Literature

Isaac Asimov's Super Quiz

Published Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Subject: LITERATURE
In what work of literature would you find ___? (e.g., A pickpocket leader named Fagin? Answer: "Oliver Twist.")

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The Mad Hatter's tea party?
Answer________

2. A murderer named Injun Joe?
Answer________

3. Families named Capulet and Montague?
Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL

4. A flower girl named Eliza Doolittle?
Answer________

5. A protagonist and chief narrator named Jim Hawkins?
Answer________

6. A girl named Jenny who dies of leukemia?
Answer________

PH.D. LEVEL

7. A picture that changes and ages?
Answer________

8. A housekeeper named Mrs. Danvers?
Answer________

9. A gypsy girl named Esmeralda?
Answer________

ANSWERS:
1. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
2. "Tom Sawyer."
3. "Romeo and Juliet."
4. "Pygmalion."
5. "Treasure Island."
6. "Love Story."
7. "The Picture of Dorian Gray."
8. "Rebecca."
9. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."