Fish and Shellfish in Literature
Description: Test your knowledge about the portrayal of fish and shellfish in literature. | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
Tags: literature fish shellfish symbolism metaphor |
In Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, what type of fish does Santiago catch?
In John Steinbeck's novel Cannery Row, what is the name of the protagonist's cat?
In Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations, what is the name of the inn where Pip meets Estella?
In Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick, what is the name of the white whale that Captain Ahab seeks revenge against?
In Lewis Carroll's poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, what do the walrus and the carpenter do to the oysters?
In Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest, what is the name of the character who is always eating cucumber sandwiches?
In Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what is the name of the runaway slave who helps Huck escape down the Mississippi River?
In J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, what is the name of the fish that Gollum catches and eats?
In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, what is the name of the pig who becomes the leader of the farm after the animals rebel against the humans?
In Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children, what is the name of the character who is born at the stroke of midnight on the day of India's independence?
In Gabriel García Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, what is the name of the family that is cursed to endure a cycle of violence and incest?
In Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, what is the name of the ghost of the baby that Sethe kills?
In Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road, what is the name of the man who travels with his son through a post-apocalyptic world?
In Hanya Yanagihara's novel A Little Life, what is the name of the character who is a brilliant surgeon but also struggles with addiction and self-harm?
In Emily St. John Mandel's novel Station Eleven, what is the name of the traveling symphony that performs Shakespeare's plays in a post-apocalyptic world?