Can You Pass This Book Lover’s Literature Quiz?

Which of these classic novels was published first?

• Candide

• Dracula

• The Lord Of The Rings

• Pride And Prejudice

Who wrote the literary classic "War and Peace"?

• Leo Tolstoy

• Fyodor Dostoyevky

• Charles Dickens

• Ernest Hemingway

In which world does The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe take place?

• Narnia

• Westeros

• The Wizarding World

• Middle-Earth

True or False: Jane Austen had decided on the title "Pride & Prejudice" early on in the writing stages.

• True

• False

In which decade does The Great Gatsby take place?

• The 1920s

• The 1910s

• The 1950s

• The 1860s

Which novel explores an alternate world where the Axis Powers won the second world war?

• Brave New World

• The Man in the High Castle

• Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep?

• 1984

True or False: Anna Karenina was originally published as a novel, with its 800+ pages.

• True

• False

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

• He is exiled for life

• He commits suicide

• He is tried and executed

• He is sold into slavery

Which novel birthed the genre of science fiction?

• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

• Bram Stoker's Dracula

• Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

• H.G. Wells' The Time Machine

True or False: The protagonist in C.S. Lewis’ sci-fi trilogy was modeled after J.R.R. Tolkien.

• True

• False

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 British plane crashes during World War II

• A commercial airliner goes down during the Cold War

• A cruise ship sinks near the island

• A zeppelin crashes in 1919

True or False: The author of "To Kill A Mockingbird," Harper Lee, only wrote the one novel.

• False

• True

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

• Books

• Tobacco

• Newspapers

• Corn

What is the other title for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick"?

• Obsession

• Captain's Call

• The White Whale

• The Whale

True or False: Edgar Allen Poe originally wanted a parrot to say "Nevermore" instead of a raven.

• False

• True

What is the best-selling novel of all time?

• A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

• Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes

• And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie

• The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien