Book quiz: classic novels
Checked on 11 November 2026
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Who wrote Pride and Prejudice, the 1813 novel that follows Elizabeth Bennet?
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The answer is Jane Austen.
Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice in 1813, with Elizabeth Bennet at its heart.
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Who wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, set along the Mississippi River?
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The answer is Mark Twain.
Mark Twain published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876, about a mischievous boy growing up by the Mississippi.
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In Moby-Dick, who is the captain of the whaling ship Pequod?
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The answer is Ahab.
Captain Ahab commands the Pequod on his single-minded quest for the white whale, Moby Dick.
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In Little Women, what is the family name of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy?
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The answer is March.
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women follows the four March sisters from childhood into adulthood.
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Which Brontë sister wrote Wuthering Heights, set on the Yorkshire moors?
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The answer is Emily Brontë.
Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights in 1847, the same year her sister Charlotte published Jane Eyre.
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Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?
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The answer is Nick Carraway.
The story is told by Nick Carraway, who is drawn into the world of his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby on Long Island.
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Who wrote Frankenstein, the 1818 novel about the young scientist Victor Frankenstein?
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The answer is Mary Shelley.
Mary Shelley published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in 1818.
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Mary Ann Evans published Middlemarch under which pen name?
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The answer is George Eliot.
Middlemarch, set in a fictional Midlands town, was published in 1871 and 1872 by Mary Ann Evans under the name George Eliot.
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Which ex-convict is the central character of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables?
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The answer is Jean Valjean.
Les Misérables follows ex-convict Jean Valjean and his path to redemption in France from 1815 to 1832.
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In Cervantes' novel, what is the real name of the man who calls himself Don Quixote?
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The answer is Alonso Quijano.
Alonso Quijano, a gentleman from La Mancha, reads so many tales of chivalry that he sets out as the knight Don Quixote.