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Quiz about Characters And Their Creators 2

Characters And Their Creators 2 Quiz

I will usually give you a clue to a literary character but sometimes I may mention the character directly. All you have to do is select the author who created the character in question.

A matching quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Spontini

Time
4 mins

Type
Match Quiz

Quiz #
399,652

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
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Last 3 plays: Morganw2019 (10/10), Guest 51 (10/10), daveguth (10/10).

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Questions		Choices
1. Tom Joad is a former selfish convict who turns into an altruistic hero in the face of hardship.		Lewis Carroll
2. Winston Smith is found in a book about the abuse of power by government, the title of which seems to point to the late 20th century.		Oscar Wilde
3. Countess Anna Karenina, a Russian noblewoman, has an affair with Count Vronsky.		Roald Dahl
4. More than one book about Robert Langdon, a fictional scholar of cryptographs, has been written. They achieved massive success as both novels and movies.		Dan Brown
5. Leopold Bloom appears in a book by an Irishman.		C. S. Forester
6. This author has written many books, several of which include names such as Charlie, Matilda and James in their titles.		George Orwell
7. This author wrote several books about a British Royal Navy officer in Napoleonic times, who was portrayed on film in 1951 by Gregory Peck.		Harper Lee
8. A handsome young man sells his soul to the devil in the hope that a painting of himself should age and fade rather than himself.		James Joyce
9. A white Rabbit seems to be late for an appointment and is followed by a young girl.		John Steinbeck
10. A girl who may be a member of a worldwide youth movement, a case of rape and a black man.		Leo Tolstoy

Select each answer

1. Tom Joad is a former selfish convict who turns into an altruistic hero in the face of hardship.

2. Winston Smith is found in a book about the abuse of power by government, the title of which seems to point to the late 20th century.

3. Countess Anna Karenina, a Russian noblewoman, has an affair with Count Vronsky.

4. More than one book about Robert Langdon, a fictional scholar of cryptographs, has been written. They achieved massive success as both novels and movies.

5. Leopold Bloom appears in a book by an Irishman.

6. This author has written many books, several of which include names such as Charlie, Matilda and James in their titles.

7. This author wrote several books about a British Royal Navy officer in Napoleonic times, who was portrayed on film in 1951 by Gregory Peck.

8. A handsome young man sells his soul to the devil in the hope that a painting of himself should age and fade rather than himself.

9. A white Rabbit seems to be late for an appointment and is followed by a young girl.

10. A girl who may be a member of a worldwide youth movement, a case of rape and a black man.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Tom Joad is a former selfish convict who turns into an altruistic hero in the face of hardship.

Answer: John Steinbeck

The Joad family are at the centre of the book "The Grapes Of Wrath". Set in the great depression, it won the National Book Award and a Pulitzer prize for fiction. Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962 and this book was widely believed to be the reason for it.

2. Winston Smith is found in a book about the abuse of power by government, the title of which seems to point to the late 20th century.

Answer: George Orwell

Winston Smith appears in the novel "1984" by George Orwell published in 1949. It was the ninth and last Orwell book published in his lifetime. This, and the eighth book, "Animal Farm", are the most well known books by him.

3. Countess Anna Karenina, a Russian noblewoman, has an affair with Count Vronsky.

Answer: Leo Tolstoy

The book "Anna Karenina" was initially released as an 8-part serial from 1873 to 1877. It was first published in book form in 1878.

4. More than one book about Robert Langdon, a fictional scholar of cryptographs, has been written. They achieved massive success as both novels and movies.

Answer: Dan Brown

The first two Robert Langdon novels were "Angels And Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code". The first two Robert Langdon movies were the other way round, with "The Da Vinci Code" coming first.

5. Leopold Bloom appears in a book by an Irishman.

Answer: James Joyce

Leopold Bloom is a character in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses". Originally published as a serial, it was published as a single work in 1921. It has attracted controversy over the years due to its content, starting with an obscenity trial in the United States in 1921.

6. This author has written many books, several of which include names such as Charlie, Matilda and James in their titles.

Answer: Roald Dahl

Despite his name, which comes from his Norwegian parents, he was actually born in my home city of Cardiff, Wales. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, becoming a flying ace, which means he shot down several enemy planes in aerial combat.

7. This author wrote several books about a British Royal Navy officer in Napoleonic times, who was portrayed on film in 1951 by Gregory Peck.

Answer: C. S. Forester

Horatio Hornblower first appears in C. S. Forester's "The Happy Return" as a junior captain. Later stories actually go back to fill in his earlier career before following his career to Admiral of the Fleet. The stories were made into radio and television programmes as well as the 1951 film "Captain Horatio Hornblower" starring Gregory Peck in the title role.

8. A handsome young man sells his soul to the devil in the hope that a painting of himself should age and fade rather than himself.

Answer: Oscar Wilde

"The Picture Of Dorian Gray", published in 1890, was written by Oscar Wilde. It was his only novel. The publisher actually deleted 500 words, believing it to be indecent. The uncensored version containing all Wilde's original writings was not published until 2011.

9. A white Rabbit seems to be late for an appointment and is followed by a young girl.

Answer: Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson who wrote many children's books, notably "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland" and "Through The Looking Glass".

10. A girl who may be a member of a worldwide youth movement, a case of rape and a black man.

Answer: Harper Lee

Scout Finch is the narrator of the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. She is the daughter of Atticus Finch, the lawyer charged with defending Tom Robinson from a charge of rape.

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