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Desert Island Library Trivia Quiz

All book-lovers know there is never enough time to read all the books that we want to. Given an unlimited amount of time, this is part of the library I would like to enjoy.

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

Author
HeathMor

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
306,842

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
793

Last 3 plays: Guest 78 (7/10), Cathie4472 (5/10), 1995Tarpon (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. This collection from Proust is one I have been meaning to read for years. What is the title of Proust's most famous work? Hint

In Rememberance of Things Past

All of these are correct

In Search of Lost Time

� la recherche du temps perdu

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Question 2 of 10

2. For some lighter reading I would be sure to have a collection from which author whose titles include, "Slapstick," "Player Piano," and "Cat's Cradle"? Hint

Tim Robbins

Kurt Vonnegut

Henry Miller

Chuck Palahuniuk

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Question 3 of 10

3. Any library wouldn't be complete without a little bit of poetry. Who wrote "War is Kind" and "In the Desert"? Hint

Edgar Alan Poe

Margaret Atwood

Stephen Crane

Dylan Thomas

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Question 4 of 10

4. If I had the time I would surely puzzle over the works "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake." Who wrote these extremely difficult to read novels? Hint

James Joyce

Oscar Wilde

Samuel Beckett

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Question 5 of 10

5. In order to stay amused and relax a little bit I would enjoy some fantasy novels. Which Englishman writes "The Discworld" series? Hint

Terry Pratchett

Douglas Adams

C.S. Lewis

Terry Brooks

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Question 6 of 10

6. I would like to include some plays in my library as well. What Edward Albee play was made into a movie featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton? Hint

The Zoo

Mother Courage

The Glass Menagerie

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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Question 7 of 10

7. I couldn't live happily without having this fictionalized autobiography by Sylvia Plath on hand. What is it called?

Answer: (3 words)

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Question 8 of 10

8. My library would not be complete without my favorite poet. Who wrote such boggling poems as "l(a)" and the novel "The Enormous Room?" Hint

TS Eliot

Ezra Pound

ee cummings

9. Although I resisted reading this author for a long time I now find Jane Austen to be a brilliant writer who creates believable, if fallible, characters. Which of these books did Jane Austen write? Hint

Pride and Prejudice

All of them

Sense and Sensibility

Emma

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Question 10 of 10

10. I wouldn't survive without a collection of books from my favorite author. This contemporary author has written more then 50 novels, including her books published under the pseudonyms Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly. Who is this author of "A Garden of Earthly Delights?"

Answer: (Three Words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This collection from Proust is one I have been meaning to read for years. What is the title of Proust's most famous work?

Answer: All of these are correct

This collection took Proust 14 years to write and was completed shortly before Proust's death in 1922. The widely accepted psychological idea "involuntary memory" was coined by Proust in this series.

2. For some lighter reading I would be sure to have a collection from which author whose titles include, "Slapstick," "Player Piano," and "Cat's Cradle"?

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut began writing short stories for magazines in 1950. His most popular novel is "Slaughter House 5," which is a sci-fi story based on his experiences at Dresden during WWII. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007.

3. Any library wouldn't be complete without a little bit of poetry. Who wrote "War is Kind" and "In the Desert"?

Answer: Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane was a journalist, novelist and poet. His most famous work is "The Red Badge of Courage" which is a tale of the civil war. Crane died in 1900 at the age of 27.

4. If I had the time I would surely puzzle over the works "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake." Who wrote these extremely difficult to read novels?

Answer: James Joyce

"Finnegan's Wake" has been called an unreadable novel by many people. In Tom Robbins' "Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates" the main character is a member of a "Finnegan's Wake" book club in which no one has ever finished the book. In fact some members can't get past the first chapter.

5. In order to stay amused and relax a little bit I would enjoy some fantasy novels. Which Englishman writes "The Discworld" series?

Answer: Terry Pratchett

"The Discworld" series is a hysterical collection of books that feature magicians, witches, dwarfs, ogres, werewolfs, vampires and even Death. They take place on a flat world that floats through the universe on the back of four elephants who are standing on a large turtle.

6. I would like to include some plays in my library as well. What Edward Albee play was made into a movie featuring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton?

Answer: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Albee released this play in 1962 on Broadway. The film came out in 1966. This dark comedy is full of witty dialogue between an apparently unhappy middle-aged married couple and their young married house guests.

7. I couldn't live happily without having this fictionalized autobiography by Sylvia Plath on hand. What is it called?

Answer: The Bell Jar

"The Bell Jar" is the story of a young woman who has the opportunity to intern one summer at a famous magazine. During her internship she starts to go a bit crazy and she throws all her clothes off the roof. When she gets home she can not sleep for days.

She attempts suicide numerous times. She is institutionalized and given shock therapy. Sylvia Plath killed herself in 1963 at the age of 31. This was her only novel.

8. My library would not be complete without my favorite poet. Who wrote such boggling poems as "l(a)" and the novel "The Enormous Room?"

Answer: ee cummings

"The Enormous Room" is a biographical account of cummings' imprisonment in France during WWI. He was arrested for anti-French sentiment along with a friend of his. He was missing so his father called the American Embassy in France. It took them weeks to locate him.

When they did the French government said they would release cummings but not his friend. The senior Mr. Cummings told France to keep them both then. Both men were eventually released.

Answer: All of them

"Sense and Sensibility" was published in 1811. "Pride and Prejudice" was published in 1813. "Emma" was published in 1815.

Answer: Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates was taught in a one room school house during her early education. Attending Syracuse University on a scholarship she graduated valedictorian in 1960.

Source: Author HeathMor

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