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Quiz about Books You Shouldnt Read Before You Die

Books You Shouldn't Read Before You Die? Quiz

This quiz picks a bone with the omissions in the recently released "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die." You need not have even glanced at that book to ace this quiz, however, which will be a general literature overview.

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

Author
skylarb

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
296,996

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (6/10), GBfan (8/10), Guest 172 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Not a single book from Elie Wiesel, Chaim Potok, or Herman Wouk was included in "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die." What do these three authors have in common? Hint

They all wrote in English

They were all Jewish

All of these

They all wrote in the 20th century

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Question 2 of 10

2. Although "American Psycho" was deemed fit for inclusion in "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die," not a single book was included from what novelist, essayist, and founder of the philosophy of Objectivism? Hint

George Orwell

Ayn Rand

Chaim Potok

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Question 3 of 10

3. The editors of "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" did not select for inclusion a single novel by what writer of science-fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and Christian allegory? Hint

J.R.R. Tolkien

Ray Bradbury

Isaac Asimov

C.S. Lewis

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Question 4 of 10

4. What dystopian soft science-fiction novel by Ray Bradbury was omitted from the list? Hint

A Brave New World

Fahrenheit 451

1984

Foundation

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Question 5 of 10

5. Although the 2006 edition of the list saw fit to include this classic by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the 2008 edition removed it. Hint

War and Peace

The Brothers Karamazov

Fathers and Sons

Middlemarch

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Question 6 of 10

6. What classic, Jane Austen parody of gothic romance novels was included in the 2006 edition but removed from the 2008 edition of the list? Hint

Pride and Prejudice

Northanger Abbey

Agnes Grey

Wuthering Heights

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Question 7 of 10

7. What novel by Charles Dickens, which features the ultimately heroic character Sydney Carton, was included in the 2006 edition of the list but removed from the 2008 edition? Hint

A Tale of Two Cities

A Christmas Carol

Oliver Twist

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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Question 8 of 10

8. What unusual novel about a hermaphrodite was included in the 2006 edition of the list but removed from the 2008 edition? Hint

Water for Elephants

American Psycho

Love in the Time of Cholera

Middlesex

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Question 9 of 10

9. What spiritual allegory by John Bunyan was included in the 2006 list but omitted from the 2008 list? Hint

The City of God

Pilgrim's Regress

Pilgrim's Progress

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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Question 10 of 10

10. Not a single novel by G.K. Chesterton was included in "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die." In addition to many allegorical novels, Chesterton was also well known as the creator of what clerical mystery solver? Hint

Goodman Brown

Pastor Wakefield

Parson Wakefield

Father Brown

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Not a single book from Elie Wiesel, Chaim Potok, or Herman Wouk was included in "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die." What do these three authors have in common?

Answer: All of these

Elie Wiesel was a concentration camp survivor who has written numerous novels as well as the autobiography "Night." Herman Wouk is best known for "Caine Mutiny," "Winds of War," and "War and Remembrance." Chaim Potok is author of several novels, including "The Chosen" and "My Name is Asher Lev," most of which center on orthodox Jewish life.

Answer: Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand is author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged." She was an opponent of communism and collectivism and a proponent of individualism and capitalism.

3. The editors of "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" did not select for inclusion a single novel by what writer of science-fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and Christian allegory?

Answer: C.S. Lewis

Tolkein's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was included in the list, as was Asimov's "Foundation." There were no selections from Ray Bradbury, who did not write inthe genre of Christian allegory.

4. What dystopian soft science-fiction novel by Ray Bradbury was omitted from the list?

Answer: Fahrenheit 451

Commonly interpreted as an anti-censorship story, "Fahrenheit 451" is, according to the author, a book about how television viewing destroys people's interest in reading and results in people viewing incomplete information devoid of context as knowledge.

5. Although the 2006 edition of the list saw fit to include this classic by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the 2008 edition removed it.

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov

"War and Peace" is by Leo Tolstoy. "Fathers and Sons" is by Ivan Turgenev, and "Middlemarch" is by George Eliot.

6. What classic, Jane Austen parody of gothic romance novels was included in the 2006 edition but removed from the 2008 edition of the list?

Answer: Northanger Abbey

"Agnes Gray," by Anne Bronte, the lesser known sister of Emily Bronte (author of "Wuthering Heights") was also included in the 2006 edition but removed from the 2008 edition. "Pride and Prejudice" is by Jane Austen, but it is not a gothic parody.

7. What novel by Charles Dickens, which features the ultimately heroic character Sydney Carton, was included in the 2006 edition of the list but removed from the 2008 edition?

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities

Also removed from the 2008 edition of "1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" were several other previously included Dickens titles: "Our Mutual Friend", "Hard Times", "Martin Chuzzlewit", " Christmas Carol", and "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby". The titles that were selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition were "Great Expectations", "Bleak House", "David Copperfield", and
"Oliver Twist".

8. What unusual novel about a hermaphrodite was included in the 2006 edition of the list but removed from the 2008 edition?

Answer: Middlesex

The novel by Jeffery Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2003.

9. What spiritual allegory by John Bunyan was included in the 2006 list but omitted from the 2008 list?

Answer: Pilgrim's Progress

"Pilgrim's Regress," a Christian allegory by C.S. Lewis, was inspired by Bunyan's work. C.S. Lewis also wrote "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." St. Augustine was the author of "The City of God."

Answer: Father Brown

Father Brown is featured in 52 different short stories, which were later compiled into a book. A miniseries has been produced for television based on the stories. "Goodman Brown" was a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Source: Author skylarb

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