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Quiz about More Authors for the literary minded

More Authors for the literary minded Quiz

Here is a fairly simple quiz about some authors, some old, some contemporary ! Lots of fun I hope.

A multiple-choice quiz by malizma. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
malizma

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
25,131

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
3059

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote 'Cannery Row' ? Hint

Ernest Hemingway

John Steinbeck

Charles Dickens

Mark Twain

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who wrote 'A Time To Kill' ? Hint

Agatha Christie

John Updike

J.D. Salinger

John Grisham

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the follow-up to Thomas Wolfe's 'Look Homeward Angel' ? Hint

You Can't Go Home Again

From Death Til Morning

Lake Wobegon Days

Of Time and The River

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote 'Flowers for Algernon' ? Hint

Daniel Keyes

Michael Crichton

John Grisham

Stephen Crane

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote the short story 'The Blue Hotel' ? Hint

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Mark Twain

Stephen Crane

Willa Cather

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote 'Roots' ? Hint

Maya Angelou

Martin Luther King Jr.

Miriam Makeba

Alex Haley

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote the 'Bridge Of San Luis Rey' ? Hint

Arthur Miller

Thornton Wilder

James Thurber

John Steinbeck

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which one of these choices is NOT a Tennessee Williams play ? Hint

A Streetcar Named Desire

Incident At Vichy

The Glass Menagerie

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote the 'Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' ? Hint

James Thurber

A.A. Milne

e.e. cummings

Mark Twain

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote 'O Pioneers' ? Hint

Kate Chopin

Fannie Flagg

John Steinbeck

Willa Cather

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote 'Cannery Row' ?

Answer: John Steinbeck

2. Who wrote 'A Time To Kill' ?

Answer: John Grisham

3. What is the follow-up to Thomas Wolfe's 'Look Homeward Angel' ?

Answer: Of Time and The River

'Of Time and the River' is the follow-up. It explores the young adult life of Wolfe's Protagonist Eugene Gant.

4. Who wrote 'Flowers for Algernon' ?

Answer: Daniel Keyes

Daniel Keyes wrote this story of a mentally retarded man who becomes a genius only to reverse back.

5. Who wrote the short story 'The Blue Hotel' ?

Answer: Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane wrote this short story, seldom read but still interesting.

6. Who wrote 'Roots' ?

Answer: Alex Haley

Alex Haley wrote 'Roots' which was allegedly based on researching his own family heritage. There have been two legal claims against Haley for plagiarism. One case was dismissed by the court and the other was settled out of court.

7. Who wrote the 'Bridge Of San Luis Rey' ?

Answer: Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder wrote this very gripping novel.

8. Which one of these choices is NOT a Tennessee Williams play ?

Answer: Incident At Vichy

Incident At Vichy was NOT written by Tennessee Williams, it was written by Arthur Miller

9. Who wrote the 'Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County' ?

Answer: Mark Twain

Mark Twain wrote this classic fable about a frog and a county gone nuts !

10. Who wrote 'O Pioneers' ?

Answer: Willa Cather

Willa Cather wrote 'O Pioneers.'

Source: Author malizma

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