📚 Literature Trivia
Quiz Set 4 — Book Awards
Answer all 10 questions. Click an option to see if you got it right!
Question 1 of 10
Who wrote 'Brave New World'?
Aldous Huxley published Brave New World in 1932, set in a dystopian consumer society.
Question 2 of 10
What is iambic pentameter?
Iambic pentameter has 10 syllables per line in five iambs (unstressed-stressed pairs).
Question 3 of 10
Who wrote 'Frankenstein'?
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus in 1818 when she was just 18.
Question 4 of 10
What Dickens novel features Scrooge?
Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in 1843, featuring the miser Ebenezer Scrooge.
Question 5 of 10
Who wrote 'The Old Man and the Sea'?
Ernest Hemingway published The Old Man and the Sea in 1952; it won the Pulitzer Prize.
Question 6 of 10
What is free verse in poetry?
Free verse poetry does not follow a fixed meter or rhyme scheme.
Question 7 of 10
Who wrote 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?
Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1865.
Question 8 of 10
What is the Booker Prize?
The Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best novel written in English and published in the UK.
Question 9 of 10
Who wrote '1984'?
George Orwell (Eric Blair) published Nineteen Eighty-Four in 1949, introducing 'Big Brother'.
Question 10 of 10
What is the term for the main character of a story?
The protagonist is the main character or central figure in a narrative.