Classic Novels & Authors Trivia Quiz
From Austen to Orwell, test your knowledge of the authors and novels that shaped literature as we know it.
About This Quiz
Certain novels become classics because they capture something that keeps mattering long after the era that produced them has passed, and the authors behind them often lived stories nearly as interesting as their fiction. This quiz tests your knowledge of the writers, publication histories, and famous opening lines behind some of literature's most enduring novels, spanning centuries, continents, and genres.
Sample Questions
- 1.Which author wrote under the pen name to hide her gender in Victorian England?
- 2.What is the opening line of George Orwell's '1984'?
- 3.Mary Shelley wrote 'Frankenstein' at what age?
- 4.Which novel begins with the line, "It is a truth universally acknowledged..."?
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