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