Multiple Choice Trivia 
Questions

1. The Invisible Man , a classic science fiction novel, was written by what author?
   A. Robert Louis Stevenson
   B. H. G. Wells
   C. Oscar Wilde
   D. Jules Vern
    

2. According to the book "Lost Horizon", where was the fictional city  of Shangri-La located?
   A.  an island in the South Pacific
   B. the mountains of Tibet
   C. the jungles of Africa
   D. the jungles of Brazil
    

3. Who was the author of "Rip Van Winkle"?
   A. James Fennimore Cooper
   B. Washington Irving
   C. Robert Louis Stevenson
   D. Nathaniel Hawthorne
    

4. In a Mark twain novel, a mechanic from what New England state went back in time and visited King Arthur's court?
   A. Massachusetts
   B. Connecticut
   C. Rhode Island
   D. New Hampshire
    

5. Who are the men in the nursery rhyme that begins, "Rub-a-dub-db / Three men in a tub."
   A. Solomon Grundy's children
   B. the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
   C. the three musketeers
   D. three men of Gotham
    

6.  In Charles Dickens's novel "A Tale of Two Cities", what are names of the two cities?
   A. Boston and New York
   B. Rome and Venice
   C. Brussels and Moscow
   D. London and Paris
    

7. What subject are the series of books, Birnbaum, Fielding, Fodor, and Frommer written about?
   A. cooking
   B. computers
   C. nature
   D. travel
    

8. In Alice in Wonderland, which character is most often seen weeping?
   A. Bill the Lizard
   B. the Dormouse
   C. the Gryphon
   D. the Mock Turtle
    

9. Which of the following authors was not also a doctor?
   A. Anton Chekhov
   B. Somerset Maugham
   C. Voltaire
   D. William Carlos Williams
    

10. From Gulliver's Travels, in what year was Lemuel Gulliver ship wrecked on Lilliput?
    A. 1599
    B. 1699
    C. 1799
    D. 1899
     

11. Who wrote the early science fiction work titled "Voyage to the Moon"?
    A. Francis Bacon
    B. Cyrano de Bergerac
    C. Rene Descartes
    D. William Shakespeare
     

12. What author wrote Far From The Madding Crowd and Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
    A. Truman Capote
    B. Thomas Hardy
    C. John Steinbeck
     

13. The lines, "Oh, East is East and West is West, / And never the twain shall meet" were written by whom?
    A. Lord Byron
    B. G.K. Chesterton
    C. Thomas Hood
    D. Rudyard Kipling
     

14. Edward Lear is famous for what kind of poem?
    A. ballad
    B. limerick
    C. sonnet
     

15. In The Phantom Tollbooth, a Norton Juster's  1962 novel, the city of Dictionopolis is the rival of what other city?
    A. Alphaville
    B. Audiopolis
    C. Digitopolis
    D. Metropolis
     

16. Who wrote the sonnet that starts out "Much  have I travell'd in the realms of gold"?
    A. John Donne
    B. John Keats
    C. John Milton
    D. John Smith
     

17. What is the title of the Steinbeck novel about Tom Joad and his family of migrant farm workers?
    A. Cannery Row
    B. The Grapes of Wrath
    C. Of Mice and Men
     

18. Who wrote Rip Van Winkle?
    A. James Fenimore Cooper
    B. Nathaniel Hawthorne
    C. Washington Irving
    D. Robert Louis Stevenson
     

19. Where would one find Munchkin Country, Quadling Country, Gillikin Country and "Winkie Country?
    A. The Land of Oz
    B. Middle Earth
    C. Never-Never land
    D. Transylvania
     

20. Which one of the following was not one of The Three Musketeers?
    A. Aramis
    B. Athos
    C. D' Artagnan
    D. Porthos

ANSWERS

1. B. H. G. Wells
2. B. the mountains of Tibet
3. B. Washington Irving
4. B. Connecticut
5. B. the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker
6. D. London and Paris
7. D. travel
8. D. the Mock Turtle
9. C. Voltaire
10. B. 1699
11. C. Rene Descartes
12. B. Thomas Hardy
13. D. Rudyard Kipling
14. B. limerick
15. C. Digitopolis
16. B. John Keats
17. B. The Grapes of Wrath
18. C. Washington Irving
19. A. The Land of Oz
20. C. D' Artagnan