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Classical Music and Literature

Description: Classical Music and Literature Quiz
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Which composer is known for his opera "La Traviata"?

  1. Giuseppe Verdi

  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  3. Ludwig van Beethoven

  4. Richard Wagner


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Giuseppe Verdi is an Italian opera composer known for his operas, including "La Traviata", "Rigoletto", and "Aida".

Which author wrote the novel "Pride and Prejudice"?

  1. Jane Austen

  2. Charles Dickens

  3. William Shakespeare

  4. Mark Twain


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jane Austen is an English novelist known for her novels, including "Pride and Prejudice", "Sense and Sensibility", and "Emma".

Which composer is known for his "Moonlight Sonata"?

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven

  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  3. Franz Schubert

  4. Robert Schumann


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ludwig van Beethoven is a German composer known for his symphonies, concertos, and sonatas, including the "Moonlight Sonata".

Which author wrote the play "Hamlet"?

  1. William Shakespeare

  2. Christopher Marlowe

  3. Ben Jonson

  4. John Milton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Shakespeare is an English playwright, poet, and actor known for his plays, including "Hamlet", "Romeo and Juliet", and "Macbeth".

Which composer is known for his opera "Carmen"?

  1. Georges Bizet

  2. Charles Gounod

  3. Giacomo Puccini

  4. Richard Strauss


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Georges Bizet is a French composer known for his operas, including "Carmen" and "Les Pécheurs de perles".

Which author wrote the novel "Great Expectations"?

  1. Charles Dickens

  2. Jane Austen

  3. Charlotte Brontë

  4. George Eliot


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Charles Dickens is an English novelist known for his novels, including "Great Expectations", "Oliver Twist", and "A Tale of Two Cities".

Which composer is known for his "Symphony No. 5"?

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven

  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  3. Franz Schubert

  4. Johannes Brahms


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ludwig van Beethoven is a German composer known for his symphonies, concertos, and sonatas, including the "Symphony No. 5".

Which author wrote the play "The Importance of Being Earnest"?

  1. Oscar Wilde

  2. George Bernard Shaw

  3. Henrik Ibsen

  4. Anton Chekhov


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Oscar Wilde is an Irish playwright, poet, and novelist known for his plays, including "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray".

Which composer is known for his opera "The Marriage of Figaro"?

  1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  2. Giuseppe Verdi

  3. Gioachino Rossini

  4. Gaetano Donizetti


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is an Austrian composer known for his operas, symphonies, and concertos, including "The Marriage of Figaro".

Which author wrote the novel "Wuthering Heights"?

  1. Emily Brontë

  2. Charlotte Brontë

  3. Anne Brontë

  4. Jane Austen


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Emily Brontë is an English novelist and poet known for her novel "Wuthering Heights".

Which composer is known for his "Piano Concerto No. 1"?

  1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

  2. Sergei Rachmaninoff

  3. Johannes Brahms

  4. Edvard Grieg


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a Russian composer known for his ballets, symphonies, and concertos, including the "Piano Concerto No. 1".

Which author wrote the play "A Doll's House"?

  1. Henrik Ibsen

  2. August Strindberg

  3. Anton Chekhov

  4. Gerhart Hauptmann


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Henrik Ibsen is a Norwegian playwright known for his plays, including "A Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler".

Which composer is known for his opera "Turandot"?

  1. Giacomo Puccini

  2. Giuseppe Verdi

  3. Richard Wagner

  4. Richard Strauss


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Giacomo Puccini is an Italian composer known for his operas, including "Turandot", "La Bohème", and "Tosca".

Which author wrote the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"?

  1. Mark Twain

  2. Charles Dickens

  3. Jules Verne

  4. Robert Louis Stevenson


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mark Twain is an American author and humorist known for his novels, including "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

Which composer is known for his "Symphony No. 9"?

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven

  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  3. Franz Schubert

  4. Anton Bruckner


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ludwig van Beethoven is a German composer known for his symphonies, concertos, and sonatas, including the "Symphony No. 9".

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