
Classic Fiction 190512 is a selection of 10 questions. Classic Fiction 190512 is the filename to differentiate it from other Art and Literature quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 What is the first name of Mary Shelley’s tragic hero, baron Frankenstein?
A Victor.
2 What is the name of the submarine commanded by Captain Nemo in Jules Verne’s adventure novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870)?
A Nautilus.
3 What is the name of C S Lewis’ magical realm beyond the wardrobe?
A Narnia.
4 Who wrote the classic novel, The Time Machine?
A H G Wells. First published in 1895.
5 In which novel by Robert Louis Stevenson does a doctor discover a drug that concentrates evil?
A Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde published in 1886
6 Who played Barbarella in the 1960’s film adaptation of Jean Claude Forest’s book?
A Jane Fonda.
7 Who wrote the epic novel The Count of Monte Cristo?
A Alexandre Dumas
8 What nationality was the novelist of Crime and Punishment?
A Russian, author was Fyodor Dostoevsky.
9 American author and humourist Mark Twain wrote the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain is a pen name, what was his real name?
A Samuel (Langhorne) Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
10 Who is the central male character in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights?
A Heathcliffe. Published 1847.