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Literary Works About Chess

Test your knowledge about literary works that revolve around the game of chess.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Vladimir Nabokov novel does the main character, Luzhin, have a fascination with chess?

  1. The Gift
  2. Lolita
  3. The Defense
  4. Invitation to a Beheading
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the short story "The Chess Players"?

  1. Anton Chekhov
  2. Fyodor Dostoevsky
  3. Leo Tolstoy
  4. Nikolai Gogol
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Stephen Zweig novella does a chess game between two men become a battle of wills?

  1. Chess Story
  2. The Royal Game
  3. The Post-Office Girl
  4. Beware of Pity
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which novel by Walter Tevis features a chess-playing computer as the main character?

  1. The Man Who Fell to Earth
  2. The Queen's Gambit
  3. Mockingbird
  4. The Color of Money
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Salman Rushdie novel does a chess game serve as a metaphor for the Cold War?

  1. Midnight's Children
  2. Shame
  3. The Satanic Verses
  4. Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the novel "The Eight"?

  1. Katherine Neville
  2. Dan Brown
  3. James Rollins
  4. Steve Berry
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Arthur C. Clarke short story does a chess game between two computers lead to a nuclear war?

  1. The Nine Billion Names of God
  2. The Star
  3. Childhood's End
  4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which novel by William Faulkner features a chess game between two brothers?

  1. The Sound and the Fury
  2. As I Lay Dying
  3. Light in August
  4. Absalom, Absalom!
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Jorge Luis Borges short story does a chess game become a metaphor for the universe?

  1. The Library of Babel
  2. The Garden of Forking Paths
  3. The Aleph
  4. Death and the Compass
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the novel "The Royal Game"?

  1. Stefan Zweig
  2. Arthur Koestler
  3. Vladimir Nabokov
  4. William Faulkner
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Vladimir Nabokov short story does a chess game lead to a murder?

  1. The Defense
  2. The Gift
  3. Lolita
  4. Invitation to a Beheading
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which novel by Arthur Koestler features a chess game between a Nazi officer and a Jewish prisoner?

  1. Darkness at Noon
  2. The Age of Longing
  3. Arrival and Departure
  4. The Gladiators
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Truman Capote short story does a chess game between two men reveal their true characters?

  1. Breakfast at Tiffany's
  2. In Cold Blood
  3. The Grass Harp
  4. A Tree of Night
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who wrote the novel "The Chess Master and His Lesson"?

  1. Stefan Zweig
  2. Arthur Koestler
  3. Vladimir Nabokov
  4. William Faulkner
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which Jorge Luis Borges short story does a chess game become a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil?

  1. The Library of Babel
  2. The Garden of Forking Paths
  3. The Aleph
  4. Death and the Compass
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