Literature Quizzes on Sporcle

Literature at Sporcle is much more than just a Shakespeare quiz. If your style is more Quidditch than King Lear, you can test your knowledge of Hogwarts with a Harry Potter quiz a thousand times over. Whether you've read all the Lord of the Rings books or are looking for a good Twilight quiz , or you prefer the work of a more classical author, there is an online game for you. It's time to put down that novel and test your knowledge with a book quiz. There are hundreds of literature quizzes to choose from, so your hardest question may be where to start.
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Today's Featured Game

Novels: Where in the World
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Name the country that each novel is predominantly set in.
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Famous Poems' Last Lines II

More Recent Games

The Writer's Life
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Name the novelists, poets, and playwrights to their lifespan dates.
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Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix Characters
You might want to try practicing the 'Members of the Order of the Phoenix' before playing this one.
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George Eliot Novels
Victorian novelist, journalist and translator. George Eliot was a pretty amazing woman.
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Castles of the Night's Watch
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Name the castles of the Night's Watch.
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Shakespeare (Not) in Love
If you're a character in a Shakespeare tragedy, you're gonna have a bad time.
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Six Degrees of Francis Bacon
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Name the writers, linking outward from Francis Bacon.
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A Literary Logic Puzzle
The bookworms amongst you will surely ace this quiz.
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33 Animals, 33 Books
This quiz is *wild* about literature.
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Literary Title Threesomes II
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Name the titles of these books, plays, or other works of literature.
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Shylock or Sherlock?
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Name the Shylock quotes leaving behind Sherlock's utterances.
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Trading Places: Literature
For all of your fictional travel needs!
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Wuthering Heights On Twitter
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Name the character from their tweet.
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Vladimir Nabokov English Language Novels
There ain't no party like a Vlad Nabokov party 'cause a Nabokov party don't stop!
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The Hobbit Company and The Fellowship of the Ring
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Name the members of Thorin's adventure company and the fellowship of the ring in alphabetical order.
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Messages in Charlotte's Webs (Clickable)
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Name the messages about Wilbur that Charlotte wove into her webs.
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Match 'Em Up Blitz - Literature
Speed readers will excel here.
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Graham Greene Novels
Graham Greene was a 20th century English novelist, playwright, short story writer and journalist. Can you name all of his novels?
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Which Hogwarts House?
It seems like kind of a huge responsibility to leave all the sorting to a hat.
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Illustrated Literary Duos
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Name the two illustrated characters from famous books and plays (both must be named).
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Harry Potter Goblet of Fire Characters
Can you name all the characters featured in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?
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Hunger Games District Match
Ready to do some matchmaking?
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Novels
Receiving an 'A' isn't always a good thing.
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40 Literary Characters: 40 Literary Deaths
Sometimes the best part of being a literary character is getting a memorable demise.
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Wrong & Too Long Book Titles
Something really went wrong at the printer.
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◊ The Harry Potter SCROLLING Typing Challenge ◊
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Name the words to the beginning of the first Harry Potter book, as sentences scroll while you type.
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Marc Antony's Funeral Oration
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Name the words in Antony's speech in Act III, Scene II of Julius Caesar.
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'Dulce et Decorum Est' Quiz
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Name the words in Wilfred Owen's WWI poem 'Dulce et Decorum Est'.
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Harry of Potter
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Name the terms which can be linked together by the word 'of' to form something within the Harry Potter world.
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Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold
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Name the words to this song in The Hobbit.
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Westeros Geography
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Name the places of Westeros.
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Literature Editor: wiggytitch

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