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Some Poetry, Some Fiction Trivia Quiz

Hi, this is just a follow up to my first Literature quiz. I threw in some hard ones, but hopefully there will be some easy ones as well. Watch out for question 9!!!!!

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

Author
sparklecake

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
18,894

Updated
Aug 18 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
837

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What poet debuted in 1973 with 'Living at the Movies'? Hint

Gary Gildner

Jim Carroll

Tony Hoagland

Jack Kerouac

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name the main character from 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' Hint

Holden Caulfield

Stephen Dedalus

Dorian Gray

James Joyce

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these poets did NOT write other types of literature (i.e. plays, novels, etc)? Hint

Maya Angelou

William Butler Yeats

Emily Dickinson

William Shakespeare

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Question 4 of 10

4. Upon losing his wife, which author penned 'A Grief Observed'? Hint

C.S. Lewis

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Edgar Allen Poe

William Blake

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which two literary geniuses were roommates for a time? Hint

William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe

William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge

J.D. Salinger and Jack Kerouac

William Butler Yeats and Ezra Pound

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Question 6 of 10

6. Speaking of 'Lyrical Ballads', what year was it published? Hint

1799

1798

1789

1800

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which is NOT a work from John Donne? Hint

The Flea

Break of Day

The Indifferent

The Rat

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who is NOT a Tudor-era author? Hint

Edmund Spenser

William Blake

Ben Jonson

Andrew Marvell

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Question 9 of 10

9. Hard One: Who wrote 'The Rape of the Fair Country'? Hint

John Trudell

Alexander Cordell

W.B. Yeats

Richard Llwellyn

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who penned 'The Symbolist Movement in Literature'? Hint

Ezra Pound

Edgar Allan Poe

William Carlos Williams

Arthur Symons

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What poet debuted in 1973 with 'Living at the Movies'?

Answer: Jim Carroll

Carroll is better known for his autobiographical movie, 'The Basketball Diaries'.

2. Name the main character from 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'

Answer: Stephen Dedalus

This should have been a freebie!

3. Which of these poets did NOT write other types of literature (i.e. plays, novels, etc)?

Answer: Emily Dickinson

If you picked Shakespeare, I'm so disappointed in you!

4. Upon losing his wife, which author penned 'A Grief Observed'?

Answer: C.S. Lewis

Lewis is better known for the 'Chronicles of Narnia' series.

5. Which two literary geniuses were roommates for a time?

Answer: William Butler Yeats and Ezra Pound

Bit of a trick--Wordsworth and Coleridge ('Lyrical Ballads') were friends, but never roommates.

6. Speaking of 'Lyrical Ballads', what year was it published?

Answer: 1798

If you didn't know this, you have just given my Romantic Literature professor a heart attack!

7. Which is NOT a work from John Donne?

Answer: The Rat

Ok, if my man ever compared us to fleas...

8. Who is NOT a Tudor-era author?

Answer: William Blake

This should have been easy.

9. Hard One: Who wrote 'The Rape of the Fair Country'?

Answer: Alexander Cordell

If you got this one, definately send me a message and we'll talk. This book is worth the hunt.

10. Who penned 'The Symbolist Movement in Literature'?

Answer: Arthur Symons

Edgar Allan Poe was an inspiration for the book so if you chose him you weren't COMPLETELY off!

Source: Author sparklecake

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