A new series. Each quiz focuses on a specific genre with the questions in date order – a kind of potted history genre by genre.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest surviving work of literature and contains elements of fantasy. What form was it written in?
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Poetry
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Prose
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Which Ancient Greek wrote the play The Birds, which contains many fantasy elements?
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Aristophanes
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Sophocles
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Ovid’s magnum opus Metamorphoses ends with the deification of which historical figure?
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Julius Caesar
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Nero
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Beowulf was written by an unknown Old English writer, but where is it set?
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Scandinavia
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Germany
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Which fantasy poem by Edmund Spenser is one of the longest poems in English?
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The Faerie Queen
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Lycidas
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Which of Shakespeare’s comedies with fantasy elements took its plot from such sources as Metamorphoses and Chaucer?
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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The Tempest
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Which novel by MacDonald is considered to be the first fantasy novel written specifically for adults?
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Phantastes
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Lilith
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In Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray what is the profession of his love, Sibyl Vane?
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Actress
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Governess
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Finish the title of Morris’ fantasy poem: The — at World’s End
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Well
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House
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What is the subtitle of Tolkien’s The Hobbit?
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There and Back Again
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The Treasure of Smaug
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Which Pevensie child is the first one to go through the wardrobe in Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
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Lucy
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Susan
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Finish the title of the final novel in Peake’s Gormenghast series: — in Darkness
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Boy
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Girl
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Who is Roland of Gilead chasing in King’s novel The Gunslinger?
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The man in black
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Daemon Zoltan
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In Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic who is Rincewind?
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A Wizard
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The Emperor
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Which novel by GRR Martin won the Hugo and Nebula Awards?
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A Game of Thrones
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A Clash of Kings
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What was the final novel Le Guin’s Earthsea series?
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The Other Wind
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Tehanu
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Finish the title of Rothfuss’ heroic fantasy novel: The Name of the —
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Wind
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Dark
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In Morgenstern’s The Night Circus one of the magicians is named after a magic Shakespearean character, which one?
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Prospero
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Oberon
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Season of Storms, part of the Witcher series by Sapkowski originated in which country?
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Poland
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Romania
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The City We Became by NK Jemisin is a fantasy set in which city?
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New York
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Los Angeles
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