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Who wrote it, who said it, and how does it end? Literature questions range from ancient epics to modern classics, with the authors and characters readers remember.

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10 Literature questions to try

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  1. In which Italian city is "Romeo and Juliet" set?

    Question 1 of 10, easy

  2. Who wrote "Frankenstein"?

    Question 2 of 10, easy

  3. What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?

    Question 3 of 10, easy

  4. Who wrote "Around the World in Eighty Days"?

    Question 4 of 10, easy

  5. Which Japanese author wrote "Norwegian Wood" and "Kafka on the Shore"?

    Question 5 of 10, medium

  6. Which Irish author wrote "Ulysses", set in Dublin on a single day?

    Question 6 of 10, medium

  7. Who wrote the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books?

    Question 7 of 10, medium

  8. Who wrote "Gulliver's Travels"?

    Question 8 of 10, medium

  9. Which Chilean poet, author of "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair", won the 1971 Nobel Prize?

    Question 9 of 10, hard

  10. Who wrote "The Tale of Genji", often called the world's first novel?

    Question 10 of 10, hard

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