How Well Read Are You Quiz

1. A story is assembled from letters, diary entries, and other documents written by its characters. What form does it use?

2. In which novel does Raskolnikov commit murder and then struggle with guilt, isolation, and competing ideas about morality?

3. A man is arrested and prosecuted by an inaccessible authority, yet he is never clearly told what offense he committed. Which work best matches this premise?

4. A Shakespearean ruler gains power after hearing a prophecy, then becomes consumed by fear and violence. Which tragedy fits this description?

5. Farm animals overthrow their human owner, but the pigs gradually reproduce the same oppression they opposed. Which novel uses this allegory?

6. Which novel is narrated by Ishmael and centers on Captain Ahab’s pursuit of a white whale?

7. The Tale of Genji, centered on court life in Heian Japan, is traditionally attributed to which writer?

8. A reader encounters Big Brother, the Thought Police, and a government that rewrites past records. Which novel are they reading?

9. Which novel follows generations of the Buendía family in Macondo, where supernatural events are narrated alongside ordinary life?

10. Victor Frankenstein succeeds in creating life but recoils from and abandons his creation. Which concern does this most directly establish?

11. A discussion focuses on Achilles’ anger and events near the end of the Trojan War, rather than Odysseus’s journey home. Which epic is being discussed?

12. In a third-person novel, the narration briefly adopts a character’s judgments and vocabulary without adding a phrase such as “she thought.” Which technique is being used?

13. While reading a sonnet, you notice a clear turn from presenting a problem to reconsidering or answering it. What is this turn called?

14. A narrator uses “I” and can report personal memories and impressions but cannot directly know what other characters think. Which viewpoint best describes this?

15. A novel follows Okonkwo and portrays the effects of colonial rule on an Igbo community. Which work is it?

16. Who wrote the novel Don Quixote?