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Authors and their Works Trivia Quiz

Do you know who wrote what? Let's find out. Test your knowledge with these modern American writers.

A multiple-choice quiz by bryenjarrett. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bryenjarrett

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
259,454

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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1348

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote "The Lottery"? Hint

Richard Connell

Shirley Jackson

Jame Thurber

Archibald Rutledge

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of these did Richard Connell write? Hint

Charles

The Tomb of Raven McCloud

The Catbird Seat

The Most Dangerous Game

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote "The Catbird Seat"? Hint

Ernest Hemingway

Richard Connell

James Thurber

Shirley Jackson

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these did Ernest Hemingway NOT write? Hint

Big Two-Hearted River

A Worn Path

The Old Man and the Sea

For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the book "The Matchmaker", written by Thornton Wilder, originally called? Hint

The Merchant of Yonkers

A Boy Who was Traded for a Horse

Our Town

The Thread that Runs so True

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The Sun Also Rises" was Hemingway's first successful novel.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these four did Eudora Welty write? Hint

The Raven

The Pearl

The Tomb

A Worn Path

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Question 8 of 10

8. Thornton Wilder wrote "Our Town" and "The Matchmaker".

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. "A Boy Who was Traded for a Horse" is based on the famous scientist George Washington Carver.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. What type of literature is Ray Bradbury known for? Hint

romance

adventure

comedy

science fiction

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote "The Lottery"?

Answer: Shirley Jackson

"The Lottery" was published in the New Yorker Magazine and shocked many of the people who read it.

2. Which of these did Richard Connell write?

Answer: The Most Dangerous Game

Connell won the O'Henry Memorial award for "The Most Dangerous Game".

3. Who wrote "The Catbird Seat"?

Answer: James Thurber

Most of Thurber's works focused on men being dominated by overbearing women; Mrs. Barrows annoys and overpowers Mr. Martin in the story.

4. Which of these did Ernest Hemingway NOT write?

Answer: A Worn Path

In "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Hemingway condemns suicide as an answer to life's problems but actually committed suicide himself.

5. What was the book "The Matchmaker", written by Thornton Wilder, originally called?

Answer: The Merchant of Yonkers

Wilder was a successful novelist but is best-known for the plays he has written.

6. "The Sun Also Rises" was Hemingway's first successful novel.

Answer: True

"The Torrents of Spring" came out in 1924 and was his first novel, but "The Sun Also Rises" (which came out in 1926) was his first successful novel. He wrote 450-1250 words a day, standing up.

7. Which of these four did Eudora Welty write?

Answer: A Worn Path

Welty focused mainly on the development of her characters.

8. Thornton Wilder wrote "Our Town" and "The Matchmaker".

Answer: True

He was a successful novelist but is best-known as a playwright.

9. "A Boy Who was Traded for a Horse" is based on the famous scientist George Washington Carver.

Answer: True

It was written in story form but it is actually an biography of George Washington Carver.

10. What type of literature is Ray Bradbury known for?

Answer: science fiction

Orson Welles' radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" was one of the events that got people interested in the science fiction genre.

Source: Author bryenjarrett

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