Literature Quiz: Guess from a Portrait of a Classics of French Literature

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French literature is very popular all over the world and in our country as well. We grew up on the adventure novels of Alexandre Dumas and the thrilling fiction of Jules Verne. But how well do you know what these famous writers look like?

The Literature Quiz: Guess from a Portrait of a Classics of French Literature consists of 20 multiple choice trivia questions with pictures and hints. Try to test your knowledge and visual memory and answer each one correctly.

Literature Quiz: Guess from a Portrait of a Classics of French Literature

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1. French writer - master of the science fiction genre, classic of adventure literature and humanist.

2. This writer and literary critic was a member of the French Academy and winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature.

3. Neo-Romantic poet and playwright, grandson of the mayor of Marseilles, where he was born on April 1, 1868, and where he spent his childhood.

4. He was an eighteenth-century French philosopher-enlightener, poet, novelist, tragedian, satirist, historian, and publicist. He is the author of several classic tragedies, such as: "Oedipus" (1718), "Brutus" (1730), "Caesar" (

5. This classic of French Romanticism was not only a writer, but also a political figure. He was a senator from the Seine department from 1876-1885.

6. This French novelist is the author of a series of novels and novellas, The Human Comedy.

7. French writer, publicist, and political activist who wrote a 20-volume novel, Rugon-Macquarie.

8. One of the greatest French satirists, known to the world as the author of Gargantua and Pantagruel.

9. This French novelist and poet began as a painter as an apprentice in the studio of Rioux.

10. A French writer and theologian, his novels were a great success in the 17th century. In total he wrote more than 260 works.

11. The real name of this French writer was Amandine Aurora Lucille Dupin, married Baroness Dudevant.

12. This is a French playwright and novelist, member of the French Academy, and member of the Dumas writing family.

13. French novelist and playwright, author of the famous literary character Tartarin of Tarascon.

14. This writer began as a journalist, leading a literary feuilleton in the French newspaper L'Opinion nationale.

15. This famous French novelist was born in the ancient manor of Miromenil near Dieppe.

16. This French writer, one of the founders of the psychological novel, was published under various pseudonyms. He had several dozens of them.

17. French symbolist poet who was at the origins of literary Impressionism and Symbolism.

18. And this French novelist, as Chief Inspector of Historic Monuments, was in charge of compiling a register of historic monuments. This registry is still maintained to this day and has been available on the Internet since 1995.

19. This is one of the most widely read classics of the French adventure novel. His works have been repeatedly filmed all over the world.

20. This French writer was born into the family of a famous doctor who was head of the surgical department of the Rouen hospital.

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Literature Quiz: Guess from a Portrait of a Classics of French Literature

Test yourself

1. French writer - master of the science fiction genre, classic of adventure literature and humanist.

2. This writer and literary critic was a member of the French Academy and winner of the 1921 Nobel Prize for Literature.

3. Neo-Romantic poet and playwright, grandson of the mayor of Marseilles, where he was born on April 1, 1868, and where he spent his childhood.

4. He was an eighteenth-century French philosopher-enlightener, poet, novelist, tragedian, satirist, historian, and publicist. He is the author of several classic tragedies, such as: "Oedipus" (1718), "Brutus" (1730), "Caesar" (

5. This classic of French Romanticism was not only a writer, but also a political figure. He was a senator from the Seine department from 1876-1885.

6. This French novelist is the author of a series of novels and novellas, The Human Comedy.

7. French writer, publicist, and political activist who wrote a 20-volume novel, Rugon-Macquarie.

8. One of the greatest French satirists, known to the world as the author of Gargantua and Pantagruel.

9. This French novelist and poet began as a painter as an apprentice in the studio of Rioux.

10. A French writer and theologian, his novels were a great success in the 17th century. In total he wrote more than 260 works.

11. The real name of this French writer was Amandine Aurora Lucille Dupin, married Baroness Dudevant.

12. This is a French playwright and novelist, member of the French Academy, and member of the Dumas writing family.

13. French novelist and playwright, author of the famous literary character Tartarin of Tarascon.

14. This writer began as a journalist, leading a literary feuilleton in the French newspaper L'Opinion nationale.

15. This famous French novelist was born in the ancient manor of Miromenil near Dieppe.

16. This French writer, one of the founders of the psychological novel, was published under various pseudonyms. He had several dozens of them.

17. French symbolist poet who was at the origins of literary Impressionism and Symbolism.

18. And this French novelist, as Chief Inspector of Historic Monuments, was in charge of compiling a register of historic monuments. This registry is still maintained to this day and has been available on the Internet since 1995.

19. This is one of the most widely read classics of the French adventure novel. His works have been repeatedly filmed all over the world.

20. This French writer was born into the family of a famous doctor who was head of the surgical department of the Rouen hospital.

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