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Literature Quiz

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Can you tell your Austen from your Atwood, your Orwell from your Okonkwo?

Then, sharpen your quills, polish your prose, and get ready to prove your literary prowess!

Winner’s prize?

Bragging rights and eternal literary glory, of course! Buckle up, bookworms – it’s time to let the words fly!

General Literature Quiz

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Dodie Smith wrote what book (later filmed by Disney)?

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Which actor wrote the book The Outlaw Trail?

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In which book would you find the manservant Pas Partout?

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Which book begins with the sentence “Marley was dead, to begin with”?

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Who wrote The Scarlett Letter?

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Who is the female protagonist in The Hunger Games?

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Holden Caulfield is the main character in which book?

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Colleen McCullough wrote which best selling book?

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Who wrote the novel Slaughterhouse-Five?

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In the book by Edith Nesbit, what were the first names of the 3 "Railway Children"?

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Whose autobiography is "Dreams From My Father"?

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In which book might you find Bigwig, Hazel and Fiver?

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Who wrote: "To be or not to be. That is the question"?

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Who penned the 2018 autobiography "Becoming"?

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Who wrote the chilling detective novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles"?

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Who wrote Lolita?

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Which author published 59 new books in 1955?

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Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which author?

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Which famous fictional detective lives at 221B Baker Street?

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Which fictional detective said the following quote: 'Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.'

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Who wrote the book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car?

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In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, what are they burning?

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What book starts with the words - "Call me Ishmael"?

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Who wrote the classic horror novel "Frankenstein"?

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Which sci-fi writer is best known for novels like "Neuromancer" and "Count Zero" that largely contributed to the cyberpunk genre?

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