Test Your Knowledge of Family-History Novels That Were Adapted as Movies or TV Series
“Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel, has been adapted into a stage musical that was itself made into a two-part feature film. In all versions, what is the name of the witch Elphaba’s younger sister, whom she accompanies to Shiz University?
Can You Identify the Literary Names and Titles Adopted by These TV Shows and...
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s challenge celebrates allusions to characters and plots from classic novels found in music and television. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links…
Test Your Memory of These Classic Books for Young Readers
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about books, authors and literary culture. This week’s tests your memory of books you may have read during your school days — specifically, the plots of much-loved novels for young readers. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is…
Test Yourself on Early American Literature
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment celebrates the popular literature and authors published in America before the Civil War began in 1861. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to…
How Many Memorable Lines Can You Match Up With Their Novels?
Welcome to Literary Quotable Quotes, a quiz that challenges you to match a book’s memorable lines with its title. This week’s installment is focused on quotations from books that are about books, stories, reading and writing. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last…
Test Yourself on the History of How Books Were Made
Welcome to Lit Trivia, the Book Review’s regular quiz about literary culture. This week’s installment tests your knowledge of the global evolution of books themselves. In the five multiple-choice questions below, tap or click on the answer you think is correct. After the last question, you’ll find links to further reading on the topic.
Quiz Yourself on the Locations of These Jazz Age Novels
“The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway’s first novel, was published in 1926 and is about a group of disillusioned British and American expatriates living in postwar Europe. Part of the book takes place in Pamplona, Spain, but where does Jake Barnes — a journalist, a veteran and the novel’s narrator — live as the story…
Do You Know the Classic Works That Inspired These Popular Family Movies?
“The Lion King,” first released as an animated film in 1994, has spawned multiple adaptations and sequels, including Julie Taymor’s 1997 Broadway production and a soundtrack companion album by Beyoncé for the 2019 computer-enhanced movie version. The plot of the story, about a young lion finding his place in the world, has been compared to…
Can You Identify These London Locations in the Books of Charles Dickens?
A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself — and in the works of Charles Dickens, that character was 19th-century London. This week’s literary geography quiz highlights locations or landmarks around the city that are mentioned in five of Dickens’s…
Test Your Knowledge of Winter Holiday Books
In 2000’s “The Return of the Light: Twelve Tales From Around the World for the Winter Solstice,” Carolyn McVickar Edwards collects traditional stories from China, India, Africa, Europe, Polynesia and the Indigenous Americas. In the Northern Hemisphere, which day does the winter solstice usually fall on or near?
