Exploration and Discovery in Literature
Description: Test your knowledge of literary works that explore themes of exploration and discovery. | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
Tags: literature exploration discovery adventure |
In Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, what is the name of the submarine that Captain Nemo commands?
In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, what is the name of the cave where Tom and his friends get lost?
In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, what is the name of the white whale that Captain Ahab obsessively pursues?
In Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, what is the name of the giant race that Gulliver encounters on his travels?
In Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, what is the name of the island where Crusoe is shipwrecked?
In Jack London's The Call of the Wild, what is the name of the sled dog that Buck befriends?
In Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, what is the name of the old fisherman who struggles to catch a giant marlin?
In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, what is the name of the ring that Sauron seeks to regain?
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, what is the name of the pig who becomes the leader of the farm after the animals rebel?
In Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, what is the name of the fireman who begins to question the society's ban on books?
In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, what is the name of the lawyer who defends Tom Robinson in court?
In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, what is the name of the wealthy man who throws lavish parties in an attempt to win back his lost love?
In J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye, what is the name of the teenage protagonist who is disillusioned with society?
In Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, what is the name of the strong-willed Southern belle who survives the Civil War?
In John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, what is the name of the family who is forced to leave their Oklahoma farm during the Dust Bowl?