Classic Books

Question 1

What is the name of Toad’s home in The Wind in the Willows

Answer 1

Toad Hall

Question 2

What are the first names of the Brothers Grimm

Answer 2

Jacob and Wilhelm

Question 3

At the opening of The Old Man and the Sea, how many days had it been since Santiago had caught a fish?

Answer 3

84 days

Question 4

What was the former profession of Jim Casy in The Grapes of Wrath

Answer 4

Preacher

Question 5

In Gone with the Wind, what is the name of the plantation founded by the O’Hara family

Answer 5

Tara

Question 6

How many parts was Don Quixote originally published in?

Answer 6

Two

Question 7

Who wrote the novella Heart of Darkness?

Answer 7

Joseph Conrad

Question 8

What is the title of the first part of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy?

Answer 8

Inferno

Question 9

In which country was Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov originally published?

Answer 9

France

Question 10

During which era does The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath take place?

Answer 10

the 1950s

Question 11

Which location does Gulliver visit last in Gulliver’s Travels?

Answer 11

Houyhnhnmland

Question 12

What is the name of Margaret Hale’s love interest in Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel North and South

Answer 12

John Thornton

Question 13

What does the letter A stand for in The Scarlett Letter?

Answer 13

Adultress

Question 14

What is the English title of the first novel published by Colette?

Answer 14

Claudine at School

Question 15

At the end of Robinson Crusoe, who travels with Crusoe from Portugal to England

Answer 15

Friday

Question 16

Who wrote the novel Peter and Wendy?

Answer 16

J.M. Barrie

Question 17

In the Fall of the House of Usher, who is the best and only friend of Roberick Usher?

Answer 17

The narrator

Question 18

How many older sisters does the Little Mermaid have in the tale by Hans Christian Andersen?

Answer 18

5

Question 19

What is the profession of Newland Archer in The Age of Innocence?

Answer 19

Lawyer

Question 20

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is written by which author?

Answer 20

Mark Twain

Question 21

Tess marries which character in Tess of the d’Urvervilles?

Answer 21

Angel

Question 22

After discovering Narnia in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, who is the first character Lucy meets?

Answer 22

Mr. Tumnus

Question 23

Which was the first novel by Dodie Smith?

Answer 23

I Capture the Castle (Dodie also wrote 101 Dalmations)

Question 24

In the novel Far from the Madding Crowd, what is the profession of Gabriel Oak?

Answer 24

Shepherd

Question 25

In Great Expectations, what is the name of Miss Havisham’s adopted daughter?

Answer 25

Estella

Question 26

Who is the leader of Oceania in Nineteen Eighty-four?

Answer 26

Big Brother

Question 27

Crime and Punishment opens in which city

Answer 27

St. Petersburg

Question 28

Of Mice and Men is set in the United States during which era?

Answer 28

Great Depression

Question 29

In The Seecret Garden, Mary travels from India to which country?

Answer 29

England

Question 30

Which 2 castes are not comprised of clones in Brave New World?

Answer 30

Alphas and Betas

Question 31

What animal is Boxer in Animal Farm by George Orwell?

Answer 31

Horse

Question 32

What is the name of Dr. Henry Jekyll’s alternative personality?

Answer 32

Mr. Edward Hyde

Question 33

What is the name of the narrator in Brideshead Revisited? by Evelyn Waugh

Answer 33

Charles Ryder

Question 34

Early in the novel Vanity Fair, what country had Amelia’s brother Joseph Sedley returned from?

Answer 34

India

Question 35

What is the name of the capital of Hell in John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost

Answer 35

Pandemonium

Question 36

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of how many stories?

Answer 36

24: