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English Dept Trivia

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following movies was NOT a book first?

a)

The Notebook

b)

Lord of the Rings

c)

Little Women

d)

Star Wars

2.

Which celebrity shares a name with the wife of Shakespeare?

a)

Anne Hathaway

b)

Meryl Streep

c)

Scarlett Johanson

d)

Blake Lively

3.

The movie 10 Things I Hate About You is loosely based off of what Shakespeare play?

a)

Romeo & Juliet

b)

The Twelfth Night

c)

Taming of the Shrew

d)

Macbeth

4.

The T Swift lyric "You had a one hand feel on the steering wheel, the other on my heart" is what literary device?

a)

Zeugma

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

5.

In T Swift’s song, “Cardigan,” the lyric, “tried to change the ending, Peter losing Wendy" is what literary device?

a)

Zeugma

b)

Metaphor

c)

Alliteration

d)

Allusion

6.

What book was the movie Easy A (2010) inspired by?

a)

The Great Gatsby

b)

The Scarlet Letter

c)

Grapes of Wrath

d)

Of Mice and Men

7.

What state is referenced in both John Green’s story about a boy’s time in boarding school and in the book Into the Wild?

a)

California

b)

Alaska

c)

Georgia

d)

New York

8.

How many adaptations of Romeo and Juliet have there been since Shakespeare’s time?

a)

between 2-4

b)

around 15

c)

8

d)

More than 10

9.

The title of the TV reality series Big Brother is an allusion to what novel?

a)

Pride and Prejudice

b)

1984

c)

Fox and the Hound

d)

Little Women

10.

What famous play is the Lion King based off?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

Wicked

d)

Phantom of the Opera

11.

Gretchen Weiners in Mean Girls paraphrases a speech by Cassius in which play?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Romeo & Juliet

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

King Henry IV pt2

12.

In the video game "The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowwind" a city has a "Ministry of Truth" which is a reference to what novel?

a)

A Brave New World

b)

Into the Wild

c)

1984

d)

Animal Farm

13.

The Lumineers have a song called "Ophelia" who is a character in which Shakespeare play?

a)

Taming the Shrew

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Hamlet

d)

Julius Caesar