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The Super Tricky English Quiz

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Iago is the villain in which drama?

a)

MacBeth

b)

Othello

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

The Tempest

2.

Voldemort is the villain in which story?

a)

Harry Potter

b)

Lord of the Rings

c)

Jaws

d)

The Hunger Games

3.

Bill Sikes is the villain in which classic Dickens novel?

a)

Great Expectations

b)

Bleak House

c)

The Old Curiosity Shop

d)

Oliver

4.

Sauron is the villain in which fantasy trilogy?

a)

The Lord of the Rings

b)

The Hunger Games

c)

Maze Runner

d)

Discworld

5.

Cardinal Richelieu is the villain in which novel?

a)

The Three Musketeers

b)

Pride and Prejudice

c)

The Great Gatsby

d)

1984

6.

Name the dog in 101 Dalmatians

a)

Jasper

b)

Perdita

c)

Rex

d)

Pop

7.

Name the three-headed dog in Harry Potter

a)

Fang

b)

Fluffy

c)

Aragog

d)

Crookshanks

8.

Name the dog in Jaws

a)

Toto

b)

Pippin

c)

Sam

d)

Bruce

9.

Which dog appears in Enid Blyton’s novels?

a)

Tilly

b)

Ted

c)

Thor

d)

Timmy

10.

Which dog accompanied Dorothy to Emerald City?

a)

Toddy

b)

Benji

c)

Toto

d)

Bob

11.

R L Stevenson wrote this adventure novel that inspired film adaptations in 1950, 1972 and 1990.

a)

The Princess Bride

b)

Swiss Family Robinson

c)

Kidnapped

d)

Treasure Island

12.

Daniel Craig played which famous spy from an Ian Fleming novel?

a)

Artemis Fowl

b)

James Bond

c)

Ethan Hunt

d)

Jason Bourne

13.

What was the first ever book-to-film adaptation, filmed in 1902?

a)

The Legend of Zorro

b)

Robinson Crusoe

c)

Peter Pan

d)

The Worst Witch

14.

The author PL Travels made Walt Disney’s life difficult whilst making which 1964 Film?

a)

Sleeping Beauty

b)

Pete’s Dragon

c)

The Fox and the Hound

d)

Mary Poppins

15.

What is the name of the poltergeist at Hogwarts which was left out of the film adaptations?

a)

Peeves

b)

Grimes

c)

Innes

d)

Harris

16.

Name the author

a)

Clive Barker

b)

Steven King

c)

Thomas Harris

d)

R L Stine

17.

Name the author

a)

H P Lovecraft

b)

Bram Stoker

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Robert Burns

18.

Name the author

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Virginia Woolf

c)

Dorris Lessing

d)

Sylvia Plath

19.

Name the author

a)

Toni Morrison

b)

Tayari Jones

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Octavia Butler

20.

Name the author

a)

Ernest Hemmingway

b)

George Orwell

c)

James Joyce

d)

John Steinbeck

21.

Which classic novel was the inspiration for the TV show Big Brother?

a)

Brave New World

b)

Animal Farm

c)

1984

d)

White Noise

22.

A monster travels from the Carpathian Mountains to London. Guess the novel!

a)

Frankenstein

b)

Dracula

c)

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

d)

Lilith

23.

Which book did Roald Dahl write first?

a)

Esio Trot

b)

The BFG

c)

Matilda

d)

James and the Giant Peach

24.

Which man sells his soul to ensure his picture will age rather than himself?

a)

Doctor Faustus

b)

Jay Gatsby

c)

Willy Loman

d)

Dorian Gray

25.

Which classic book begins: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife?’

a)

Pride and Prejudice

b)

Jane Eyre

c)

Wuthering Heights

d)

Little Women

26.

What is the purpose of a simile?

a)

Compare two things

b)

State a fact

c)

Describe the sound of a word

d)

Bring an object to life

27.

Which of these is a metaphor?

a)

Her hair is as red as blood

b)

Thomas walked slower than his dog

c)

The moon gazed over the sea

d)

My mouth dropped to the ground in shock

28.

Which of these is an example of onomatopoeia?

a)

Okay

b)

Meow

c)

Doll

d)

Hey

29.

Unscramble the letters to find an English teachers name: IMMMLALCSRN

a)

Mrs Sloan

b)

Mrs Hunter

c)

Mr Allison

d)

Mrs McMillan

30.

How many lines does an Octave have in a sonnet?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

16

d)

18

31.

Guess the character: “he was almost twice as tall as a normal man and at least five times as wide. He looked simply too big to be allowed, and so wild - long tangles of bushy black hair and beard his most of his face.”

a)

The Bloodbottler

b)

Beorn

c)

The Frost Giant

d)

Hagrid

32.

Guess the character: “the newcomer had shiny black hair, rather like a wooden Dutch doll. She was thin, with large feet and hands, and small, rather peering blue eyes.”

a)

Mary Poppins

b)

Miss Honey

c)

Wendy

d)

Mildred Hubble

33.

Guess the character: “He was a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness.”

a)

James Bond

b)

Long John Silver

c)

Doctor John Watson

d)

Doctor Jekyll

34.

Guess the character: “he had a tall pointed blue hat, a long grey clock, a silver scarf over which a white beard hung down below his waist, and immense black boots.”

a)

Albus Dumbledore

b)

Gandalf

c)

Merlin

d)

Rincewind

35.

Guess the character: “she was tiny, probably no more than four and a half feet tall. She looked quite young, I guessed about 25 or 26, and she was very pretty. She had on a rather long stylish black dress...”

a)

The Grand High Witch

b)

Mrs Coulter

c)

Jadis

d)

The Wicked Witch of the West