15 July 2024 Susannah

Acclaimed Authors

Acclaimed Authors

Let’s test your knowledge of literature’s legendary luminaries. I give you three tantalising quizzes, each dedicated to testing your knowledge about classic literary titans. How well do you know them? Solve online or download the printable versions, ready your pens, and prepare your minds to recall the authors whose names are etched in history.

Classic writers quiz

Let’s begin with a general knowledge quiz. You can enter your answers in the fields, and check yourself with the answer sheet. How many can you answer correctly?

Ready to check your answers? Look here.

What’s their given name?

How well do you know your authors? The clues to this puzzle are all surnames of well known authors. To complete the grid, all you need to know are their given names. Can you name them all?

This puzzle can be solved online by clicking in the answer square and typing directly into the puzzle. If your answer is correct the word will turn green. Have a look here for the online puzzle or click this image.

But if you’d rather use a pen and paper, here is a printable version for you to solve offline.

Ready to check who they are? Look here.

The eyes have it

They say that people are recognisable by their eyes. All of the eyes on this page belong to authors who are frequently mentioned on my website. Can you identify them? I have provided all the names to help you. You can click the image for a larger version or download a printable version here.

Names list:

? Christie
? Dumas
? Dickens
? Gaskell
? Waugh

? Austen
? Keats
? Mansfield
? Alcott
? Wilde

? Stevenson
? Pepys
? Fullerton
? Hugo
? Thackeray

Have you successfully worked out who’s who with these classic writers? You can check your answers here, and let me know by leaving a comment.

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