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Quiz about Literature Smorgasboard

Literature Smorgasboard Trivia Quiz


These are questions about some of my favorite books and authors. Some may find them difficult, others may not. Have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by SullenGirl20. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
SullenGirl20
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
45,047
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
1896
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Question 1 of 15
1. Taylor Greer is the main character of what book by a popular female author? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. This was the last line in what novel by Albert Camus: 'For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.' (In English, please)

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 3 of 15
3. Which book is the story of a man who is on top of the world and is very successful but when the white man comes to Africa, he loses everything and commits suicide? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Who wrote the story in which Gregor Samsa supposedly turns into a giant insect? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Who kept a diary of her experiences while hiding in an attic in Amsterdam during WWII and eventually was discovered? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Name the Bret Easton Ellis novel about a rich serial killer who likes to torture his victims in New York City in the 1980s.

Answer: (Two Words)
Question 7 of 15
7. These are characters in what book by a popular Russian author: Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov, Alyona, Sofya, Dounia, and Porfiry Petrovitch? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. What Leon Uris novel is based on the slander suit against the author of the book 'The Holocaust' by a doctor who performed experiments on Jews during the Holocaust? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Edna Pontellier is the main character of what Kate Chopin novel? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Who wrote the exquisite, semi-autobiographical story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' about his or her bout with depression? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who wrote 'The Trial', 'Amerika', and 'A Hunger Artist'? (first name last name)?

Answer: (Died of tuberculosis in 1924.)
Question 12 of 15
12. In what Zora Neale Hurston novel do the following take place: the protagonist is married off young, leaves him, marries a very successful man but is unhappy, remarries after his death and is finally happy, and then has to kill the only man she has ever loved? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What Canadian author wrote a story entitled 'Rape Fantasies'? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What African-American female author and poet wrote the poem 'To A Man' and is also singer songwriter genius Fiona Apple's idol? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Respectively, who wrote Franz Kafka's biography and who wrote 'The Amityville Horror'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Taylor Greer is the main character of what book by a popular female author?

Answer: The Bean Trees

Written by Barbara Kingsolver.
2. This was the last line in what novel by Albert Camus: 'For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate.' (In English, please)

Answer: The Stranger

A very interesting and humorous book. Camus was part of the French resistance against the Nazis.
3. Which book is the story of a man who is on top of the world and is very successful but when the white man comes to Africa, he loses everything and commits suicide?

Answer: Things Fall Apart

Written by Chinua Achebe, the title comes from the poem 'The Second Coming' by W.B. Yeats.
4. Who wrote the story in which Gregor Samsa supposedly turns into a giant insect?

Answer: Franz Kafka

The is story called 'The Metamorphosis.' Franz Kafka doesn't get enough credit for his genuis.
5. Who kept a diary of her experiences while hiding in an attic in Amsterdam during WWII and eventually was discovered?

Answer: Anne Frank

My favorite book. Anne died in Bergen-Belsen in 1945.
6. Name the Bret Easton Ellis novel about a rich serial killer who likes to torture his victims in New York City in the 1980s.

Answer: American Psycho

Ellis actually received death threats because this book was so disturbing. Just a bit hypocritical...
7. These are characters in what book by a popular Russian author: Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov, Alyona, Sofya, Dounia, and Porfiry Petrovitch?

Answer: Crime And Punishment

By Fyodor Dostoevsky.
8. What Leon Uris novel is based on the slander suit against the author of the book 'The Holocaust' by a doctor who performed experiments on Jews during the Holocaust?

Answer: QB VII

Fascinating book.
9. Edna Pontellier is the main character of what Kate Chopin novel?

Answer: The Awakening

I wish the foreword I read in the book didn't ruin the ending for me!
10. Who wrote the exquisite, semi-autobiographical story 'The Yellow Wallpaper' about his or her bout with depression?

Answer: Charlotte Perkins Gilman

If you haven't read this story, you have to!
11. Who wrote 'The Trial', 'Amerika', and 'A Hunger Artist'? (first name last name)?

Answer: Franz Kafka

12. In what Zora Neale Hurston novel do the following take place: the protagonist is married off young, leaves him, marries a very successful man but is unhappy, remarries after his death and is finally happy, and then has to kill the only man she has ever loved?

Answer: Their Eyes Were Watching God

The title deals with the flood they are in.
13. What Canadian author wrote a story entitled 'Rape Fantasies'?

Answer: Margaret Atwood

It's a satire.
14. What African-American female author and poet wrote the poem 'To A Man' and is also singer songwriter genius Fiona Apple's idol?

Answer: Maya Angelou

Of course, Maya Angelou also wrote the novel I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
15. Respectively, who wrote Franz Kafka's biography and who wrote 'The Amityville Horror'?

Answer: Max Brod, Jay Anson

Source: Author SullenGirl20

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