📚 Literature Trivia
Quiz Set 1 — Authors
Answer all 10 questions. Click an option to see if you got it right!
Question 1 of 10
Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?
William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet around 1595, one of his most famous tragedies.
Question 2 of 10
What is the first novel ever written?
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (c.1000 CE) is generally considered the world's first novel.
Question 3 of 10
Who wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice in 1813; it opens with one of literature's most famous lines.
Question 4 of 10
What famous novel begins with 'Call me Ishmael'?
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851) opens with the iconic line 'Call me Ishmael.'
Question 5 of 10
Who wrote 'Don Quixote'?
Miguel de Cervantes wrote Don Quixote (1605/1615), considered the first modern novel in Western literature.
Question 6 of 10
What is the name of the dystopian society in George Orwell's '1984'?
In 1984, the protagonist Winston Smith lives in Oceania, one of three world superstates.
Question 7 of 10
Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'?
F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby in 1925, a masterpiece of the Jazz Age.
Question 8 of 10
What literary prize is considered the most prestigious?
The Nobel Prize in Literature, awarded annually by the Swedish Academy, is the most prestigious literary award.
Question 9 of 10
Who wrote 'War and Peace'?
Leo Tolstoy published War and Peace (1869), a sweeping epic of Russian life during the Napoleonic Wars.
Question 10 of 10
What is the name of the whale in 'Moby-Dick'?
Moby Dick is the white sperm whale relentlessly pursued by Captain Ahab in Herman Melville's 1851 novel.