Question 1
Who wrote the tragedy about two young lovers from feuding Verona families?
- William Shakespeare
- Christopher Marlowe
- Ben Jonson
- Oscar Wilde
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William Shakespeare
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British Literature trivia quiz
How well do you really know British Literature? Find out in a live duel. QuizDown has over 120 British Literature questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.
What the British Literature questions cover
- Modernism
- Poetry
- Children's
- Austen
- Fantasy
- Gothic
- Jacobean Drama
- Victorian
- Victorian Fiction
- Victorian Poetry
- Anglo-Saxon
- Chaucer
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Question 2
Who wrote the novel featuring the orphan Pip and the mysterious benefactor known as Magwitch?
- Thomas Hardy
- Charles Dickens
- George Eliot
- Wilkie Collins
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Charles Dickens
Question 3
Who wrote the novel centered on the Bennet sisters and their search for suitable marriages?
- Virginia Woolf
- George Eliot
- Jane Austen
- Charlotte Brontë
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Jane Austen
In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.
How a British Literature match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven British Literature questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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