Pen Names - Literary Pseudonyms Quiz

Answer: Amandine Aurore Dupin Dudevant

George Sand was a famous French novelist and a feminist. She had affairs of varying duration with such notables as Jules Sandeau, Prosper Merimee and Frederic Chopin.

Answer: Mary Anne (Marian) Evans

George Eliot was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works were taken seriously.

Answer: Pauline Esther Friedman

She came up with her pen name by combining the name of a Biblical figure (Abigail) with the last name of former U.S. President Martin Van Buren. She was born with an identical twin sister, Esther Pauline Friedman, who also wrote an advice column under the name of Ann Landers.

Answer: Charles Dickens

Many of Dickens' novels first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form. Among his classic works are: "Oliver Twist"; "A Tale of Two Cities" and the unfinished "Mystery of Edwin Drood".

Answer: Ellis Bell

Emily, a novelist and a poet, was the middle sister between Charlotte and Anne Bronte, whose pen names were Currer and Acton Bell, respectively. She is best remembered for her only novel, "Wuthering Heights".

Answer: Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Mark Twain is most noted for his novels "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", which has been called the "Great American Novel", and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".

Answer: Richard Bachman

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, King published a handful of short novels, "Rage"; "The Long Walk"; "Roadwork"; "The Running Man" and "Thinner", under the Bachman pen name.

Answer: Hector Hugh Munro

Saki's witty and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture; "The Open Window" may be his most famous. He is often compared in style and tone to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker.

Answer: William Sydney Porter

O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, warmth, wordplay and clever twist endings. One explanation for his unusual "Pen" name:

"The pseudonym that he began to write under in prison is constructed from the first two letters of OH(io) and the second and last two of pENitentiaRY."

Answer: Nora Roberts

Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson) was the first author to be inducted into the "Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame". She writes as J.D. Robb for the "In Death" series.