Can You Name The Book By Its Main Character?

Literature is faster and faster becoming a lost art. As people movie closer to television and films, the most famous characters in literature are at risk of being forgotten. But you can help preserve their memory a bit longer! How many famous books can you name by using only their main character? Take our quiz to find out!
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What book features the main character Holden Caulfield?
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill A Mockingbird
Animal Farm

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What book features the main character Elizabeth Bennet?
Little Women
Jane Eyre
Pride & Prejudice

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What book features the main character Winston Smith?
1984
A Tale of Two Cities
Moby Dick

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What book features the main character Hester Prynne?
The Scarlet Letter
Sense & Sensibility
Wuthering Heights

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What book features the main characters George Milton and Lennie Small?
Lord of the Flies
The Odyssey
Of Mice and Men

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What book features the main character Ebenezer Scrooge?
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Carol
The Night Before Christmas

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What book features the main character Tom Joad?
The Grapes of Wrath
Brave New World
Oliver Twist

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What book features the main character Scout Finch?
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby

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What book features the main character Heathcliff?
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
Little Women

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Which book features the main character Napoleon?
Animal Farm
Great Expectations
The Odyssey

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Which book features main characters such as Ralph and Piggy?
Emma
Lord of the Flies
Bridge to Terabithia

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What book features the main character Bilbo Baggins?
The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
The Battle for Middle-Earth
Not your best effort, but it's okay. We'd recommend going over the quiz results and making note of all the books here you haven't read. Then go out to your library, fire up your kindle, whatever your reading preference is, and take a trip through history with these classics!

C+, Novel Attempt

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Right!
What an excellent effort on your part, and the results show! It might not be an A+, but it's certainly on the right track. You should go check out all the books on this list. Not only will you perform better next time, but you'll get an exceptional amount out of all of them! They are classics, after all!

B+, Novel Effort

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Right!
What an excellent performance! That was the stuff of legend, much like many of these infamous and extraordinary titles mentioned in this quiz. If you haven't read all of them, go over your quiz results, write them down, and go read them all right now!

A+, Novel Performance

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Right!
1
What book features the main character Holden Caulfield?
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill A Mockingbird
Animal Farm
2
What book features the main character Elizabeth Bennet?
Little Women
Jane Eyre
Pride & Prejudice
3
What book features the main character Winston Smith?
1984
A Tale of Two Cities
Moby Dick
4
What book features the main character Hester Prynne?
The Scarlet Letter
Sense & Sensibility
Wuthering Heights
5
What book features the main characters George Milton and Lennie Small?
Lord of the Flies
The Odyssey
Of Mice and Men
6
What book features the main character Ebenezer Scrooge?
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Carol
The Night Before Christmas
7
What book features the main character Tom Joad?
The Grapes of Wrath
Brave New World
Oliver Twist
8
What book features the main character Scout Finch?
The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Great Gatsby
9
What book features the main character Heathcliff?
Wuthering Heights
Jane Eyre
Little Women
10
Which book features the main character Napoleon?
Animal Farm
Great Expectations
The Odyssey
11
Which book features main characters such as Ralph and Piggy?
Emma
Lord of the Flies
Bridge to Terabithia
12
What book features the main character Bilbo Baggins?
The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit
The Battle for Middle-Earth