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World Literature quiz: 580+ questions, play live
Great novels, authors and characters. Test yourself against real players in a fast World Literature trivia battle: ten questions, ten seconds each, and the quickest right answer scores the most.
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This Oscar Wilde tragedy, originally written in French in 1891, was banned in England until 1931.
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Answer: Salome. The correct answer is Salome.
How many siblings did William Shakespeare have?
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Answer: 7. The correct answer is 7.
What Shakespeare historical play was being performed at the Globe Theatre in 1613 when a fire broke out from a misguided theatrical cannon shot?
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Answer: Henry VIII. The correct answer is Henry VIII.
What classic satirical novel by Jonathan Swift was banned in Ireland for being wicked and obscene?
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Answer: Gullivers Travels. The correct answer is Gullivers Travels.
Its translation into local languages was forbidden in Burma.
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Answer: The Bible. The correct answer is The Bible.
What role will Dr. Malone play in Lyras destiny, in The Amber Spyglass?
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Answer: The Serpent. The correct answer is The Serpent.
What is the name of the main family in the novel The Grapes of Wrath and in the movie adaptation?
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Answer: Joad. The correct answer is Joad.
From which Hans Christian Andersens fairy tale are the characters Kai and Gerda?
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Answer: The Snow Queen. The correct answer is The Snow Queen.
In what year did William Wordsworth write the poem Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood?
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Answer: 1803. The correct answer is 1803.
This novel focuses on Winston Smith and his attempt to rebel against the totalitarian state in which he lives.
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Answer: Nineteen Eighty-Four. The correct answer is Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Which of the following authors was not born in England?
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Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle. The correct answer is Arthur Conan Doyle.
What novel by Jules Verne was used as a base for a 2008 3-D science fiction movie directed by Eric Brevig?
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Answer: Journey to the Center of the Earth. The correct answer is Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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More than 580 World Literature questions, checked by the Quix team, and new ones are added regularly. A match draws ten of them.
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Ten questions, ten seconds each, against up to three players matched to your level. Answer right and fast to score more; your first tap locks in.
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