Literature Quiz

Getting in the festive mood, here are 10 literature questions that you may come across over the holiday. How well will you do?

1. Holden Caulfield, an icon for teenage angst and rebellion, is a fictional character in which American literary classic?
2. Which book begins ‘It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen’?
3. Which author, who passed away in 2016, was portrayed by Catherine Keener in the 2005 film Capote and by Sandra Bullock in the 2006 film Infamous?
4. ‘The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it ‘the Riddle House” is the start of which book?
5. Who collaborated with his daughter Lucy, in 2007, to write the children’s book George’s Secret Key to the Universe?
6. Which book starts with ‘I will not drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week’?
7. Which Italian novel for children has been adapted in over 240 languages?
8. Who wrote the line ‘These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket’?
9. In Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’, which creature was used as the ball in the game of croquet?
10. Who wrote the award-winning fantasy novel, ‘Life of Pi’?

If you can resist checking on Google, the answers will be at the end of the next post! Enjoy!