📚 Literature Trivia
Quiz Set 7 — Classic Novels
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Question 1 of 10
Who wrote 'The Trial'?
Franz Kafka published Der Process (The Trial) posthumously in 1925, a nightmarish bureaucratic novel.
Question 2 of 10
What is the term for a 19-line poem with two repeating rhymes?
A villanelle has 19 lines: five tercets and a quatrain, with two repeating rhymes and two refrains.
Question 3 of 10
Who wrote 'Invisible Man'?
Ralph Ellison published Invisible Man in 1952, exploring Black American identity and invisibility.
Question 4 of 10
What is a bildungsroman?
A Bildungsroman (German: 'formation novel') follows the moral and psychological growth of the protagonist.
Question 5 of 10
Who wrote 'Things Fall Apart'?
Chinua Achebe published Things Fall Apart in 1958; it's the most read book in modern African literature.
Question 6 of 10
What is the term for the time and place of a story?
Setting refers to both the time period and location where a story takes place.
Question 7 of 10
Who wrote 'Mrs. Dalloway'?
Virginia Woolf published Mrs. Dalloway in 1925, a modernist novel set over a single day in London.
Question 8 of 10
What is the main theme of dystopian literature?
Dystopian literature portrays dark, oppressive imagined societies to critique present tendencies.
Question 9 of 10
Who wrote 'Siddhartha'?
Hermann Hesse published Siddhartha in 1922, a novel of spiritual self-discovery inspired by Buddhism.
Question 10 of 10
What is a foil character?
A foil is a character whose traits contrast with the protagonist's, highlighting the main character's qualities.