Deck 3: Literary Trivia

Question 1

The Author of Odessey

A)homer
B)aristotle
C)virgil
D)dante

Answer 1

homer

Question 2

The author of DIVINE COMEDY?

A)homer
B)aristotle
C)virgil
D)dante

Answer 2

dante

Question 3

The author of AENEID?

A)homer
B)aristotle
C)virgil
D)dante

Answer 3

virgil

Question 4

The concept of Purgatory occurs in ______

A)homer's iliad
B)boccaccio's decameron
C)virgil's aeneid
D)dante's devine comedy

Question 5

The strategy of the wooden horse emerged in the cunning brain of _______

A)ulysses
B)agamemnon
C)achilles
D)none of these

Question 6

Which among the following does Aristotle consider as the best example for a complex plot?

A)oedipus rex
B)spanish tragedy
C)hamlet
D)none of the above

Question 7

The tragedy of Oedipus Rexis due to

A)blinding himself
B)marrying his mother
C)killing of his father
D)both b and c

Question 8

The mother of Oedipus?

A)laius
B)jocasta
C)venus
D)penelope

Question 9

The father of Oedipus?

A)laius
B)jocasta
C)venus
D)penelope

Question 10

The term OedipusComplex takes its origin from-------?

A)oedipus rex
B)iliad
C)odyssey.
D)none these

Question 11

Ulysses' Wife?

A)laius
B)jocasta
C)venus
D)penelope

Question 12

Ulysses's Son?

A)achilles
B)hector
C)telemachus
D)oedipus

Question 13

The TrojanWar was fought between

A)the trojans and the greek
B)the athenians and the greek
C)trojans and the athenians
D)none of above

Question 14

The Trojan War was fought on account of

A)aphrodite
B)helen
C)hecuba
D)penelope

Question 15

The Adventure of Ulysses is dealt with in ______?

A)tennyson's ulysses
B)james joyce's ulysses
C)browning's andrea del sarto
D)all the above

Question 16

Siddharta is a novel by

A)tagore
B)mulkrajanand
C)herman hesse
D)none of these

Question 17

Who is the protagonist of the play Karnabharam?

A)kunthi
B)bhishma
C)karna
D)duryodhana

Question 18

Karnabharam was originally written in-------

A)tamil
B)sanskrit
C)malayalam
D)english

Question 19

Who is disguised as a Brahmin in Karnabharam?

A)indra
B)krishna
C)arjuna
D)karna

Question 20

Who takes the Kavacha and Kundala away from Karna?

A)bhishma
B)indra
C)kunthi
D)salya

Question 21

What is the name of the protagonist in Notes from Underground?

A)zverkov
B)liza
C)he is unnamed
D)none of the above

Question 22

Which of the following is considered to be the first Existentialist novel?

A)siddhartha
B)notes from underground
C)brotherskaramozov
D)crime and punishment

Question 23

Notes from Underground is divided into ------ parts.

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five

Question 24

Who is the friend of Siddhartha?

A)kamala
B)kamaswami
C)buddha
D)govinda

Question 25

What is the name of the ferryman in Siddhartha?

A)kamaswami
B)vasudeva
C)govinda
D)gautama

Question 26

Choose the one who does not appear in front of the Repentant Sinner at the gates of the Heaven.

A)peter the apostle
B)king david
C)dionisius
D)john the apostle