers – True or False

1. Though he’s called Earnest in London, the protagonist of Oliver Wilde’s The
Importance of Being Earnest goes by the name Jack at his country home. True
2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich follows the protagonist as he spends a day
in the trenches of WWI. False, we find our protagonist in a Soviet gulag
3. Persepolis is a coming-of-age memoir set against the backdrop of the Syrian civil
war. False, it’s set during the Iranian Revolution
4. Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women in just 10 weeks. True
5. Though regarded as one of the most difficult books to read, James
Joyce’s Ulysses is just over 200 pages long. False, it’s over 700 pages
6. Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go is set in a dystopian future where cloned
children are born to become soldiers. False
7. Madame Bovary was banned when it was first published for ‘insulting public
morals’ and ‘offending decent manners.’ False, though Flaubert was put on
trial he was acquitted on all charges
8. Hard Times was Charles Dickens’ shortest novel. True
9. Mikael Blomkvist, Nils Bjurman and Lisbeth Salander are all characters in The
One Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And
Disappeared. False, they’re from The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
10. In 2022, former child star Jenette McCurdy shocked the world with her memoir I’m
Glad My Mom Died. True
Round 4: Medium Literature Trivia Questions and Answers

1. Which book opens with the line ‘Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t
know’? The Stranger (or The Outsider) by Albert Camus
2. Kite Runner tells the story of a child’s escape from which war-torn
country? Afghanistan
3. Isaac Marion’s zombie-romance novel Warm Bodies is based on which
Shakespeare play? Romeo and Juliet
4. What job does Jane Eyre have in Mr Rochester’s household? Governess
5. Which 1987 novel tells the story of an African-American family in Cincinnati who’s
family home is haunted by a malevolent spirit? Beloved
6. One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love In The Time Of Cholera are both books
by which Colombian novelist? Gabriel García Márquez
7. How many ghosts visit Scrooge in A Christmas Carol? Four
8. Bridget Jones’ Diary is a modern retelling of which classic novel? Pride and
Prejudice
9. The protagonist of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is affected by
which condition? Autism
10. Which Kafka novel tells the story of an ordinary bank employee who is indicted for
an unknown crime by an unknown court? The Trial
Round 5: Hard Literature Trivia Questions and Answers

1. What is the best selling book to have never been made into a movie? The
Catcher in the Rye
2. In which fantasy book can you read the poem The Jabberwocky? Alice Through
the Looking-Glass
3. What is the name of Boromir’s younger brother in The Lord of the
Rings trilogy? Faramir
4. Which of his books has Neil Gaiman described as ‘a story that children
experienced as an adventure, but which gave adults nightmares’? Coraline
5. The Wide Sargasso Sea and The Wife Upstairs are both based on which classic
novel? Jane Eyre
6. How many acts does Arthur Miller’s A View From The Bridge have? One
7. Which popular science book has the tagline ‘A Brief History of Tomorrow’? Homo
Deus
8. Which famous children’s novelist wrote a crime series under the pen name Robert
Galbraith? J.K. Rowling
9. Where does Anna Karenina meet Vronsky for the first time? Moscow Train
Station
10. The principle that any detail included at the beginning of a story must be relevant
by the end is also known as what? Chekhov’s Gun