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Authors' Initials 2 Trivia Quiz

This authors' initials quiz is harder than the first, so I've given you a little help here and there. If you get them all you're a literature genius.... or you've looked them up! Just the last name in the answers.

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

Author
minch

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
9,366

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5063

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the last name of the poet who is usually known by the initials of his first names Edward Estlin?

Answer: (One word - American author last name only for all questions)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names James Matthew?

Answer: (One word - creator of Peter Pan)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Alfred Edward? Hint

Shelley

Binyon

Brooks

Housman

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of her first name, Joanne, and her grandmother's name, Kathleen?

Answer: (Last name only)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Jerome David?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the *last* name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names John Ronald Reuel?

Answer: (One word. British author famous for his fantasies)

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Edward Morgan?

Answer: (One word - Watch your spelling! 'Passage to India' author)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names William Butler?

Answer: (One word - Irish poet)

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Sidney Joseph? Hint

Thurber

Jerome

Nash

Perelman

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of her first name Cleo Virginia? Hint

Matthew

Andrews

Arnold

Smith

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the last name of the poet who is usually known by the initials of his first names Edward Estlin?

Answer: cummings

Usually known as e. e. cummings with no capitals. Known for his typographically eccentric poetry.

2. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names James Matthew?

Answer: Barrie

3. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Alfred Edward?

Answer: Housman

Author of 'A Shropshire Lad'.

4. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of her first name, Joanne, and her grandmother's name, Kathleen?

Answer: Rowling

5. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Jerome David?

Answer: Salinger

'Catcher in the Rye'.

6. What is the *last* name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names John Ronald Reuel?

Answer: Tolkien

'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit'.

7. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Edward Morgan?

Answer: Forster

'Room with a View'.

8. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names William Butler?

Answer: Yeats

9. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of his first names Sidney Joseph?

Answer: Perelman

10. What is the last name of the author who is usually known by the initials of her first name Cleo Virginia?

Answer: Andrews

She has reversed the initials of her real name.

Source: Author minch

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