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Quiz about Literary Inspirations From Life

Literary Inspirations From Life Quiz

Another look at literature that derives from history or from a writer's own experience.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
56,459

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1052

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Eugene O'Neill wrote about his family ('Long Days Journey Into Night') and often wrote about his own life at sea while a young man. Which of his plays deals with his brother, Jamie? Hint

'Hughie'

'A Moon for the Misbegotten'

'The Great God Brown'

'Anna Christie'

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Question 2 of 10

2. About what individual was Walt Whitman writing in 'O, Captain, My Captain!'? Hint

Percy Shelley

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

John Keats

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Question 3 of 10

3. A recent play has been written about the last days of President James Buchanan. Who is the author? Hint

Luigi Pirandello

John Cheever

John Updike

Jorge Luis Borges

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which poet wrote about 'Buffalo Bill' (or at least used the name of the character)? Hint

W.H. Auden

Lord Byron

Ezra Pound

e.e. cummings

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which playwright built his play, 'Saint Joan', around Joan of Arc? Hint

William Inge

George Bernard Shaw

Oscar Wilde

Tom Stoppard

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote a poem about 'the perfect painter, Andrea Del Sarto'? Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Robert Browning

Carl Sandburg

William Butler Yeats

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Question 7 of 10

7. This author wrote the play 'Becket' (which later became a movie). Hint

Eugene Ionesco

Thornton Wilder

David Rabe

Jean Anouilh

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Question 8 of 10

8. The hit play (and movie) 'Amadeus' was written by this author. Hint

David Mamet

Peter Shaffer

Beth Henley

Wendy Wasserstein

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which author wrote about Hiawatha, Evangeline and Paul Revere? Hint

Longfellow

Wordsworth

Tennyson

Whittier

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Question 10 of 10

10. The character of Long John Silver (in Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' ) was suggested by the physical appearance of what individual? Hint

Walter Scott

Alexander Dumas

Robert Burns

William Ernest Henley

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Eugene O'Neill wrote about his family ('Long Days Journey Into Night') and often wrote about his own life at sea while a young man. Which of his plays deals with his brother, Jamie?

Answer: 'A Moon for the Misbegotten'

All were O'Neill plays, but 'Moon' was based on his older brother, Jamie, who never quite made it in life. Jamie was a drinker who also liked women (of less than top quality). Tough life.

2. About what individual was Walt Whitman writing in 'O, Captain, My Captain!'?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Sad lament after the assassination.

3. A recent play has been written about the last days of President James Buchanan. Who is the author?

Answer: John Updike

'Buchanan Dying' is described as a play that is meant to be read. Talk about a strange subject for a play ...

4. Which poet wrote about 'Buffalo Bill' (or at least used the name of the character)?

Answer: e.e. cummings

His most famous poem, I believe.

5. Which playwright built his play, 'Saint Joan', around Joan of Arc?

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

Many writers have dealt with the curious life of this heroine-saint (and crazy person?)

6. Who wrote a poem about 'the perfect painter, Andrea Del Sarto'?

Answer: Robert Browning

Not his most famous - but well-known.

7. This author wrote the play 'Becket' (which later became a movie).

Answer: Jean Anouilh

Great job by Burton and O'Toole in the movie, as Becket and the King of England, respectively.

8. The hit play (and movie) 'Amadeus' was written by this author.

Answer: Peter Shaffer

Mozart's short life. Brilliant acting in the movie by F.Murray Abraham (as Salieri) and Tom Hulce (as Mozart).

9. Which author wrote about Hiawatha, Evangeline and Paul Revere?

Answer: Longfellow

'Evangeline' is more a tale of the French Acadians than it is about a real person named Evangeline. 'Hiawatha' is based on Indian legends. 'Revere' on the other hand more closely tracks historical fact.

10. The character of Long John Silver (in Stevenson's 'Treasure Island' ) was suggested by the physical appearance of what individual?

Answer: William Ernest Henley

The brilliant author of 'Invictus' (and other poems) was a big man with one leg. (He was treated by the prominent physician, Lister.) Stevenson based his big, burly pirate on the physical appearance of Henley (but not the personality).

Source: Author robert362

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