- 1. European Classical Literature refers to the literary works and traditions of Europe that have stood the test of time and hold great cultural significance. Spanning centuries and encompassing various genres such as epic poems, plays, novels, and essays, European Classical Literature is characterized by its rich language, complex themes, and enduring influence on history and society. From the ancient epics of Homer and Virgil to the Shakespearean tragedies and the French existentialist novels, European Classical Literature offers deep insights into the human experience, moral dilemmas, and societal norms. Studying these timeless works not only provides a window into the past but also helps us reflect on our present and shape our future. The beauty and depth of European Classical Literature continue to inspire and captivate readers around the world, making it an indispensable part of our cultural heritage.
Who wrote 'The Odyssey'?
A) Aristophanes
B) Homer
C) Sophocles
D) Virgil
- 2. Which playwright is known for writing 'Oedipus Rex'?
A) Aeschylus
B) Sophocles
C) Seneca
D) Euripides
- 3. Which epic poem tells the story of the Trojan War?
A) The Divine Comedy
B) The Aeneid
C) Orlando Furioso
D) The Iliad
- 4. Who is considered the father of tragedy in Greek drama?
A) Euripides
B) Sophocles
C) Aeschylus
D) Aristophanes
- 5. Which Roman poet wrote 'Metamorphoses'?
A) Ovid
B) Catullus
C) Horace
D) Vergil
- 6. Which Russian author wrote 'Anna Karenina'?
A) Anton Chekhov
B) Ivan Turgenev
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 7. Who wrote 'Don Quixote', considered one of the greatest works of Western literature?
A) Gustave Flaubert
B) Franz Kafka
C) Miguel de Cervantes
D) Giovanni Boccaccio
- 8. Which novel by Jane Austen features the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?
A) Emma
B) Sense and Sensibility
C) Pride and Prejudice
D) Mansfield Park
- 9. Which Greek philosopher wrote 'The Republic'?
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Heraclitus
D) Socrates
- 10. What is the title of Dante Alighieri's epic poem about the journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise?
A) The Aeneid
B) The Divine Comedy
C) Paradise Lost
D) Inferno
- 11. Which French author wrote 'Les Misérables'?
A) Émile Zola
B) Gustave Flaubert
C) Victor Hugo
D) Stendhal
- 12. Who penned the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Mary Shelley
C) Bram Stoker
D) Emily Brontë
- 13. In the play 'Antigone', who is Antigone's uncle and king of Thebes?
A) Eteocles
B) Polyneices
C) Creon
D) Oedipus
- 14. Victor Hugo's novel 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' is also known by what title?
A) Les Misérables
B) The Man Who Laughs
C) Notre-Dame de Paris
D) Toilers of the Sea
- 15. Who wrote 'Madame Bovary', considered one of the earliest examples of realism in European fiction?
A) Gustave Flaubert
B) Émile Zola
C) Guy de Maupassant
D) Stendhal
- 16. Which French author is known for writing 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Alexandre Dumas
B) Stendhal
C) Émile Zola
D) Gustave Flaubert
- 17. In Milan Kundera's novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', the protagonist Tomáš works as a?
A) Painter
B) Pilot
C) Professor
D) Surgeon
- 18. Who is the author of the novel 'Crime and Punishment'?
A) Ivan Turgenev
B) Fyodor Dostoevsky
C) Nikolai Gogol
D) Leo Tolstoy
- 19. Which Italian author wrote the masterpiece 'The Divine Comedy'?
A) Boccaccio
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Machiavelli
D) Petrarch
- 20. Who wrote 'The Master and Margarita', an imaginative novel set in Soviet Russia?
A) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
B) Boris Pasternak
C) Mikhail Bulgakov
D) Ivan Turgenev
- 21. Which novel by Dostoevsky explores the theme of redemption through the character Raskolnikov?
A) The Brothers Karamazov
B) The Idiot
C) Notes from Underground
D) Crime and Punishment
- 22. Who is the author of the novel 'Wuthering Heights'?
A) George Eliot
B) Jane Austen
C) Charlotte Brontë
D) Emily Brontë
- 23. Which Spanish writer is best known for the novel 'La Celestina'?
A) Fernando de Rojas
B) Garcilaso de la Vega
C) Miguel de Cervantes
D) Tirso de Molina
- 24. Who wrote 'The Aeneid', an epic poem about the founding of Rome?
A) Ovid
B) Homer
C) Virgil
D) Plato
- 25. Which play by Sophocles features the tragic hero Oedipus?
A) Oedipus Rex
B) The Frogs
C) The Bacchae
D) Antigone
- 26. Who is the author of the comedy play 'Lysistrata'?
A) Aristophanes
B) Sappho
C) Aesop
D) Plato
- 27. What is the title of the medieval Italian work by Giovanni Boccaccio featuring 100 stories?
A) Divine Comedy
B) The Aeneid
C) The Decameron
D) The Canterbury Tales
- 28. Who is the author of the tragedy play 'Medea'?
A) Euripides
B) Aristophanes
C) Aeschylus
D) Sophocles
- 29. Which Roman poet wrote the satirical work 'Satires'?
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Cicero
D) Horace
- 30. What is the title of the Gothic novel by Mary Shelley about a scientist and his creation?
A) Frankenstein
B) Wuthering Heights
C) Dracula
D) Pride and Prejudice
- 31. Which ancient Greek work is attributed to the poet Hesiod and discusses the origins of the world?
A) Metamorphoses
B) Theogony
C) The Odyssey
D) Antigone
- 32. Who is the author of the Spanish play 'La Casa de Bernarda Alba'?
A) Miguel de Cervantes
B) Federico García Lorca
C) Lope de Vega
D) Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- 33. What is the title of the epic poem by John Milton that retells the fall of man?
A) Paradise Lost
B) The Divine Comedy
C) The Aeneid
D) The Odyssey
- 34. Which medieval English author wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer
B) John Donne
C) Gawain Poet
D) William Shakespeare
- 35. Who is the author of the Swedish novel 'Pippi Longstocking'?
A) Astrid Lindgren
B) Stieg Larsson
C) Selma Lagerlöf
D) Henning Mankell
- 36. Which German author wrote the play 'Faust'?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Theodor Fontane
C) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D) Franz Kafka
- 37. Which Shakespearean play features the characters Rosalind and Orlando?
A) Macbeth
B) Othello
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) As You Like It
- 38. In which ancient Greek epic poem does Odysseus struggle to return home from the Trojan War?
A) The Aeneid
B) The Iliad
C) The Odyssey
D) Paradise Lost
- 39. Who is the author of the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Jane Austen
C) Emily Bronte
D) Charles Dickens
- 40. Who is the author of the play 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?
A) Tom Stoppard
B) Oscar Wilde
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) Arthur Miller
- 41. Who is the author of 'The Metamorphosis'?
A) Franz Kafka
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Thomas Mann
D) Albert Camus
- 42. Which English author wrote 'Paradise Lost'?
A) John Milton
B) William Shakespeare
C) Geoffrey Chaucer
D) Aldous Huxley
- 43. Who is the author of 'The Stranger'?
A) Jean-Paul Sartre
B) Friedrich Nietzsche
C) Albert Camus
D) Marcel Proust
- 44. Which Italian poet wrote 'The Decameron'?
A) Petrarch
B) Luigi Pirandello
C) Giovanni Boccaccio
D) Dante Alighieri
- 45. Who is the author of 'Dracula'?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Mary Shelley
C) H.P. Lovecraft
D) Bram Stoker
- 46. Who wrote the play 'A Doll's House'?
A) Henrik Ibsen
B) Anton Chekhov
C) August Strindberg
D) Eugene O'Neill
- 47. Which Polish author wrote 'Pan Tadeusz'?
A) Adam Mickiewicz
B) Witold Gombrowicz
C) Czesław Miłosz
D) Bruno Schulz
- 48. Who is the author of 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Laurence Sterne
B) Daniel Defoe
C) Jonathan Swift
D) Alexander Pope
- 49. Which Irish author wrote 'Dubliners'?
A) Samuel Beckett
B) George Bernard Shaw
C) Oscar Wilde
D) James Joyce
- 50. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Charles Dickens
B) William Shakespeare
C) Jane Austen
D) Leo Tolstoy
- 51. Which author wrote '1984'?
A) Aldous Huxley
B) Kurt Vonnegut
C) Ray Bradbury
D) George Orwell
- 52. Which Victorian novel features the character of Pip?
A) Great Expectations
B) Jane Eyre
C) Sense and Sensibility
D) Wuthering Heights
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