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Quiz about Love Notes from Anonymous Men

Love Notes from Anonymous Men Trivia Quiz

Included in this quiz are excerpts from love notes written by famous men. Find the anonymous men by understanding the clues given in the question.

A multiple-choice quiz by pennie1478. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
pennie1478

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
307,592

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. In 1784, what Faustian author wrote to his mistress, "I can't help loving you more than is good for me"? Hint

Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Victor Hugo

Gustave Flaubert

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Question 2 of 10

2. "I more than love you, I'm not whole without you" is a line from which "acting" President? Hint

Ronald Reagan

Woodrow Wilson

Barack Obama

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 3 of 10

3. On New Year's Eve, which "miserable" writer wrote to his mistress, "If I needed love, you brought it to me"? Hint

Vladimir Nabokov

Stephen Crane

Robert Browning

Victor Hugo

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Question 4 of 10

4. From prison, which English explorer wrote to his wife, "God is my witness it was for you and yours that I desired life"? Hint

Henry Hudson

Walter Raleigh

John Cabot

Francis Drake

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which one of Henry VIII's wives "lost her head" over this line in his love letter, "I and my heart put ourselves in your hands, begging you to recommend us to your good grace"? Hint

Catherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Katherine Parr

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the fall of 1904, the author of "Ulysses" wrote to his wife, "when I am with you I leave aside my contemptuous, suspicious nature". Who was the author of this love letter? Hint

Voltaire

James Joyce

Thomas Otway

Franz Kafka

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Question 7 of 10

7. "You are a poem," was a line from a love note written by what author of "The Scarlet Letter"?

Answer: (first and last name or last name)

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Question 8 of 10

8. The wife of "The Last Tycoon" wrote to her husband, "There's nothing in all the world I want but you and your precious love". Whose wife wrote these beautiful words? Hint

Oliver Cromwell

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Gustave Flaubert

Robert Browning

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Question 9 of 10

9. This author heard the "Call of the Wild" when he wrote, "were ever two souls, with dumb lips, more incongruously matched". Who wrote this love letter to his alleged mistress?

Answer: (first and last name)

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Question 10 of 10

10. The ending of this love letter was so beautiful it was recited by Mr. Big on "Sex and the City". Which famous composer ended his love letter with "ever thine, ever mine, ever ours"? Hint

Beethoven

Bach

Mozart

Haydn

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In 1784, what Faustian author wrote to his mistress, "I can't help loving you more than is good for me"?

Answer: Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe

Johann wrote this note to his mistress in the summer of 1784. He ended his relationship with Charlotte von Stein and took up with Christiane Vulpius, whom he later married.

2. "I more than love you, I'm not whole without you" is a line from which "acting" President?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was known for his beautiful love letters to his second wife, Nancy Davis Reagan. The two met when Nancy needed help from the president of the Screen Actors' Guild - at that time Ronald Reagan. The two married three years after their first meeting and had two children together.

He had three children from a previous marriage to Jane Wyman. The excerpt from this letter was written on their thirty-first anniversary.

3. On New Year's Eve, which "miserable" writer wrote to his mistress, "If I needed love, you brought it to me"?

Answer: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo was seeing Juliette Drouet while married to his wife, Adele. His wife, coincidentally, was having an affair with Hugo's best friend.

4. From prison, which English explorer wrote to his wife, "God is my witness it was for you and yours that I desired life"?

Answer: Walter Raleigh

The day Walter Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London he wrote a farewell note to his wife believing he was going to be executed the following day. He was executed fifteen years later.

5. Which one of Henry VIII's wives "lost her head" over this line in his love letter, "I and my heart put ourselves in your hands, begging you to recommend us to your good grace"?

Answer: Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII. After being unable to give Henry a male heir, he had her executed three years after their marriage. Ten days after Anne Boleyn's execution, Henry married Jane Seymour.

6. In the fall of 1904, the author of "Ulysses" wrote to his wife, "when I am with you I leave aside my contemptuous, suspicious nature". Who was the author of this love letter?

Answer: James Joyce

James Joyce met Nora Barnacle in 1904. The day of their first date became the date for the happenings in Joyce's book, "Ulysses".

7. "You are a poem," was a line from a love note written by what author of "The Scarlet Letter"?

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody had three children together before he died. Nathaniel referred to Sophia as his "dove" and "the only companion I would ever need".

8. The wife of "The Last Tycoon" wrote to her husband, "There's nothing in all the world I want but you and your precious love". Whose wife wrote these beautiful words?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre lived a romantic life together. They were first engaged in 1919, but hard times led to Zelda breaking off their engagement. After selling his first piece of literary work, Zelda and Scott resumed their engagement. They were married St. Patrick's Cathedral and had only one child, a daughter named Frances Scott Fitzgerald. Scott died eight years before Zelda.

9. This author heard the "Call of the Wild" when he wrote, "were ever two souls, with dumb lips, more incongruously matched". Who wrote this love letter to his alleged mistress?

Answer: Jack London

Jack London's alleged affair with Anna Strunsky ended his first marriage to Bessie Madden. He remarried again after his divorce, but rumors ran rampant that he was still conducting an affair with Anna Strunsky whilst married to his second wife.

10. The ending of this love letter was so beautiful it was recited by Mr. Big on "Sex and the City". Which famous composer ended his love letter with "ever thine, ever mine, ever ours"?

Answer: Beethoven

From the salutation of this love letter, it was written the morning of July 7th although the year is unknown. No one knows exactly who the recipient of the letter was although he was found to be having an affair with a widowed woman named Josephine von Brunswick.

Source: Author pennie1478

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