FREE! Click here to Join FunTrivia. Thousands of games, quizzes, and lots more!

Works of Joyce Carol Oates Trivia Quiz

A quiz about one of America's greatest living authors.

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

Author
HeathMor

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
305,263

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
176

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Joyce Carol Oates's first novel was "Them".

True

False

NEXT>

Question 2 of 10

2. What novel did Joyce Carol Oates say was a mix of her mother's and her own biography? Hint

Wonderland

My Heart Laid Bare

Marya: A Life

What I Lived For

NEXT>

Question 3 of 10

3. This "sprawling gothic" novel tells the story of a family and its haunted manor, which is destroyed in the end. Hint

The Gravedigger's Daughter

Son of the Morning

Bellefleur

We Were the Mulvaneys

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. This Oates novel features a young man who is the only survivor of the day his father decides to kill his family. It follows the young man through his adoption to his practice as a doctor. Hint

We Were The Mulvaneys

Wonderland

Angels of Light

Expensive People

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. This novel features a white female college student who falls in love with a brilliant African American philosophy major in the 1970s. Hint

Black Girl/White Girl

Unholy Loves

Blonde

I Will Take You There

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. What Joyce Carol Oates work features a girl from a family of migrant farmers who eventually marries a rich man? Hint

We Were the Mulvaneys

Garden of Earthly Delights

Expensive People

Unholy Loves

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. This Joyce Carol Oates novel is a fictional biography of the life of Marilyn Monroe. Hint

Expensive People

Man Crazy

Because it is Bitter and Because it is My Heart

Blonde

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. This Oates novel is about incest between a niece and uncle. Hint

Cybele

Unholy Loves

You Must Remember This

A Bloodsmoor Romance

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. This Joyce Carol Oates title is taken from a Stephen Crane poem. Hint

Because it is Bitter and Because it is My Heart

I'll Take You There

I Lock My Door Upon Myself

My Heart Laid Bare

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. Not just a novelist, Oates has also written plays, short stories, novellas, poetry, essays, criticisms, children's stories and young adult novels.

True

False

(Optional) Create a Free FunTrivia ID to save the points you are about to earn:

Select a User ID:

Choose a Password:

Your Email:

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Joyce Carol Oates's first novel was "Them".

Answer: false

Her first novel was "With Shuddering Falls."

2. What novel did Joyce Carol Oates say was a mix of her mother's and her own biography?

Answer: Marya: A Life

Following a young lady from childhood molestation, to leaving her past behind.

3. This "sprawling gothic" novel tells the story of a family and its haunted manor, which is destroyed in the end.

Answer: Bellefleur

Oates said this novel consumed her until it was written.

4. This Oates novel features a young man who is the only survivor of the day his father decides to kill his family. It follows the young man through his adoption to his practice as a doctor.

Answer: Wonderland

This novel is proof that JCO can convincingly write characters which are not based on her own life.

5. This novel features a white female college student who falls in love with a brilliant African American philosophy major in the 1970s.

Answer: I Will Take You There

Where she will take you: to the grave.

6. What Joyce Carol Oates work features a girl from a family of migrant farmers who eventually marries a rich man?

Answer: Garden of Earthly Delights

Oates reworked this early novel, which was based loosely on the story of her grandfather.

7. This Joyce Carol Oates novel is a fictional biography of the life of Marilyn Monroe.

Answer: Blonde

Oates also wrote a short story about two college girls who spotted Monroe in the famous NY bookstore, "The Strand".

8. This Oates novel is about incest between a niece and uncle.

Answer: You Must Remember This

Although Oates is generally disturbing to me, this book so disturbed me I couldn't finish reading it.

9. This Joyce Carol Oates title is taken from a Stephen Crane poem.

Answer: Because it is Bitter and Because it is My Heart

These lines are taken from Crane's "In the Desert."

10. Not just a novelist, Oates has also written plays, short stories, novellas, poetry, essays, criticisms, children's stories and young adult novels.

Answer: true

Oates has published over 30 collections of short stories.

Source: Author HeathMor

This quiz was reviewed by FunTrivia editor agony before going online.
Any errors found in FunTrivia content are routinely corrected through our feedback system.