- 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) Sophocles
B) Aeschylus
C) Euripides
D) Seneca
- 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) Sophocles
B) Aeschylus
C) Euripides
D) Aristophanes
- 5. Which Roman poet wrote 'Metamorphoses'?
A) Horace
B) Vergil
C) Catullus
D) Ovid
- 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) Miguel de Cervantes
B) Gustave Flaubert
C) Giovanni Boccaccio
D) Franz Kafka
- 8. Which novel by Jane Austen features the characters Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?
A) Emma
B) Mansfield Park
C) Pride and Prejudice
D) Sense and Sensibility
- 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) The Aeneid
C) Inferno
D) Paradise Lost
- 11. Which French author wrote 'Les Misérables'?
A) Victor Hugo
B) Gustave Flaubert
C) Émile Zola
D) Stendhal
- 12. Who penned the Gothic novel 'Frankenstein'?
A) Mary Shelley
B) Emily Brontë
C) Edgar Allan Poe
D) Bram Stoker
- 13. In the play 'Antigone', who is Antigone's uncle and king of Thebes?
A) Eteocles
B) Creon
C) Oedipus
D) Polyneices
- 14. Victor Hugo's novel 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' is also known by what title?
A) Toilers of the Sea
B) Les Misérables
C) The Man Who Laughs
D) Notre-Dame de Paris
- 15. Who wrote 'Madame Bovary', considered one of the earliest examples of realism in European fiction?
A) Stendhal
B) Émile Zola
C) Gustave Flaubert
D) Guy de Maupassant
- 16. Which French author is known for writing 'The Count of Monte Cristo'?
A) Stendhal
B) Émile Zola
C) Alexandre Dumas
D) Gustave Flaubert
- 17. In Milan Kundera's novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', the protagonist Tomáš works as a?
A) Surgeon
B) Painter
C) Professor
D) Pilot
- 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) Petrarch
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Machiavelli
D) Boccaccio
- 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 Idiot
B) The Brothers Karamazov
C) Crime and Punishment
D) Notes from Underground
- 22. Who is the author of the novel 'Wuthering Heights'?
A) George Eliot
B) Charlotte Brontë
C) Emily Brontë
D) Jane Austen
- 23. Which Spanish writer is best known for the novel 'La Celestina'?
A) Garcilaso de la Vega
B) Miguel de Cervantes
C) Fernando de Rojas
D) Tirso de Molina
- 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) Oedipus Rex
B) The Frogs
C) Antigone
D) The Bacchae
- 26. Who is the author of the comedy play 'Lysistrata'?
A) Plato
B) Aesop
C) Aristophanes
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) Aristophanes
C) Euripides
D) Sophocles
- 29. Which Roman poet wrote the satirical work 'Satires'?
A) Ovid
B) Cicero
C) Virgil
D) Horace
- 30. What is the title of the Gothic novel by Mary Shelley about a scientist and his creation?
A) Wuthering Heights
B) Pride and Prejudice
C) Dracula
D) Frankenstein
- 31. Which ancient Greek work is attributed to the poet Hesiod and discusses the origins of the world?
A) Metamorphoses
B) Antigone
C) Theogony
D) The Odyssey
- 32. Who is the author of the Spanish play 'La Casa de Bernarda Alba'?
A) Federico García Lorca
B) Miguel de Cervantes
C) Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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) The Odyssey
D) Paradise Lost
- 34. Which medieval English author wrote 'The Canterbury Tales'?
A) Geoffrey Chaucer
B) William Shakespeare
C) Gawain Poet
D) John Donne
- 35. Who is the author of the Swedish novel 'Pippi Longstocking'?
A) Selma Lagerlöf
B) Henning Mankell
C) Stieg Larsson
D) Astrid Lindgren
- 36. Which German author wrote the play 'Faust'?
A) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
B) Thomas Mann
C) Franz Kafka
D) Theodor Fontane
- 37. Which Shakespearean play features the characters Rosalind and Orlando?
A) As You Like It
B) Othello
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Macbeth
- 38. In which ancient Greek epic poem does Odysseus struggle to return home from the Trojan War?
A) Paradise Lost
B) The Iliad
C) The Odyssey
D) The Aeneid
- 39. Who is the author of the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
A) Charles Dickens
B) Jane Austen
C) Emily Bronte
D) Leo Tolstoy
- 40. Who is the author of the play 'The Importance of Being Earnest'?
A) Arthur Miller
B) Tom Stoppard
C) George Bernard Shaw
D) Oscar Wilde
- 41. Who is the author of 'The Metamorphosis'?
A) Franz Kafka
B) Albert Camus
C) Thomas Mann
D) Virginia Woolf
- 42. Which English author wrote 'Paradise Lost'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Aldous Huxley
C) John Milton
D) Geoffrey Chaucer
- 43. Who is the author of 'The Stranger'?
A) Marcel Proust
B) Albert Camus
C) Jean-Paul Sartre
D) Friedrich Nietzsche
- 44. Which Italian poet wrote 'The Decameron'?
A) Giovanni Boccaccio
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Petrarch
D) Luigi Pirandello
- 45. Who is the author of 'Dracula'?
A) H.P. Lovecraft
B) Bram Stoker
C) Mary Shelley
D) Edgar Allan Poe
- 46. Who wrote the play 'A Doll's House'?
A) Henrik Ibsen
B) Eugene O'Neill
C) August Strindberg
D) Anton Chekhov
- 47. Which Polish author wrote 'Pan Tadeusz'?
A) Adam Mickiewicz
B) Bruno Schulz
C) Czesław Miłosz
D) Witold Gombrowicz
- 48. Who is the author of 'Gulliver's Travels'?
A) Alexander Pope
B) Laurence Sterne
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Jonathan Swift
- 49. Which Irish author wrote 'Dubliners'?
A) James Joyce
B) George Bernard Shaw
C) Oscar Wilde
D) Samuel Beckett
- 50. Who wrote the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Leo Tolstoy
B) William Shakespeare
C) Jane Austen
D) Charles Dickens
- 51. Which author wrote '1984'?
A) George Orwell
B) Aldous Huxley
C) Kurt Vonnegut
D) Ray Bradbury
- 52. Which Victorian novel features the character of Pip?
A) Jane Eyre
B) Sense and Sensibility
C) Wuthering Heights
D) Great Expectations
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