Classic Literature By Author
How's you high school or college literature class? Can you identify classic books written by such authors as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Tennessee Williams, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Ernest Hemingway, etc.? Try this quiz to find out how well you know classic literature authors and their novels. Try to get an "A+". Good luck!
1. Who is the author of "The Catcher in the Rye"?
A. J.D.Salinger
B. Robert L.B. Stevenson
C. Theodore Dreiser
D. Graham Greene
2. Who is the author of "Portrait of a Lady"?
A. Umberto Eco
B. Henry James
C. Tennessee Williams
D. Alice Walker
3. Who is the author of "Alice in Wonderland"?
D. Alice Walker
B. Lewis Carroll
C. Jane Austen
D. Jonathan Swift
4. Who is the author of "Canterburry Tales"?
A. Miguel De Cervantes Saaverda
B. Geoffrey Chaucer
C. John Milton
D. William Shakespeare
5. Who is the author of "Of Mice and Men"?
A. Theodore Dreiser
B. Charles Dickens
C. Jonathan Swift
D. John Steinbeck
6. Who is the author of "Lord of the Flies"?
A. F. Scott Fitzgerald
B. John Milton
C. J.R.R. Tolkien
D. William Golding
7. Who is the author of "20000 Leagues under the Sea"?
A. Lewis Carroll
B. Herman Melville
C. Jules Verne
D. Bram Stoker
8. Who is the author of "Tom Jones"?
A. John Milton
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Henry Fielding
D. Ernest Hemingway
9. Who is the author of "Frankenstein"?
A. Victor Hugo
B. Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley
C. Margaret Mitchell
D. Bertolt Brecht
10. Who is the author of "The Bluest Eye"?
A. Henry James
B. Alice Walker
C. Toni Morrison
D. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer Guide:
1. A. J.D.SalingeR
2. B. Henry James
3. B. Lewis Carroll
4. B. Geoffrey Chaucer
5. D. John Steinbeck
6. D. William Golding
7. C. Jules Verne
8. C. Henry Fielding
9. B. Mary Wollenstonecraft Shelley
10. C. Toni Morrison
Score Guide:
10 A+ Excellent. We need people like you
9 A Very Good. This calls for a party!
8 B Good. Lend your books to others.
7 C Fine. Continue reading.
6 D Not bad. Read more books!
5 F+ Passed. I wonder what you read in your literature class.
4 - 3 F Pretty Bad. You want me to read you some novels?
2 - 0 F- Very Bad. Go, continue watching TV.
