Ten Books in Search of an Author Quiz

Answer: Robert A. Heinlein

In the year 2076 the moon is a penal colony for people who are considered dangerous for the Earth. The harsh conditions and the unfair treatment by the authorities force the inhabitants of the moon to rebellion.

Answer: Muriel Spark

The relationship of schoolmistress Jean Brodie and six 10-year-old female pupils goes badly wrong, resulting in her dismissal from the school. Brodie is an over confident teacher who thinks that she can manipulate her pupils so deeply that they can be hers for ever.

Answer: Jacqueline Susann

The "dolls" refer to pep pills that are taken by three girls in their quest to gain fame in the entertainment business. The story covers a period of 20 years and is primarily set in New York. The girls find wealth and fame, but at a price, and turn to drugs in trying to face the realities of life.

Answer: Kathryn Stockett

Three women, Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny, get involved in a project that will forever change their town in Mississippi. Skeeter dreams of becoming a writer and asks Aibileen's help to get point of view on black maids working for white employees. Minny, who is Aibileen's best friend, gets involved as well.

The published work becomes a best seller, but also upsets greatly the white masters who identify with characters in the book. Although the story was set in the 1960s the book was published in 2009.

Answer: Joseph Heller

The book is set during the Second World War, and follows the adventures of an Air Corps squadron have to endure the whims of their superiors, whose only concern is to get good aerial pictures of the damage caused by the bombing raids.

Answer: Frank Herbert

This is a story of a young man called Paul Atreides and a desert planet called Dune. This planet is the only source of the most valuable substance, called melange, in the whole Universe. Melange, essential in interstellar travel, is addictive and gives the user the power to see in the future.

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut

This book is based on the author's experiences during Second World War as a prisoner of war and the bombing of Dresden. The story follows the life of Billy Pilgrim who travels between periods of his life without having control over where he will go next.

Answer: Madeleine L'Engle

The story is about the attempts to rescue a scientist who disappeared during experiments with time travel and the fifth dimension. The book's opening line is "It was a dark and stormy night." Meg Murry, the scientist's daughter, her brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin O' Keefe travel through a tesseract in order to find her father.

A tesseract is a wrinkle in space and time that enables travel through the fifth dimension,

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

This is the story of a mythical town called Macondo. It tells of the formation, development and the decline of the town through the lives of its people. The town is isolated from the rest of the world, and we follow the lives of the Buendias family.

Answer: Philip K. Dick

This is a rather strange book with different plots and points of view. During the course of the book the plots crisscross and intertwist. So you have spies, arts and crafts all intermixing. The book is set in an alternative version of 1962 in America. The Axis had won the war and America is split between Germany and Japan.