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Quiz about Some Literary Blossoms
Quiz about Some Literary Blossoms

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.
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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


Question 2 of 10
2. Alexandre Dumas fils is famous for his novel "La Dames aux Camellias." Why does the heroine carry camellias? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who wrote "Le Spectre de la Rose" or "The Ghost of the Rose" ? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Walt Whitman's "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed" was written in honor of what great person? Hint


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


Question 6 of 10
6. "The Scarlet Pimpernel" was a 1902 novel by Baroness Orczy. What was the hero's name? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In this poem by Hugh MacDiarmid, a drunk man is looking at what kind of flower? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "The Force that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower" is a justly famous poem by what writer? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In what country does Sir Harold Acton's novel, "Peonies and Ponies" take place? Hint


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



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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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