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