Literature is viewed as one of the more interesting subjects a student can take in high school. Literally all you do is read books and form opinions on them. This is somewhat different from the maths and sciences of the world where one must remember very specific facts and understand their principles and workings. In the case of literature, all you need to do is remember one of the greatest stories ever told and then write about it. Some of the greatest novels of all time are regularly studied by high school English classes.
Many of the novels studied in English classes make statements about the world we live in or time periods that we have gone through. If you happen to think that you have a large amount of knowledge stored up in your brain about novels commonly read in high school English classes then go ahead and give this quiz your best shot. Perhaps you can get a passing grade or even better.
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Get PremiumCan You Get Passing Grade on This High School Literature Quiz? Questions
Boo Radley is a character in what book commonly read in high school?
A Brave New World
A Clockwork Orange
To Kill A Mockingbird
1984
George Orwell's Animal House is thought to be an analogy for what?
The French Revolution
The Great Depression
World War II
The Russian Revolution of 1917
Who wrote the novel Invisible Man which dealt with issues faced by African Americans in the 1920s?
Kurt Vonnegut
Aldous Huxley
John Howard Griffin
Ralph Ellison
In the dystopian novel, Brave New World, what real-life automobile manufacturer is deemed so important that years on the calendar are divided between those that occurred before and after he lived on Earth?
Elon Musk
Henry Ford
André Citroën
Karl Benz
Who wrote the novel Lord of the Flies?
Kurt Vonnegut
William Golding
William Shakespeare
Oscar Wilde
In what decade does the novel, The Great Gatsby, take place?
1910s
1900s
1920s
1930s
How old is Holden Caufield in the novel Catcher in the Rye?
14
18
12
16
In what two countries does the novel A Tale of Two Cities take place?
England and Spain
France and Spain
France and England
USA and Canada
What is Winston's greatest fear in the novel 1984?
Clowns
Heights
Death
Rats
What do the main characters in Of Mice and Men do to make a living?
Alcohol bootleggers
Gold miners
Traveling salesmen
Farmworkers
In what time period does the novel The Grapes of Wrath take place?
1930s
1940s
1920s
1950s
What strange phenomenon happens to the character of Billy Pilgrim in the novel Slaughter House Five?
He became unstuck in time
He could move objects with his mind
He could stop time
He could read thoughts
What crisis does the world face before the events in The Handmaid's Tale?
Pandemic
Fertility
Obesity
World war
What country does Shakespeare's Macbeth take place in?
Spain
France
England
Scotland
What does the term "droog" mean in A Clockwork Orange?
Romantic partner
Friend
Milk
Enemy
3 Comments
I got 11 out of 15!
You passed! Way to go. You would certainly get a passing grade in a high school literature class.
3/15
I haven’t read any of these books and I’m not in high school yet
When I finished high school I can do it again and see how well I do
15/15 wonderful!!!