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