WORLD LITERATURE QUIZBEE

EASY ROUND: Question 1

The fictional detective character Sherlock Holmes is the creation of______________.

• a. Dante Alighieri

• b. Arthur Conan Doyle

• c. J.K Rowling

• d. Rudyard Kipling

EASY ROUND: Question 2

How many novels combine the harry potter series?

• a. 3

• b. 9

• c. 7

• d. 11

EASY ROUND: Question 3

He is the first mythical geographer who was recognized due to his vivid descriptions of lands and people encountered by his hero, Odysseus (Ulysses in Roman). He is known as the Blind poet.

• a. Sophocles

• b. Aeschylus

• c. Hesiod

• d. Homer

EASY ROUND: Question 4

She is the virgin Goddess of family, hearth, home, and domestic in Greek religion. She is the daughter and the first born child of Kronos and Rhea.

• a. Zeus

• b. Hestia

• c. Athena

• d. Hera

EASY ROUND: Question 5

It is the oldest surviving Chansons de Gestes (Songs of Deeds) that were written in medieval France. It takes place during the time of Charles the Great's (Charlemagne) reign over Frankish territory.

• a. Song of Hiawatha

• b. Gilgamesh

• c. Aeneid

• d. Song of Roland

EASY ROUND: Question 6

He is the author of a novel which tells a story of a young girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. It ranks eighth among literary works by number of languages that have been translated.

• a. J.K Rowling

• b. Walt Wittman

• c. Lewis Caroll

• d. George Martin

AVERAGE ROUND: Question 1

He is a Titan of Greek mythology, the son of Iapetus and Themis. A Trickster figure, he was a champion of mankind known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and the gods and gave it to mortals.

• a. Prometheus

• b. Atlas

• c. Epimetheus

• d. Menoetius

AVERAGE ROUND: Question 2

He is considered as England’s best novelist by writing Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities and A Christmas Carol.

• a. Charles Dickens

• b. Mark Twain

• c. Hans Christian Andersen

• d. Lewis Caroll

AVERAGE ROUND: Question 3

The Divine Comedy is a long narrative poem written by _______________.

• a. Geoffrey Chaucer

• b. Percy Bysshe Shelley

• c. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar

• d. Dante Alighieri

AVERAGE ROUND: Question 4

“It is only with heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” This line is from a novella by French aristocrat, writer and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

• a. Return of the Young Prince

• b. Prince and the Pauper

• c. Prince of Persia

• d. Little Prince