World Famous Historical Figures in Arts MCQs with Answers
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Pablo Picasso
d) Michelangelo
Answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci
Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: a) William Shakespeare
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 9, also known as “Ode to Joy”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who sculpted the statue of David?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Michelangelo
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: c) Michelangelo
Who wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: d) Jane Austen
Who composed the painting known as The Starry Night?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Pablo Picasso
d) Michelangelo
Answer: a) Vincent van Gogh
Who wrote the novel War and Peace?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Leo Tolstoy
Answer: d) Leo Tolstoy
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 5?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who painted the artwork known as The Persistence of Memory?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Salvador Dali
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: c) Salvador Dali
Who wrote the play Hamlet?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: a) William Shakespeare
Who composed the opera known as The Marriage of Figaro?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who painted the artwork known as Guernica?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Pablo Picasso
d) Michelangelo
Answer: c) Pablo Picasso
Who wrote the novel 1984?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) George Orwell
Answer: d) George Orwell
Who composed the ballet known as The Nutcracker?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Who painted the artwork known as The Last Supper?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Salvador Dali
d) Michelangelo
Answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci
Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Harper Lee
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: b) Harper Lee
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 6, also known as the “Pastoral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who sculpted the statue known as The Thinker?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Auguste Rodin
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: c) Auguste Rodin
Who wrote the play Macbeth?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: a) William Shakespeare
Who composed the painting known as The Birth of Venus?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Sandro Botticelli
d) Michelangelo
Answer: c) Sandro Botticelli
Who wrote the novel Moby-Dick?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Herman Melville
Answer: d) Herman Melville
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 3, also known as the “Eroica Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who painted the artwork known as The Scream?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Edvard Munch
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: c) Edvard Munch
Who wrote the play A Streetcar Named Desire?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: b) Tennessee Williams
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 40?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Who painted the artwork known as The Starry Night?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Salvador Dali
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: a) Vincent van Gogh
Who wrote the novel The Great Gatsby?
a) William Shakespeare
b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: b) F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 9, also known as the “New World Symphony?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Antonín Dvořák
Answer: d) Antonín Dvořák
Who sculpted the statue known as The Kiss?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Auguste Rodin
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: c) Auguste Rodin
Who wrote the play The Importance of Being Earnest?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: b) Oscar Wilde
Who composed the painting known as The Persistence of Memory?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Salvador Dali
d) Michelangelo
Answer: c) Salvador Dali
Who wrote the novel Crime and Punishment?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 5?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Franz Schubert
Answer: a) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who painted the artwork known as The Last Supper?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Salvador Dali
d) Michelangelo
Answer: b) Leonardo da Vinci
Who wrote the play Othello?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Jane Austen
Answer: a) William Shakespeare
Who composed the symphony known as Symphony No. 9, also known as the “Choral Symphony”?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Answer: d) Ludwig van Beethoven
Who sculpted the statue known as The Thinker?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Auguste Rodin
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: c) Auguste Rodin
Who wrote the novel Sense and Sensibility?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c) Jane Austen
d) Fyodor Dostoevsky
Answer: c) Jane Austen
Who composed the ballet known as Swan Lake?
a) Ludwig van Beethoven
b) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
c) Johann Sebastian Bach
d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Answer: d) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Who painted the artwork known as The Creation of Adam?
a) Vincent van Gogh
b) Leonardo da Vinci
c) Michelangelo
d) Pablo Picasso
Answer: c) Michelangelo