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Literary Word Play Trivia Quiz

Add the two letters indicated to each of the following words and you'll get the name of some American literary works. The first five are novels and the next five are plays.

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

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
64,388

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
572

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Question 1 of 10

1. Add the letters 'A' and 'M' to the word 'INTEREST', move the letters around, and you'll get the name of a work that was written by ...? Hint

Sherwood Anderson

Thomas Wolfe

James Agee

Sinclair Lewis

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Question 2 of 10

2. Add the letters 'A' and 'T' to 'STAGGER BY', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work that was written by ...? Hint

William Faulkner

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Herman Melville

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Question 3 of 10

3. Add the letters 'I' and 'M' to 'FOND MENACE', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...? Hint

Theodore Dreiser

James Fenimore Cooper

John Steinbeck

Stephen Crane

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Question 4 of 10

4. Add the letters 'F' and 'W' to 'HEATING', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...? Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Jack London

Henry James

John Dos Passos

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Question 5 of 10

5. Add the letter 'N' and 'O' to 'RUSSIA THE LESS', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ... ? Hint

Shirley Jackson

Washington Irving

Ernest Hemingway

Eudora Welty

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Question 6 of 10

6. Add the letters 'A' and 'T' to 'MY HANDY PASTE', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...? Hint

Philip Barry

Robert Anderson

Elmer Rice

David Mamet

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Question 7 of 10

7. Add the letters 'E' and 'N' to 'BODY LOG', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...? Hint

Maxwell Anderson

Lillian Hellman

Wendy Wasserstein

Clifford Odets

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Question 8 of 10

8. Add the letters 'N' and 'E' to 'A RICH SATIN', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...? Hint

David Rabe

William Inge

Eugene O'Neill

Edward Albee

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Question 9 of 10

9. Add the letters 'L' and 'L' to 'ANY MOSS', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...? Hint

Horton Foote

George Bernard Shaw

Arthur Miller

Terence Rattigan

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Question 10 of 10

10. Add the letters 'I' and 'A' to 'LEMON CAR', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ... ? Hint

George S. Kaufman

Samuel Beckett

Terence McNally

Tennessee Williams

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Add the letters 'A' and 'M' to the word 'INTEREST', move the letters around, and you'll get the name of a work that was written by ...?

Answer: Sinclair Lewis

'MAIN STREET'. Probably the best known work by this Nobel Prize winner (who also did 'Babbitt', 'Arrowsmith' and 'Elmer Gantry'.)

2. Add the letters 'A' and 'T' to 'STAGGER BY', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work that was written by ...?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

'GREAT GATSBY'. His best known work.

3. Add the letters 'I' and 'M' to 'FOND MENACE', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...?

Answer: John Steinbeck

'OF MICE AND MEN'. Not as famous as 'GRAPES OF WRATH', but not too shabby.

4. Add the letters 'F' and 'W' to 'HEATING', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...?

Answer: Jack London

'WHITE FANG'. Second only to 'Call of the Wild'.

5. Add the letter 'N' and 'O' to 'RUSSIA THE LESS', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ... ?

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

'THE SUN ALSO RISES'.

6. Add the letters 'A' and 'T' to 'MY HANDY PASTE', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...?

Answer: Robert Anderson

'TEA AND SYMPATHY'. Personally, I think 'I Never Sang For My Father' is much superior.

7. Add the letters 'E' and 'N' to 'BODY LOG', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...?

Answer: Clifford Odets

'GOLDEN BOY'. He also did 'A Country Girl'.

8. Add the letters 'N' and 'E' to 'A RICH SATIN', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...?

Answer: Eugene O'Neill

'ANNA CHRISTIE'. One of the more well-known works by this American legend.

9. Add the letters 'L' and 'L' to 'ANY MOSS', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ...?

Answer: Arthur Miller

'ALL MY SONS'. Not as well-known as 'Death of A Salesman', but quite good.

10. Add the letters 'I' and 'A' to 'LEMON CAR', move the letters around, and you get the name of a work by ... ?

Answer: Tennessee Williams

'CAMINO REAL'. One of many by this author.

Source: Author robert362

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