- 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) Homer
B) Virgil
C) Aristophanes
D) Sophocles
- 2. Which playwright is known for writing 'Oedipus Rex'?
A) Sophocles
B) Aeschylus
C) Euripides
D) Seneca
- 3. Which epic poem tells the story of the Trojan War?
A) The Aeneid
B) The Divine Comedy
C) The Iliad
D) Orlando Furioso
- 4. Who is considered the father of tragedy in Greek drama?
A) Euripides
B) Aristophanes
C) Aeschylus
D) Sophocles
- 5. Which Roman poet wrote 'Metamorphoses'?
A) Catullus
B) Horace
C) Ovid
D) Vergil
- 6. Which Russian author wrote 'Anna Karenina'?
A) Ivan Turgenev
B) Anton Chekhov
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 7. Who wrote 'Don Quixote', considered one of the greatest works of Western literature?
A) Franz Kafka
B) Giovanni Boccaccio
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Miguel de Cervantes
- 8. Which novel by Jane Austen features the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?
A) Emma
B) Pride and Prejudice
C) Mansfield Park
D) Sense and Sensibility
- 9. Which Greek philosopher wrote 'The Republic'?
A) Plato
B) Socrates
C) Aristotle
D) Heraclitus
- 10. What is the title of Dante Alighieri's epic poem about the journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise?
A) The Aeneid
B) Inferno
C) The Divine Comedy
D) Paradise Lost
- 11. Which French author wrote 'Les Misérables'?
A) Émile Zola
B) Stendhal
C) Victor Hugo
D) Gustave Flaubert
- 12. Who penned the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Bram Stoker
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Emily Brontë
- 13. In the play 'Antigone', who is Antigone's uncle and king of Thebes?
A) Creon
B) Eteocles
C) Polyneices
D) Oedipus
- 14. Victor Hugo's novel 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' is also known by what title?
A) The Man Who Laughs
B) Toilers of the Sea
C) Les Misérables
D) Notre-Dame de Paris
- 15. Who wrote 'Madame Bovary', considered one of the earliest examples of realism in European fiction?
A) Émile Zola
B) Gustave Flaubert
C) Guy de Maupassant
D) Stendhal
- 16. Which French author is known for writing 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Émile Zola
B) Stendhal
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Alexandre Dumas
- 17. In Milan Kundera's novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', the protagonist Tomáš works as a?
A) Surgeon
B) Professor
C) Pilot
D) Painter
- 18. Who is the author of the novel 'Crime and Punishment'?
A) Ivan Turgenev
B) Nikolai Gogol
C) Leo Tolstoy
D) Fyodor Dostoevsky
- 19. Which Italian author wrote the masterpiece 'The Divine Comedy'?
A) Petrarch
B) Boccaccio
C) Dante Alighieri
D) Machiavelli
- 20. Who wrote 'The Master and Margarita', an imaginative novel set in Soviet Russia?
A) Mikhail Bulgakov
B) Ivan Turgenev
C) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
D) Boris Pasternak
- 21. Which novel by Dostoevsky explores the theme of redemption through the character Raskolnikov?
A) The Brothers Karamazov
B) Notes from Underground
C) Crime and Punishment
D) The Idiot
- 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) Miguel de Cervantes
B) Tirso de Molina
C) Fernando de Rojas
D) Garcilaso de la Vega
- 24. Who wrote 'The Aeneid', an epic poem about the founding of Rome?
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Plato
D) Homer
- 25. Which play by Sophocles features the tragic hero Oedipus?
A) Oedipus Rex
B) The Bacchae
C) The Frogs
D) Antigone
- 26. Who is the author of the comedy play 'Lysistrata'?
A) Aristophanes
B) Aesop
C) Plato
D) Sappho
- 27. What is the title of the medieval Italian work by Giovanni Boccaccio featuring 100 stories?
A) The Aeneid
B) The Canterbury Tales
C) Divine Comedy
D) The Decameron
- 28. Who is the author of the tragedy play 'Medea'?
A) Aeschylus
B) Euripides
C) Aristophanes
D) Sophocles
- 29. Which Roman poet wrote the satirical work 'Satires'?
A) Ovid
B) Virgil
C) Horace
D) Cicero
- 30. What is the title of the Gothic novel by Mary Shelley about a scientist and his creation?
A) Frankenstein
B) Pride and Prejudice
C) Wuthering Heights
D) Dracula
- 31. Which ancient Greek work is attributed to the poet Hesiod and discusses the origins of the world?
A) Theogony
B) Metamorphoses
C) The Odyssey
D) Antigone
- 32. Who is the author of the Spanish play 'La Casa de Bernarda Alba'?
A) Pedro Calderón de la Barca
B) Federico García Lorca
C) Miguel de Cervantes
D) Lope de Vega
- 33. What is the title of the epic poem by John Milton that retells the fall of man?
A) The Aeneid
B) The Divine Comedy
C) Paradise Lost
D) The Odyssey
- 34. Which medieval English author wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) John Donne
C) Geoffrey Chaucer
D) Gawain Poet
- 35. Who is the author of the Swedish novel 'Pippi Longstocking'?
A) Selma Lagerlöf
B) Astrid Lindgren
C) Stieg Larsson
D) Henning Mankell
- 36. Which German author wrote the play 'Faust'?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Theodor Fontane
C) Franz Kafka
D) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 37. Which Shakespearean play features the characters Rosalind and Orlando?
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) As You Like It
C) Macbeth
D) Othello
- 38. In which ancient Greek epic poem does Odysseus struggle to return home from the Trojan War?
A) Paradise Lost
B) The Odyssey
C) The Aeneid
D) The Iliad
- 39. Who is the author of the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) Jane Austen
C) Charles Dickens
D) Emily Bronte
- 40. Who is the author of the play 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?
A) Oscar Wilde
B) Arthur Miller
C) Tom Stoppard
D) George Bernard Shaw
- 41. Who is the author of 'The Metamorphosis'?
A) Thomas Mann
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Franz Kafka
D) Albert Camus
- 42. Which English author wrote 'Paradise Lost'?
A) John Milton
B) Aldous Huxley
C) William Shakespeare
D) Geoffrey Chaucer
- 43. Who is the author of 'The Stranger'?
A) Albert Camus
B) Marcel Proust
C) Friedrich Nietzsche
D) Jean-Paul Sartre
- 44. Which Italian poet wrote 'The Decameron'?
A) Petrarch
B) Luigi Pirandello
C) Dante Alighieri
D) Giovanni Boccaccio
- 45. Who is the author of 'Dracula'?
A) H.P. Lovecraft
B) Mary Shelley
C) Bram Stoker
D) Edgar Allan Poe
- 46. Who wrote the play 'A Doll's House'?
A) Eugene O'Neill
B) August Strindberg
C) Henrik Ibsen
D) Anton Chekhov
- 47. Which Polish author wrote 'Pan Tadeusz'?
A) Witold Gombrowicz
B) Czesław Miłosz
C) Bruno Schulz
D) Adam Mickiewicz
- 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) Oscar Wilde
B) Samuel Beckett
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) James Joyce
- 50. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) William Shakespeare
C) Charles Dickens
D) Jane Austen
- 51. Which author wrote '1984'?
A) Ray Bradbury
B) George Orwell
C) Aldous Huxley
D) Kurt Vonnegut
- 52. Which Victorian novel features the character of Pip?
A) Wuthering Heights
B) Great Expectations
C) Jane Eyre
D) Sense and Sensibility
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