Arts & Literature

Timeless Tales Quiz: Test Your Classic Lit Acumen

A concise challenge covering major works and literary techniques from the Western canon.

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Quiz Questions

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1
Which writer authored the 1851 whale saga titled Moby-Dick?
Question 1
2
Identify the novelist who opened his 1859 book with the line about the best and worst of times.
Question 2
3
Who composed the poem that starts with two roads diverging in a yellow wood?
Question 3
4
Which novel introduced the sharp-witted heroine Elizabeth Bennet?
Question 4
5
From whose perspective is The Great Gatsby narrated?
Question 5
6
In Fitzgerald's novel, the green light most often symbolizes what abstract concept?
Question 6
7
Which playwright created the Russian drama The Seagull?
Question 7
8
Name the early‑19th‑century literary movement that prized emotion and nature.
Question 8
9
The magical town of Macondo serves as the setting for which Latin American masterpiece?
Question 9