Literary History Milestones

Literature

A collection of factual questions covering historical events, authorship, and publication milestones in world literature.

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12 Questions Medium Ages 12+ Oct 23, 2026

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1 Which author is credited with writing the first modern novel, 'Don Quixote', published in two parts in 1605 and 1615?

A Miguel de Cervantes
B Lope de Vega
C Francisco de Quevedo
D Luis de Góngora

2 In which century were the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer originally written?

A 12th century
B 13th century
C 14th century
D 15th century

3 The epic poem 'Paradise Lost' was dictated by which blind English poet to his daughters?

A John Donne
B John Milton
C Alexander Pope
D Andrew Marvell

4 Which literary movement was associated with the publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1798?

A Enlightenment
B Romanticism
C Modernism
D Realism

5 Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was first published anonymously in which year?

A 1798
B 1818
C 1832
D 1850

6 The Japanese work 'The Tale of Genji', often cited as the world's first novel, was written by whom?

A Sei Shōnagon
B Murasaki Shikibu
C Matsuo Bashō
D Ihara Saikaku

7 Which Russian novelist wrote 'Crime and Punishment', first published serially in 1866?

A Leo Tolstoy
B Ivan Turgenev
C Fyodor Dostoevsky
D Anton Chekhov

8 The first printing press in England was established by whom in 1476?

A William Caxton
B John Day
C Wynkyn de Worde
D Richard Pynson

9 The 'Epic of Gilgamesh', one of the oldest known works of literature, originated in which ancient civilization?

A Egypt
B Greece
C Mesopotamia
D Indus Valley

10 Which author published 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' in 1876?

A Herman Melville
B Mark Twain
C Henry James
D Stephen Crane

11 The Nobel Prize in Literature was first awarded in which year?

A 1895
B 1901
C 1905
D 1912

12 Chinua Achebe's influential novel 'Things Fall Apart', which depicts pre-colonial life in Nigeria, was published in what year?

A 1948
B 1958
C 1968
D 1978

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