Literature in general means any writing in an artistic manner in any language. It includes stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, etc. The majority of the people are found to be very interested in literature and various literature subjects are also offered overall the world in schools, colleges, and universities. Therefore, in this post, we have tried to give more knowledge of literature in an easy and simple way. These are 60+ Literature trivia questions that can help you to boost your literature knowledge. It includes trivia questions related to American, Canadian, and Philippine literature.
Explore the captivating world of literature with our Literature Trivia Questions and Answers! Delve into famous authors, classic novels, and literary genres as you challenge your knowledge and spark your imagination. Whether you’re a bookworm or just love a good story, these trivia questions are sure to entertain and enlighten.
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Literature Trivia Questions
1. What does literature generally mean?
Answer: It is generally defined as writing with artistic merit.
2. What are the main things included in the literature?
Answer: Screenplays, Non-fiction, Song lyrics etc.
3. What is the world’s oldest literature?
Answer: Ancient Egyptian Literature and Sumerian Literature
4. In how many categories literature courses are divided usually?
Answer: Four; British literature, American literature, World literature, and pre-1800 and post 2000.
5. When did the first Egyptian writing come?
Answer: During the Early Dynastic Period
6. What are the first three major periods of English literature?
Answer: Middle English Literature, 16th Century Renaissance, and English Literature Restoration.
7. Name some famous writers of English literature?
Answer: James Joyce, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and Dylan Thomas, etc.
8. From where the famous writer William Shakespeare belongs to?
Here are some more exciting facts to know about the literature of various countries such as different time periods of literature, categories of Canadian literature, etc.
Literature Trivia Questions and Answers
11. What does the symbols ideogram represent?
Answer: meaning or sense
12. What was the period of the Middle Kingdom in literature?
Answer: 1700-2025 BC
13. What was the time period of the 16th Century Renaissance?
Answer: 1485-1603
14. Who was the most popular and influential writer of the Middle English literature period?
Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer considered as first English poet.
15. When the English literature produced?
Answer: During the 17th century
16. In which two categories is Canadian literature divided?
Answer: English and French
17. How the first writers of Canada recorded their impressions of British North America?
Answer: In charts, diaries, journals, and letters
18. Who were the initial writers of the country?
Answer: explorers, travelers, and British officers and their wives
19. Who wrote ‘A Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay to the Northern Ocean’?
Answer: The explorer Samuel Hearne
20. In which book did the explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie’ describe his travels?
Answer: Voyages from Montreal…Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans
These literature trivia questions focus on High school students who especially opt for literature subjects in their curriculum. These can help them to attain better performance in their studies.
Literature Trivia Questions for High Schools
21. What were the earliest poems in Canadian literature includes?
Answer: Patriotic songs and hymns
22. How the American literature begins in the United States during the 17th century?
Answer: With the arrival of English-speaking Europeans in the country.
23. Who is credited as the initiation of American literature?
These literature trivia questions and answers will provide some basic information about American literature, its history, writers, poetries, etc.
American Literature Trivia Questions and Answers
31. During the 1600s what the American literature consists of mostly?
Answer: Practical Nonfiction
32. When The History of Virginia written by John Smith was published?
Answer: In 1608 and 1624
33. What was the earliest poetry collection about America?
Answer: The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
34. Who wrote the Federalists Papers?
Answer: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay
35. Who wrote the first African American book ‘Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral?
Answer: Phillis Wheatly
36. What was the first American novel?
Answer: The Power of Sympathy
37. When the book was published?
Answer: In 1789
38. Who wrote the autobiography ‘The Interesting Narrative’?
Answer: Olaudah Equiano
39. Who was the most influential political writer during and after the 18th-century war?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
40. Name some poems by the most memorable American poet ‘Philip Freneau’.
Answer: Revolutionary War Satires, The Indian Burying Ground, The Wild Honey Suckle, etc.
Do you know children’s literature is also known as Juvenile literature? These literature trivia questions will provide such type of new information on children’s literature. It is emphasis, particularly on the stories, poems, and books for children.
Children’s Literature Trivia Questions and Answers
41. Who wrote the book for children ‘Where the Wild Things Are’?
Answer: Maurice Sendak
42. What thing was focused in the successful children’s story ‘The Snowy Day’?
Answer: A Black protagonist
43. What is the name of the book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd?
Answer: Goodnight Moon
44. What do the illustrations by Robert McCloskey show in ‘Blueberries for Sal’?
Answer: It shows how families from different species can be similar.
45. When the book ”Blueberries for Sal’ was published?
Answer: It includes a wide range of works including stories for children, fairy tales, lullabies, fables, and folk songs.
48. Who wrote the book ‘Little Bear’?
Answer: Else Holmelund Minarek
49. In which children’s story the tale of a tree gives its life to a boy?
Answer: The Giving Tree
50. Name the writer of the book ‘The Giving Tree’?
Answer: Shel Silverstein
The Philippines literature is another interesting part of literature to know about. These trivia questions will provide some easy questions and answers about Philippines literature.
Philippines Literature Trivia Questions and Answers
51. How many time frames are there in Philippine literature?
Answer: Nine including the periods of Re-orientation, Imitation, Self-discovery, Japanese, Rebirth of Freedom, Activism, New Society, Third Republic and Contemporary
52. Short poems with four lines and seven syllables each are known as what?
Answer: Tanaga
53. Name some religious writings of Philippine literature?
54. The author Nicanor Sta. Ana Abelardo was known for what?
Answer: His Kundiman songs
55. Which famous theater and building housing was named in his honor and memory?
Answer: Cultural Center of the Philippines and the College of Music
56. Who wrote the novels Noli Me Tangere’ and ‘El Filibusterismo’?
Answer: Jose Rizel
57. What was the story of the book ‘Noli Me Tangere’ about?
Answer: It was about Crisostomo Ibarra dealing with the Spanish authorities and how he prepared for his revenge
58. What is ‘Awit’?
Answer: It is a form of poetry with four lines per stanza and 12 syllables per line.
59. Who wrote the book ‘Florante At Laura’?
Answer: Francisco Balagtas
60. Which Filipino writer was recognized as the National Artist of the Philippines in 1976?
Answer: Nick Joaquin
Who knows if art and literature are interlinked as both depend on each other? These art and literature trivia questions will show how they are related and give knowledge about various arts as well.
Art and Literature Quiz Questions
61. How art and literature are linked?
Answer: Artwork mostly represents the images of things provided in literature that’s why they are linked closely.
62. When and who painted ‘The Folly’?
Answer: Arlo Mountford in 2008-09
63. The painting ‘Merry-Go-Round’ is from which collection?
Answer: Tate Britain
64. What is the goal of an expressionistic writer?
Answer: To express emotions so that the reader could better understand the human condition.
65. Which is the most famous artwork by Gertler?
Answer: Merry-Go Round
66. When did the sculpture ‘The Gates of Hell’ was modeled?
Answer: During 1880-1917
67. Who created ‘Ophelia’ the character depicted in Shakespeare’s Hamlet?
Answer: Sir John Everett Millais
68. The painting ‘Procession of Characters from Shakespeare’s Plays’ is from which collection?
Answer: Yale Center of British Art
69. How many Darling children were there in J. M. Barrie’s ‘Peter Pan’?
Answer: Three
70. Who wrote the novel ‘Gone with the Wind’?
Answer: Margaret Mitchell
71. Which poem is written by John Keats to a singing bird?
Answer: Ode to A Nightangle
72. How many ghosts visited Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’?
Answer: Four
73. Who is Harry Potter’s best girlfriend?
Answer: Hermione
74. Who was Wendy in Peter Pan?
Answer: Darling’s daughter
75. Who wrote the novel ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’?
Answer: C. S. Lewis
76. Who wrote the book ‘Of Mice and Men’?
Answer: John Steinbeck
77. When the book was originally published?
Answer: In 1937
Who painted the famous artwork Starry Night?
Answer: Vincent van Gogh
What is the name of the protagonist in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby?
Answer: Jay Gatsby
Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
Answer: William Shakespeare
Which artist is famous for painting the Mona Lisa?
Answer: Leonardo da Vinci
What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter book?
Answer: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the US)
Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
Answer: Harper Lee
What is the title of Pablo Picasso’s famous anti-war mural?
Answer: Guernica
Who wrote the epic poem The Odyssey?
Answer: Homer
What is the name of the character who is a detective in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes series?
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