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Egg in Literature

Test your knowledge about the role of eggs in literature.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty", what happens to Humpty Dumpty?

  1. He falls off a wall.
  2. He is eaten by a fox.
  3. He is crushed by a giant.
  4. He is stolen by a witch.
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird", what does Atticus Finch compare Tom Robinson's trial to?

  1. A game of chess.
  2. A boxing match.
  3. An egg.
  4. A football game.
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the poem "The Egg" by Sylvia Plath, what does the speaker compare the egg to?

  1. A mirror.
  2. A womb.
  3. A planet.
  4. A clock.
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "The Great Gatsby", what does Jay Gatsby keep in his library?

  1. A collection of rare books.
  2. A collection of eggs.
  3. A collection of paintings.
  4. A collection of stamps.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the play "Hamlet", what does Hamlet compare his mother's remarriage to?

  1. A snake shedding its skin.
  2. A bird laying an egg.
  3. A flower blooming.
  4. A cloud passing by.
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "The Catcher in the Rye", what does Holden Caulfield call the people who are "phonies"?

  1. Eggs.
  2. Sheep.
  3. Pigs.
  4. Cows.
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the poem "Easter Wings" by Emily Dickinson, what does the speaker compare the resurrection of Jesus Christ to?

  1. A butterfly emerging from a cocoon.
  2. A bird hatching from an egg.
  3. A flower blooming.
  4. A star rising in the sky.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude", what does the Buendía family keep in a chest?

  1. A collection of gold coins.
  2. A collection of jewels.
  3. A collection of eggs.
  4. A collection of love letters.
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the play "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov, what does Nina Zarechnaya compare herself to?

  1. A seagull.
  2. An egg.
  3. A flower.
  4. A bird.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "The Lord of the Rings", what does Gollum call the One Ring?

  1. My precious.
  2. My egg.
  3. My treasure.
  4. My love.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", what is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything?

  1. 42.
  2. An egg.
  3. The meaning of life.
  4. The secret of happiness.
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the poem "The Egg" by Edgar Allan Poe, what does the speaker compare the universe to?

  1. A dream.
  2. An egg.
  3. A mirror.
  4. A clock.
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "The Catcher in the Rye", what does Holden Caulfield call the people who are "phonies"?

  1. Eggs.
  2. Sheep.
  3. Pigs.
  4. Cows.
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the novel "The Great Gatsby", what does Jay Gatsby keep in his library?

  1. A collection of rare books.
  2. A collection of eggs.
  3. A collection of paintings.
  4. A collection of stamps.
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the play "Hamlet", what does Hamlet compare his mother's remarriage to?

  1. A snake shedding its skin.
  2. A bird laying an egg.
  3. A flower blooming.
  4. A cloud passing by.
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