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Some Literary Blossoms Trivia Quiz

Flowers are not for gardens only; they appear in the title of many wonderful works of literature. See how many you can pick.

A multiple-choice quiz by WiseTao. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
WiseTao

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
174,420

Updated
May 06 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
358

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Question 1 of 10

1. Robert Burns's poem (1796) about his love and a rose concentrated on which of the many attributes of a rose? Hint

Fragrance

Color

Thorns

Beauty

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Question 2 of 10

2. Alexandre Dumas fils is famous for his novel "La Dames aux Camellias." Why does the heroine carry camellias? Hint

Her first name means "Camellia."

She doesn't carry them.

Her last name means "Camellia."

Other flowers make her cough.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote "Le Spectre de la Rose" or "The Ghost of the Rose" ? Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Charles Baudelaire

Theophile Gautier

T.S. Eliot

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Question 4 of 10

4. Walt Whitman's "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" was written in honor of what great person? Hint

George Washington

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson

Frederick Douglass

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Question 5 of 10

5. Everybody knows "Arsenic and Old Lace". What was the original novel that provided the inspiration for the title of the play on which the movie was based? Hint

Roses and Old Lace

Lavender and Old Lace

Myrtle and Old Lace

Jonquils and Old Lace

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" was a 1902 novel by Baroness Orczy. What was the hero's name? Hint

Stephen Hawks

Percy Blakeney

Alfred Smith

Nathaniel Thomson

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Question 7 of 10

7. In this poem by Hugh MacDiarmid, a drunk man is looking at what kind of flower? Hint

Thistle

Narcissus

Passion Flower

Peony

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Question 8 of 10

8. "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower" is a justly famous poem by what writer? Hint

Sylvia Plath

Adrienne Rich

T.S. Eliot

Dylan Thomas

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Question 9 of 10

9. In what country does Sir Harold Acton's novel, "Peonies and Ponies" take place? Hint

France

Korea

Japan

China

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Question 10 of 10

10. Iris Murdoch wrote a novel called the "Unofficial" what? Hint

Magnolia

Daisy

Marigold

Rose

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Robert Burns's poem (1796) about his love and a rose concentrated on which of the many attributes of a rose?

Answer: Color

Burns compared his lover to a "Red, Red Rose," although of course roses come in most other colors too. Except blue.

2. Alexandre Dumas fils is famous for his novel "La Dames aux Camellias." Why does the heroine carry camellias?

Answer: Other flowers make her cough.

Poor Marguerite Gautier has consumption and strong scented flowers make her cough. Still, one would think she could carry daisies or dandelions.

3. Who wrote "Le Spectre de la Rose" or "The Ghost of the Rose" ?

Answer: Theophile Gautier

It spawned a song cycle by Berlioz and ballet by Fokine and a film by Ben Hecht. It's about a dancer who was almost murdered by her crazy husband.

4. Walt Whitman's "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" was written in honor of what great person?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

It was an elegy written after Lincoln was assassinated April 14, 1865.. "I mourned," wrote Whitman, "and yet shall mourn with the ever-returning spring."

5. Everybody knows "Arsenic and Old Lace". What was the original novel that provided the inspiration for the title of the play on which the movie was based?

Answer: Lavender and Old Lace

Myrtle Reed wrote this sentimental work in 1902. It features complicated romantic entanglements, but no bodies in the cellar!

6. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" was a 1902 novel by Baroness Orczy. What was the hero's name?

Answer: Percy Blakeney

Orczy (1865-1947) was married to Montague Barstow, an English illustrator. The scarlet pimpernel is a member of the primrose family, of course.

7. In this poem by Hugh MacDiarmid, a drunk man is looking at what kind of flower?

Answer: Thistle

It's a long poem, unfortunately, titled rather prosaically "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle."

8. "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower" is a justly famous poem by what writer?

Answer: Dylan Thomas

Dylan penned the work in 1934.

9. In what country does Sir Harold Acton's novel, "Peonies and Ponies" take place?

Answer: China

Beijing is the precise location. The work was written in 1941.

10. Iris Murdoch wrote a novel called the "Unofficial" what?

Answer: Rose

The work was wirtten in 1962 and featured a rose-grower. The title comes from a poem by Rupert Brooke.

Source: Author WiseTao

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