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Authors from A to Z Trivia Quiz

From the clues I give, can you name these notable authors? The answers will be their names in alphabetical order beginning with "A" and ending with "O" (not actually A to Z).

A multiple-choice quiz by shechamellion. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
shechamellion

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
217,239

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
13 / 15

Plays
10114

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. Starting with the letter "A": She was an American author (19th C.) who wrote "Little Women" (among other things). What was her name? Hint

Jane Austen

Louisa May Alcott

Jane Addams

Grace Aguilar

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Question 2 of 15

2. Which English novelist wrote "Wuthering Heights"? Hint

Elizabeth Bronte

Charlotte Bronte

Emily Bronte

Anne Bronte

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which 19th century American writer wrote "The Last of the Mohicans" and other stories which reflected the early American frontier? Hint

James Fenimore Cooper

Stephen Crane

Lewis Carroll

E. E. Cummings

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which French novelist was famous for such works as "The Three Musketeers", "The Count of Monte Cristo", and "The Man in the Iron Mask"? Hint

Georges Duhamel

Rene Descartes

Marcel Duchamp

Alexandre Dumas

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Question 5 of 15

5. This 19th century English novelist was probably best known for writing "Middlemarch". By what name was she known? Hint

Thomas Stearns Eliot

Friedrich Engels

Ralph Waldo Emerson

George Eliot

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Question 6 of 15

6. Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"? Hint

E. M. Forster

William Faulkner

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Edna Ferber

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which English poet and novelist was best known for his novels set in imperial Rome, such as: "I, Claudius" ? Hint

Thomas Gray

Zane Grey

Horace Greeley

Robert Graves

8. This American novelist and short story author's works titled; "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables" were considered by many to be psychological masterpieces reflecting the dark side of Puritan New England. His "letter" was "H", What was his name? Hint

Victor Hugo

Nathan Hale

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ernest Hemingway

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which Norwegian dramatist and playwright wrote "A Doll's House", "Peer Gynt", "Ghosts", "Hedda Gabler" ... and more? Hint

Henrik Ibsen

Christopher Isherwood

Washington Irving

Burl Ives

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Question 10 of 15

10. This well-known Irish novelist's works include "Ulysses", "Dubliners", and "Finnegan's Wake". Who is this 20th-century author from the Emerald Isle? Hint

James Joyce

William James

Carl Jung

Henry James

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Question 11 of 15

11. This English writer and poet born and raised in India wrote short stories, poems, and also children's books, such as; "The Jungle Book", "Kim", and "Just So Stories". What was the name of this fellow? Hint

Rudyard Kipling

John Keats

Soren Kierkegaard

Elia Kazan

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which American author wrote "The Call of the Wild", "White Fang", and "The Sea Wolf"? Hint

Richard Lovelace

George London

Jack London

Henry Longfellow

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Question 13 of 15

13. This American seaman and writer drew upon his experiences on whaling-ships and other voyages in order to create such greats as "Moby Dick", "Billy Budd" and "Typee". Who is this nautical novelist? Hint

Thomas Mann

Herman Melville

Henry Miller

Thomas Moore

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which controversial German philosopher opposed to Christian moral values, introduced the concept of "superman" in his book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"? Hint

Martin Niemoller

Friedrich Nietzsche

Carl August Nielsen

Oscar Niemeyer

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Question 15 of 15

15. This U.S. novelist, poet, and playwright is best known for "A Garden of Earthly Delights", "Them", and "Bellefleur". What is her name? Hint

Sandra Day O'Connor

Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Joyce Carol Oates

Leonora O'Reilly

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Starting with the letter "A": She was an American author (19th C.) who wrote "Little Women" (among other things). What was her name?

Answer: Louisa May Alcott

She also wrote "Hospital Sketches" (1863) which was based on her experiences as a Union nurse during the American Civil War.

2. Which English novelist wrote "Wuthering Heights"?

Answer: Emily Bronte

Emily, who is often said to have surpassed her sisters Charlotte and Anne as a poet and writer, published her masterpiece "Wuthering Heights" in 1847 under the name of Ellis Bell. (In those days it wasn't considered quite proper in England for a woman to write published novels, so some wrote under pseudonyms).

3. Which 19th century American writer wrote "The Last of the Mohicans" and other stories which reflected the early American frontier?

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper

Carroll wrote "Alice In Wonderland", Crane wrote "The Red Badge of Courage", and Cummings wrote poetry.

4. Which French novelist was famous for such works as "The Three Musketeers", "The Count of Monte Cristo", and "The Man in the Iron Mask"?

Answer: Alexandre Dumas

Duhamel was a French dramatist who wrote "Civilization:1914-17", Duchamp was a French painter and Dadaist, and Descartes was a French philosopher and mathematician of the 17th Century.

5. This 19th century English novelist was probably best known for writing "Middlemarch". By what name was she known?

Answer: George Eliot

Eliot, who was really a woman, born Mary Ann Evans, used the man's name of George Eliot to write under in order to get published.

6. Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald was considered to be the "spokesman" of the Jazz Age in the 1920's who wrote a lot about the post-World War I generation and their eventual disbelief in the so-called American Dream. He also wrote "Tender is the Night" which draws upon the experiences of American expatriates in Paris and the breakdown of his schizophrenic wife, Zelda.

7. Which English poet and novelist was best known for his novels set in imperial Rome, such as: "I, Claudius" ?

Answer: Robert Graves

He also wrote books and poetry which described his experiences in World War I.

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne

His works dealt a lot with the notion of sin and salvation in a society based on the establishment of strict moral code.

9. Which Norwegian dramatist and playwright wrote "A Doll's House", "Peer Gynt", "Ghosts", "Hedda Gabler" ... and more?

Answer: Henrik Ibsen

Many of his works, made into plays, were about the emancipation of women, individual fulfillment, social problems, moral dilemmas, and other realistic topics that reflected his own philosophy.

10. This well-known Irish novelist's works include "Ulysses", "Dubliners", and "Finnegan's Wake". Who is this 20th-century author from the Emerald Isle?

Answer: James Joyce

Jung was a Swiss psychologist, W. James was an American psychologist and philosopher, and Henry James was his brother and an American novelist as well. Joyce's works and their meanings have often been the subject of debate.

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.

12. Which American author wrote "The Call of the Wild", "White Fang", and "The Sea Wolf"?

Answer: Jack London

London wrote a lot about the struggles of man and beast to survive during the Yukon Gold Rush. Some of his later works were reflections of his socialist beliefs and his predicting the rise of fascism. Alcoholism and financial trouble led him to commit suicide at the age of 40.

Answer: Herman Melville

His works were deeply symbolic and profound, and consequently did not achieve their greatest recognition until the 1930s.

14. Which controversial German philosopher opposed to Christian moral values, introduced the concept of "superman" in his book "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"?

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche

Much of Nietzsche's work was later misrepresented by the Nazis who used his ideas to justify their own concepts of "Aryan racial superiority".

15. This U.S. novelist, poet, and playwright is best known for "A Garden of Earthly Delights", "Them", and "Bellefleur". What is her name?

Answer: Joyce Carol Oates

Oates's works often deal with insanity, violence, and other depraved aspects of society.

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