Trivia Quiz on 20th Century Literature Part 2
Updated: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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Continue your journey through 20th-century literature with Part 2, spanning modernist landmarks, dystopian visions, and adventure classics. Identify authors, titles, and movements that reshaped storytelling across the last century.
Gather your book-loving colleagues, students, or friends for a lively group challenge that celebrates the giants of 20th-century literature—perfect for book clubs, classrooms, library events, and team-building sessions. This Part 2 quiz dives into iconic authors and works—from modernists and the Beat generation to influential novels and series—making it ideal for live play on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, and more. Split everyone into teams, set a quick timer per question, and keep the energy high with optional mid-round leaderboards and friendly debate after each reveal. Whether you’re warming up a meeting, closing a lesson, or running a themed stream, this trivia keeps groups engaged, curious, and competing right to the last question.
1. In Which Book Which Is Also A Film Has The Characters Pod, Arrietty, Homily & Peagreen?
A) The Secret Garden
B) The Little House on the Prairie
C) The Borrowers
D) The Box of Delights
E) The Incredible Journey
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2. Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) John Steinbeck
D) George Orwell
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3. The ____ generation included such authors as Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsburg.
A) Lost
B) Harlem Renaissance
C) Modernist
D) Beat
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4. Which American Author Wrote The Novel (Roots)
A) Toni Morrison
B) James Michener
C) Alex Haley
D) Harper Lee
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5. He wrote Ulysses, Giacomo Joyce, Dubliners and Finnegans Wake, among others.
A) Virginia Woolf
B) James Barrie
C) James Joyce
D) Oscar Wilde
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6. Who wrote '1984'?
A) Aldous Huxley
B) Ray Bradbury
C) Margaret Atwood
D) George Orwell
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7. Who Wrote The Novel Lady Chatterly's Lover
A) DH Lawrence
B) Aldous Huxley
C) George Orwell
D) Virginia Woolf
E) F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8. Which English Author Created Horatio Hornblower
A) Patrick O'Brian
B) Jane Austen
C) C.S. Forester
D) Daniel Defoe
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9. Who did author Leslie Charteris create?
A) Sherlock Holmes
B) Harry Flashman
C) The Saint
D) James Bond
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10. Which St Louis Born Novelist & Poet Became A British Subject In 1927
A) T S Eliot
B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
C) Langston Hughes
D) Oscar Wilde
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11. Who wrote 1984 ?
A) George Orwell
B) Aldous Huxley
C) Ray Bradbury
D) Margaret Atwood
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12. What Was The Title Of The First Ever James Bond Novel
A) Dr. No
B) From Russia with Love
C) Goldfinger
D) Casino Royale
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13. Who wrote the book (Brave New World)
A) George Orwell
B) Aldous Huxley
C) Margaret Atwood
D) Ray Bradbury
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