Shakespeare
What country is Shakespeare from?
England or Britain NOT the U.K.
What type of bird is Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem named after?
This famous detective worked out of 221B Baker Street in London.
Sherlock Holmes
What is the Japanese form of poetry consists of lines containing 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively when written in English?
Haiku
Art Spielgelman's graphic novel "Maus" is largely based on which tragic 20th century event?
The Holocaust
Denmark
In what state is most of horror author Stephen King's work based? (Hint: He's also from there)
Maine
What are the two cities in Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities?
London and Paris
A sonnet consists of how many lines?
14
Frankenstein
Which drama is often called "The Scottish Play"?
Macbeth
Children's author Theodor Geisel is more widely known by which name?
Dr. Seuss
What Secret Service spy was created by author Ian Fleming?
James Bond (not 007 as other spies can use that moniker)
20th century poet Dylan Thomas is from which part of the United Kingdom?
Wales
The dramatist who wrote the plays "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" is named after which U.S. state?
Tennessee
What English did Shakespeare use? Old English, Middle English, or Modern English?
Modern English
Sleepy Hollow, NY is home to which famous literary monster?
The Headless Horseman
What is widely considered to be the first piece of literature written in Old English?
Beowulf
Italian poet Dante's work "Inferno" takes place in what Biblical location?
Hell
The Beatles named themselves after this generation of writers?
The Beats or Beat Generation
What is the meter or metric line that most of Shakespeare's works were written in?
Iambi Pentameter
Transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau's most famous work is titled after what body of water?
Walden Pond
The fantasy novel "Watership Down" is based around what kind of animal?
Rabbits
Which month is the cruelest according to the first line of T.S. Elliot's "The Wasteland"?
April
What novel, named after a common women's product, is subtitled "The Story of a Murderer"?