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Pulitzer-Winning Fiction Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of these popular authors.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,541

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
905

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This author won the Prize for 'A Bell for Adano'. Hint

John Hersey

John Updike

John Steinbeck

John Cheever

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another prize winner was 'Andersonville'. Who wrote it? Hint

Thornton Wilder

MacKinlay Kantor

Nat Styron

Booth Tarkington

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Question 3 of 10

3. Ernest Hemingway won the Prize for which of these novels? Hint

'The Old Man and the Sea'

'A Farewell to Arms'

'For Whom The Bell Tolls'

'The Sun Also Rises'

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote 'The Yearling'? Hint

Pearl Buck

Edna Ferber

Alice Walker

Marjorie Kinnans Rawlings

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who won the award for 'A Death in the Family'? Hint

Thomas Wolfe

James Agee

F. Scott Fitzgerald

William Faulkner

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Question 6 of 10

6. James Michener won the prize for: Hint

'Caravans'

'The Drifters'

'Centennial'

'Tales of the South Pacific'

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Question 7 of 10

7. Sinclair Lewis won the prize for: Hint

'Main Street'

'It Can't Happen Here'

'Babbitt'

'Arrowsmith'

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Question 8 of 10

8. Herman Wouk won the prize for which of these novels? Hint

'The Caine Mutiny'

'Marjorie Morningstar'

'Youngblood Hawke'

'The Winds of War'

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote 'Advise and Consent'? Hint

Fletcher Knebel

Allen Drury

William Lederer

Robert Penn Warren

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'The Fixer' also won the prize. Who was the author? Hint

Sholom Aleichem

Saul Bellow

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Bernard Malamud

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author won the Prize for 'A Bell for Adano'.

Answer: John Hersey

Cheever won for his short stories. Updike won for some of his 'Rabbit' books. Steinbeck won for 'Grapes of Wrath'.

2. Another prize winner was 'Andersonville'. Who wrote it?

Answer: MacKinlay Kantor

Wilder won for 'Bridge of San Luis Rey'. Styron won for 'Nat Turner's Rebellion'. Tarkington won more than once.

3. Ernest Hemingway won the Prize for which of these novels?

Answer: 'The Old Man and the Sea'

Interesting life.

4. Who wrote 'The Yearling'?

Answer: Marjorie Kinnans Rawlings

Walker won for 'The Color Purple'. Buck won for 'The Good Earth'. Ferber won for 'So Big'.

5. Who won the award for 'A Death in the Family'?

Answer: James Agee

Awarded posthumously, I believe.

6. James Michener won the prize for:

Answer: 'Tales of the South Pacific'

Early adventures in his life.

7. Sinclair Lewis won the prize for:

Answer: 'Arrowsmith'

Dominant American writer early in the twentieth century.

8. Herman Wouk won the prize for which of these novels?

Answer: 'The Caine Mutiny'

Highly readable writer.

9. Who wrote 'Advise and Consent'?

Answer: Allen Drury

Warren won for 'All the King's Men'.

10. 'The Fixer' also won the prize. Who was the author?

Answer: Bernard Malamud

Bellow won for 'Humboldt's Gift'.

Source: Author robert362

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