Trivial Twenty: Classic Literature Quiz

Trivial Twenty: Classic Literature

Can you answer these twenty questions of varying difficulty about works of classic literature?

Question Answer
"Call me Ishmael" opens up which classic novel?
Edmond Dantés is the protagonist of what Alexandre Dumas novel?
‘There and Back Again’ was the title of whose memoirs?
Which author created Peter Pan?
Hemingway’s ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ takes place in
what country?
What British author wrote ‘Lord of the Flies’?
Which George Orwell novel features
the dominating overseer ‘Big Brother’?
In what book was Hester Prynne forced to wear
the letter "A" for committing adultery?
Scout, Jem, and Boo Radley are characters from what novel?
Who wrote 1826’s ‘The Last of the Mohicans’?
What is the name of Captain Nemo’s wonderous submarine?
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote which swashbuckling novel in 1883?
Who wrote ‘The Great Gatsby’?
Who is the protagonist of J. D. Salinger‘s ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?
‘The Modern Prometheus’ is the subtitle
to which classic horror novel?
Who wrote 1943’s ‘The Fountainhead’?
‘Les Misérables’ & ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’
are both works by which French author?
Which two cities provide the setting for ‘A Tale of Two Cities’?
What piece of furniture serves as a portal to Narnia?
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
was written by what author?

Last Updated: Oct 14, 2025

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