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Literary Characters trivia quiz

Think you know Literary Characters? Prove it against a real opponent. QuizDown has over 120 Literary Characters questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.

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What the Literary Characters questions cover

  • Victorian Fiction
  • American Fiction
  • Shakespeare
  • Children's
  • German Modernism
  • Gothic Fiction
  • African Fiction
  • Dystopian Fiction
  • Epistolary Fiction
  • Fairy Tales
  • Gothic
  • Heian Literature

Try three Literary Characters questions

Question 1

Which Baker Street detective is famous for solving cases through careful deduction?

  1. Sherlock Holmes
  2. Philip Marlowe
  3. Hercule Poirot
  4. Miss Marple
Show the answer

Sherlock Holmes

Question 2

Which young wizard has a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead and attends Hogwarts?

  1. Neville Longbottom
  2. Harry Potter
  3. Ron Weasley
  4. Draco Malfoy
Show the answer

Harry Potter

Question 3

Which curious girl enters a fantastical world after following a white rabbit?

  1. Dorothy Gale
  2. Lucy Pevensie
  3. Alice
  4. Wendy Darling
Show the answer

Alice

In a real match you’d have ten seconds for each, and faster right answers score more.

How a Literary Characters match works

  1. Seven rounds. The same seven Literary Characters questions for you and your opponent.
  2. Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
  3. The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.

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