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  • 1. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1935 fiction book "Good-Bye, Mr. Chips"?

    • A.

      Richard Bach

    • B.

      Patrick Dennis

    • C.

      James Hilton

    • D.

      Stephen King

    Correct Answer
    C. James Hilton
  • 2. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1936 fiction book "Gone with the Wind"?

    • A.

      Marabel Morgan

    • B.

      Robert Ringer

    • C.

      Margaret Mitchell

    • D.

      Robert James Waller

    Correct Answer
    C. Margaret Mitchell
  • 3. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1936 nonfiction book "Wake Up and Live"?

    • A.

      John Fox Jr.

    • B.

      Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

    • C.

      Andrew A. Rooney

    • D.

      Dorothea Brande

    Correct Answer
    D. Dorothea Brande
  • 4. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1937 fiction book "The Citadel"?

    • A.

      Dr. Herman Taller

    • B.

      Garrison Keillor

    • C.

      A. J. Cronin

    • D.

      Judith Rossner

    Correct Answer
    C. A. J. Cronin
  • 5. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1937 nonfiction book "The Arts"?

    • A.

      Hendrik Willem Van Loon

    • B.

      General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

    • C.

      Winston Churchill

    • D.

      Charles M. Schulz

    Correct Answer
    A. Hendrik Willem Van Loon
  • 6. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1938 fiction book "Northwest Passage"?

    • A.

      Harold Macgrath

    • B.

      Kenneth Roberts

    • C.

      Eleanor H. Porter

    • D.

      Charles Kuralt

    Correct Answer
    B. Kenneth Roberts
  • 7. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1939 fiction book "The Grapes of Wrath"?

    • A.

      Winston Churchill

    • B.

      Jack Higgins

    • C.

      John Steinbeck

    • D.

      James A. Michener

    Correct Answer
    C. John Steinbeck
  • 8. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1939 nonfiction book "Reaching for the Stars"?

    • A.

      Nora Waln

    • B.

      Gene Stratton Porter

    • C.

      Louis J. Vance

    • D.

      Andrew A. Rooney

    Correct Answer
    A. Nora Waln
  • 9. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1940 fiction book "Mrs. Miniver"?

    • A.

      Alex Haley

    • B.

      Jacqueline Susann

    • C.

      Charles Frazier

    • D.

      Jan Struther

    Correct Answer
    D. Jan Struther
  • 10. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1940 nonfiction book "Country Squire in the White House"?

    • A.

      Shel Silverstein

    • B.

      Rick Smolan And David Cohen

    • C.

      Owen Wister

    • D.

      John T. Flynn

    Correct Answer
    D. John T. Flynn
  • 11. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1942 fiction book "The Song of Bernadette"?

    • A.

      Franz Werfel

    • B.

      Owen Wister

    • C.

      Gore Vidal

    • D.

      Geoffrey C. Ward With Ric Burns And Ken Burns

    Correct Answer
    A. Franz Werfel
  • 12. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1943 fiction book "So Little Time"?

    • A.

      Marianne Williamson

    • B.

      Arthur Hailey

    • C.

      James Herriot

    • D.

      John P. Marquand

    Correct Answer
    D. John P. Marquand
  • 13. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1943 nonfiction book "On Being a Real Person"?

    • A.

      Gerald Stanley Lee

    • B.

      Danielle Steel

    • C.

      Harry Emerson Fosdick

    • D.

      Robert Ludlum

    Correct Answer
    C. Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • 14. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1944 fiction book "The Razor's Edge"?

    • A.

      W. Somerset Maugham

    • B.

      Jeffrey Farnol

    • C.

      H. Leighton Steward, Morrison C. Bethea, Sam S. Andrews, And Luis A. Balart

    • D.

      Bob Woodward And Carl Bernstein

    Correct Answer
    A. W. Somerset Maugham
  • 15. 

    Who was the author of the best selling 1945 fiction book "Forever Amber"?

    • A.

      Mary Stewart

    • B.

      Michael Crichton

    • C.

      Robert W. Service

    • D.

      Kathleen Winsor

    Correct Answer
    D. Kathleen Winsor

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