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Name the Author Trivia Quiz

Given the work, name the author.

A multiple-choice quiz by CHIEFDAN721. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
CHIEFDAN721

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
462

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
8587

Last 3 plays: bernie73 (8/10), woodychandler (8/10), Guest 86 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote 'Pilgrim's Progress'? Hint

Albert Camus

Willa Cather

John Bunyan

Lewis Carroll

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who wrote the 'Divine Comedy'? Hint

James Fenimore Cooper

E.E. Cummings

Christina Crawford

Dante

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'? Hint

Gustave Flaubert

Esther Forbes

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Robert Frost

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote 'The Rubaiyat'? Hint

Selma Lagerlof

Tony Kushner

Charles Kingsley

Omar Khayyam

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wrote 'The Catcher in the Rye'? Hint

Carl Sandburg

George Santayana

Kenneth Roberts

J.D. Salinger

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote 'The Prince and the Pauper'? Hint

Leon Uris

Mark Twain

Henry David Thoreau

Virgil

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote 'The Leatherstocking Tales'? Hint

James Fenimore Cooper

Christina Crawford

Stephen Crane

E.E. Cummings

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'? Hint

Ernest Hemingway

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Homer

William Dean Howells

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote 'Cry,the Beloved Country'? Hint

Katherine Anne Porter

Eleanor Hodgeman Porter

Boris Pasternak

Alan Paton

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote 'Travels With Charley'? Hint

Sophocles

Johanna Spyri

John Steinbeck

Neil Simon

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Most Recent Scores

Nov 09 2024 : bernie73: 8/10
Oct 26 2024 : woodychandler: 8/10
Oct 23 2024 : Guest 86: 10/10
Oct 20 2024 : Guest 76: 6/10
Oct 20 2024 : Guest 107: 10/10
Oct 12 2024 : Guest 50: 2/10
Oct 12 2024 : Guest 75: 10/10
Oct 11 2024 : Sandman212: 9/10
Oct 11 2024 : Picard25: 10/10

Score Distribution

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote 'Pilgrim's Progress'?

Answer: John Bunyan

The full title is 'The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come'.

2. Who wrote the 'Divine Comedy'?

Answer: Dante

3. Who wrote 'The Great Gatsby'?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

4. Who wrote 'The Rubaiyat'?

Answer: Omar Khayyam

5. Who wrote 'The Catcher in the Rye'?

Answer: J.D. Salinger

6. Who wrote 'The Prince and the Pauper'?

Answer: Mark Twain

7. Who wrote 'The Leatherstocking Tales'?

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper

8. Who wrote 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'?

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

9. Who wrote 'Cry,the Beloved Country'?

Answer: Alan Paton

10. Who wrote 'Travels With Charley'?

Answer: John Steinbeck

Source: Author CHIEFDAN721

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Referenced Topics

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