Match the Character to the Author #2 Quiz

Answer: Mark Twain

Huckleberry Finn initially appeared as a secondary character in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" before being the protagonist of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". The latter of those two novels has been described as "the classic American novel". Huck, as an adult, appeared in two lesser-known novels by Mark Twain: "Tom Sawyer, Abroad" and "Tom Sawyer, Detective".

Other works by Mark Twain are "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", "Pudd'nhead Wilson" and "The Prince and the Pauper".

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Frederic Henry is the protagonist of Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms". Henry is a paramedic serving in the Italian theater of World War I, who soon enters a romantic relationship with the nurse Catherine Barkley, but their love has to endure the tribulations of the war and is doomed to a tragic end.

It is said that 'A Farewell to Arms" was an autobiographical novel. However, despite the fact that Hemingway served in the Italian front during World War I, he did not participate in any of the battles depicted in the novel.

Other works by Hemingway include: "The Sun Also Rises", "Snows on Kilimanjaro" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

Answer: Umberto Eco

William is the protagonist of Eco's novel "The Name of the Rose". He is a Franciscan friar who visits a monastery in Northern Italy with his protege, Adso of Melk, in order to participate in a religious debate. However, when he arrives, the monks are disturbed by a mysterious suicide. As the time progresses, more monks are found murdered and William is tasked to investigate, while at the same time the presence of the Inquisitor Bernard Gui makes thngs diffcult for him.

Other works by Umberto Eco are: "Foucault's Pendulum", "The Prague Cemetery" and "Baudolino".

Answer: John Steinbeck

Tom Joad is a main character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". Tom, the second son of the Joad family, had been imprisoned for homicide. At the beginning of the novel, he is released from prison, only to find out how deeply his family is affected by the Great Depression. He decides to accompany them to California, alongside his friend Jim Casy, an ex-pastor. However, when they arrive in California, they are subjected to severe harassment from the local authorities and exploited by the employers.

Other works by John Steinbeck are: "Of Mice and Men", "East of Eden" and "The Winter of Our Discontent".

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Dorian Gray is the protagonist of Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Gray is a hedonist English gentleman who wishes that his portrait, and not he himself, would age. As the story progresses, Dorian plunges deep into sensualism and commits one foul deed after another. His face remains the same, but with every sin his picture becomes more and more hideous.

Other works by Wilde are: "The Canterville Ghost", "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "A Woman of No Importance".

Answer: D.H. Lawrence

Oliver Mellors is the eponymous "Lady Chatterley's Lover". In the novel, Oliver Mellors is a gamekeeper who becomes the lover of Constance Chatterley, because of her sexual frustration (Lord Chatterley was paralyzed from the waist down due to a war injury and could not satisfy his wife's carnal needs). Due to her relationship with Mellors, Lady Chatterley comes to the conclusion that love ultimately stems from the body and not the mind.

Due to the graphic depictions of sexual intercourse and the strong language it contains, the novel was heavily censored at the time of its first editions.

Other works by D.H. Lawrence are: "Sons and Lovers", "The Trespasser" and "The Boy in the Bush".

Answer: G.K. Chesterton

Father Brown is a Roman Catholic priest who has great insight when it comes to human evil. His methods are intuitive and partially shaped by his experiences as a confessor. He also uses spirtituality and philosophy, as opposed to scientific equipment.

Other works by G.K. Chesterton are: "The Ball and the Cross", "The Man who Was Thursday" and "The Flying Inn".

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", which is widely considered the first detective story. He was the protagonist of two more short stories: "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter". The creator of perhaps the most famous fictional detective, Arthur Conan Doyle, later wrote that "Each [of Poe's detective stories] is a root from which a whole literature has developed... Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the breath of life into it?" despite the fact that his own detective, Sherlock Holmes declares, in "A Study in Scarlet", that Dupin clearly was not the thinking machine Poe wanted to present to the audience.

Other works by Edgar Allan Poe are: "The Masque of the Red Death", "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Tell-Tale Heart".

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien

Gandalf the Grey appears in Tolkien's most famous novels, "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", but his nature is fully revealed in "The Silmarillion". Gandalf's real name is Olorin and he is one of the Maiar, spirits created by Eru Illuvatar, the creator of the world of Arda, to be assistants to the Valar, higher spirits who sang Eru's tune in the Music of the Ainur, which brought the world into existence. In the Third Age of Middle-Earth, Olorin and four other Maiar are sent to Middle-Earth in order to help the Free Peoples combat the Dark Lord Sauron.

Other works by Tolkien, not taking place in the fictional world of Arda, are: "Farmer Giles of Ham", "Roverandom" and "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun".

Answer: George R.R. Martin

Stannis Baratheon makes his first appearance in "A Clash of Kings", the second book of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series. After his royal brother, Robert, died having left no trueborn issue and the children of his wife are the results of her incestuous relationship with ther brother, Stannis is the true heir to the Iron Throne. His most trusted accomplice and supporter is Davos Seaworth, a former smuggler whom Stannis had raised to knighthood, while the presence of the exotic red priestess Melisandre in his court tends to divide his supporters in two factions. While Stannis is adamant on justice and meritocracy, he has little to no popular appeal.

Other works by Martin, not taking place in the fictional world of Westeros, are "Fevre Dream", "Windhaven" and "Sandkings".