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Classic Literature Trivia

From Gatsby's green light to Romeo's 'wherefore', prove you're more than just a dusty bookshelf ornament.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

In Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel, what was the birth name of the self-made millionaire known as Jay Gatsby?

James Gatz

In Juliet's balcony monologue—“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?”—what does "wherefore" actually mean?

Why

Which Jane Austen novel opens with the line, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"?

Pride and Prejudice

In Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, what is the Ministry of Peace responsible for?

War

What novel opens with the words, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"?

A Tale of Two Cities