
Many popular classics have made a difference in the world of literature.
Think you know your literature? Here are some questions to test "the little grey cells".
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Which of these classic novels was published first?

Dracula
Candide
The Lord Of The Rings
Pride And Prejudice
Who wrote the literary classic "War and Peace"?

Ernest Hemingway
Fyodor Dostoyevky
Leo Tolstoy
Charles Dickens
In which world does The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe take place?

Westeros
Middle-Earth
Narnia
The Wizarding World
True or False: Jane Austen had decided on the title "Pride & Prejudice" early on in the writing stages.

False
True
In which decade does The Great Gatsby take place?

The 1950s
The 1920s
The 1910s
The 1860s
Which novel explores an alternate world where the Axis Powers won the second world war?

1984
Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep?
Brave New World
The Man in the High Castle
True or False: Anna Karenina was originally published as a novel, with its 800+ pages.

False
True
What happens to Okonkwo at the end of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart?

He commits suicide
He is tried and executed
He is exiled for life
He is sold into slavery
Which novel birthed the genre of science fiction?

H.G. Wells' The Time Machine
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Bram Stoker's Dracula
True or False: The protagonist in C.S. Lewis’ sci-fi trilogy was modeled after J.R.R. Tolkien.

False
True
In Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, what is the nature of the Nautilus' propulsion?

Coal power
Hydrogen fuel cell
Nuclear power
Steam power
How do the children in William Golding's Lord of the Flies end up on the island?

A commercial airliner goes down during the Cold War
A cruise ship sinks near the island
A zeppelin crashes in 1919
A British plane crashes during World War II
True or False: The author of "To Kill A Mockingbird," Harper Lee, only wrote the one novel.

True
False
In Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," what commodity is prohibited and burned upon discovery?

Corn
Newspapers
Tobacco
Books
What is the other title for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick"?

The Whale
The White Whale
Obsession
Captain's Call
True or False: Edgar Allen Poe originally wanted a parrot to say "Nevermore" instead of a raven.

True
False
What is the best-selling novel of all time?

The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
2 Comments
16/17. I read most of these books decades ago. But I tried reading Things Fall Apart before I was ready for it, i.e., I didn’t understand the one book I missed on this quiz because I read it when I wasn’t old enough then.
4/17 how was I supposed to know… I’m gen z…..