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Literary Works Inspired by Musical Pieces

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Which novel by Charles Dickens was inspired by the opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi?

  1. Oliver Twist

  2. David Copperfield

  3. Great Expectations

  4. The Old Curiosity Shop


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations was inspired by the opera La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.

Which poem by Edgar Allan Poe was inspired by the composition Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven?

  1. The Raven

  2. Annabel Lee

  3. The Tell-Tale Heart

  4. To Helen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Edgar Allan Poe's poem Annabel Lee was inspired by the composition Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Which short story by Oscar Wilde was inspired by the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet?

  1. The Picture of Dorian Gray

  2. The Happy Prince

  3. The Nightingale and the Rose

  4. The Selfish Giant


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Oscar Wilde's short story The Nightingale and the Rose was inspired by the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet.

Which novel by Thomas Mann was inspired by the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner?

  1. The Magic Mountain

  2. Death in Venice

  3. Buddenbrooks

  4. Doctor Faustus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Thomas Mann's novel Death in Venice was inspired by the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner.

Which poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was inspired by the composition Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven?

  1. Sonnets from the Portuguese

  2. Aurora Leigh

  3. The Cry of the Children

  4. A Vision of Poets


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem Sonnets from the Portuguese was inspired by the composition Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Which novel by Hermann Hesse was inspired by the opera Parsifal by Richard Wagner?

  1. Siddhartha

  2. Steppenwolf

  3. Narcissus and Goldmund

  4. The Glass Bead Game


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Hermann Hesse's novel The Glass Bead Game was inspired by the opera Parsifal by Richard Wagner.

Which poem by William Wordsworth was inspired by the composition Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9?

  1. Ode: Intimations of Immortality

  2. The Prelude

  3. Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey

  4. Ode to Duty


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Wordsworth's poem Ode: Intimations of Immortality was inspired by the composition Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

Which novel by James Joyce was inspired by the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner?

  1. Ulysses

  2. Finnegans Wake

  3. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

  4. Dubliners


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

James Joyce's novel Ulysses was inspired by the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner.

Which poem by T.S. Eliot was inspired by the composition The Waste Land by Igor Stravinsky?

  1. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

  2. The Waste Land

  3. Ash-Wednesday

  4. Four Quartets


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land was inspired by the composition The Waste Land by Igor Stravinsky.

Which novel by Virginia Woolf was inspired by the opera Orlando by George Frideric Handel?

  1. Mrs. Dalloway

  2. To the Lighthouse

  3. Orlando

  4. The Waves


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando was inspired by the opera Orlando by George Frideric Handel.

Which poem by Ezra Pound was inspired by the composition Le Sacre du Printemps by Igor Stravinsky?

  1. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley

  2. The Cantos

  3. Personae

  4. A Lume Spento


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ezra Pound's poem Hugh Selwyn Mauberley was inspired by the composition Le Sacre du Printemps by Igor Stravinsky.

Which novel by Salman Rushdie was inspired by the opera Midnight's Children by V.S. Naipaul?

  1. Midnight's Children

  2. Shame

  3. The Satanic Verses

  4. Haroun and the Sea of Stories


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children was inspired by the opera Midnight's Children by V.S. Naipaul.

Which poem by Allen Ginsberg was inspired by the composition Howl by John Cage?

  1. Howl

  2. Kaddish

  3. The Fall of America

  4. Planet News


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl was inspired by the composition Howl by John Cage.

Which novel by Toni Morrison was inspired by the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin?

  1. The Bluest Eye

  2. Sula

  3. Song of Solomon

  4. Beloved


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Toni Morrison's novel Beloved was inspired by the opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin.

Which poem by Derek Walcott was inspired by the composition Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky?

  1. Omeros

  2. The Fortunate Traveller

  3. Another Life

  4. The Castaway


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Derek Walcott's poem Omeros was inspired by the composition Oedipus Rex by Igor Stravinsky.

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