Classic Novels Quiz
Authors, characters and opening lines from the great novels of world literature.
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About the Classic Novels Quiz
Some novels are read, taught and adapted generation after generation. Match famous characters, opening lines and settings to classics by Austen, Dickens, Tolstoy, Orwell, Fitzgerald and more.
This quiz has 20 questions, served in rounds of 10 with a fresh mix and shuffled answers every time you play. Every answer comes with a short explanation.
Sample Classic Novels Questions & Answers
Q1. Who wrote Pride and Prejudice?
✅ Answer: Jane Austen
💡 Published in 1813, it follows Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy.
Q2. Which novel by George Orwell features “Big Brother”?
✅ Answer: Nineteen Eighty-Four
💡 Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) also gave us “doublethink” and “thought police”.
Q3. Who wrote Moby-Dick, about Captain Ahab’s hunt for a white whale?
✅ Answer: Herman Melville
💡 Its narrator famously begins, “Call me Ishmael.”
Q4. In which novel is Jay Gatsby the title character?
✅ Answer: The Great Gatsby
💡 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel is narrated by Nick Carraway.
Q5. Which Russian author wrote War and Peace?
✅ Answer: Leo Tolstoy
💡 War and Peace follows several families during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.