Literature Trivia Questions and Answers

In Milton's "Paradise Lost" what was the lowest point of Hell?
A:  Pandemonium - Hells capitol

Pinocchio was captured and kept in a cage by who?
A: Stromboli

Which Dickens novel features Waxford Squears ?
A: Nicholas Nickleby

What author wrote the novel "The Betsy"?
A:  Harold Robbins

The character Walter Mitty was created by what author?
A: James Thurber

Which Disney cartoon did Felix Salten write?
A:  Bambi

What author wrote the epic poem Samson Agonites?
A: John Milton

Which eponymous Dickens character was born with a caul over his head?
A:  David Copperfield

The humorous books on One Upmanship  were written by who?
A:  Steven Potter

What was Ernest Hemmingway's job in World War 1?
A: Ambulance Driver

What job did Hans Christian Anderson have before writing?
A:  Actor

The author of Moll Flanders wrote what other famous work?
A:  Robinson Crusoe

What did Virginia Woolf always do standing up?
A:  Wrote her books

What author has written the books that are the most borrowed from libraries?
A:  Catherine Cookson

In a Dickens book, Sam Weller was whose servant?
A:  Samuel Pickwick

Where did all of the Richard Hannay books get their titles from ?
A:  Bunyon's The Pilgrims Progress

Mary Norton wrote the children's book Bedknobs and what?
A: Broomsticks

Which author was paid $ 5 for writing thanks?
A:  Rudyard Kipling

Nadsat was a language made up in which book?
A:  A Clockwork Orange

Ernest Hemmingway once said that having lots of sex would protect against what?
A: Allergies

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