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Literary Locations: Real or Fictional
Not all places used as settings in literature actually exist. Can you tell fact from fiction?
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Quiz ID: #29668
Category:
Literature
Submitted By:
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Question #1
The island of Lilliput is just one of the places visited in "Gulliver's Travels". Is this a real place?
Yes
No
Question #2
The John Steinbeck novel "Cannery Row" takes place in La Jolla, California. Does La Jolla exist?
Yes
No
Question #3
Several of John Grisham's novels take place in Canton, Mississippi. Does Canton exist?
Yes
No
Question #4
In the novel "Warday", we learn about the country of Aztlan. Does Aztlan exist?
Yes
No
Question #5
The towns of East Egg and West Egg both figure prominently in "The Great Gatsby". Do either of these two places really exist?
Yes
No
Question #6
Jonathan Swift wrote about "A Voyage to Brobdingnag". Does Brobdingnag exist?
Yes
No
Question #7
In the late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a series of stories about a group of people travelling to the Canterbury Cathedral. Does the Cathedral really exist?
Yes
No
Question #8
Set sometime between 1835-1845, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" takes place in St. Petersburg, Missouri. Is this a real place?
Yes
No
Question #9
Anthony Trollope has written a series of books whose settings include towns such as Silverbridge, Hogglestock, and Greshamsbury. Which of these places actually exists?
Silverbridge
Hogglestock
Greshamsbury
They all exist.
None of them exist.
Question #10
"Gone with the Wind" is set at the Tara Plantation in Jonesboro, Georgia. The plantation does not exist. Is the city real?
Yes
No
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