Classic literature quiz

Which of the following novels opens with the famous line:

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

• Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Answer explanation

Who is the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s Macbeth?

• King Duncan

• Banquo

• Macbeth

• Macduff

Which novel features a dystopian society where books are outlawed and burned?

• 1984 by George Orwell

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

In The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, which famous phrase opens the poem?

• “I grow old… I grow old…”

• “April is the cruellest month”

• “Do I dare disturb the universe?”

• “These fragments I have shored against my ruins”

Which author coined the term “stream of consciousness” as a literary technique?

• Ernest Hemingway

• James Joyce

• William Faulkner

• Virginia Woolf

(a)   is the author of The Catcher in the Rye, a novel centered around teenage angst and alienation.

In Animal Farm by George Orwell, the character (a)   represents Joseph Stalin.

The line “To be, or not to be: that is the question” is from Shakespeare’s play (a)   .

(a)   is considered the pioneer of magical realism, known for writing One Hundred Years of Solitude.

The Romantic poets were known for their celebration of (a)   , emotion, and imagination.