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