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