Classic Literature Trivia
Test your knowledge of famous characters and elements from classic American and world literature.
Questions
In Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, what is the name of the submarine that Captain Nemo commands?
- Nautilus
- Argonaut
- Triton
- Poseidon
In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, what is the name of the white whale that Captain Ahab obsessively pursues?
- Moby-Dick
- The Pequod
- Starbuck
- Ishmael
In Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, what is the name of the giant race that Gulliver encounters on his travels?
- Brobdingnagians
- Lilliputians
- Houyhnhnms
- Yahoos
In Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, what is the name of the island where Crusoe is shipwrecked?
- Isla Nublar
- Isla Sorna
- Isla del Coco
- Isla de Mona
In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, what is the name of the old fisherman who struggles to catch a giant marlin?
- Santiago
- Manolin
- The Old Man
- The Sea
In John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, what is the name of the family who is forced to leave their Oklahoma farm during the Dust Bowl?
- The Joads
- The Wilsons
- The Thompsons
- The Martins