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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    The 1963 book titled, "Cat's Cradle", was written by whom?

    • A.

      John Steinbeck

    • B.

      Kurt Vonnegut

    • C.

      Alice Walker

    • D.

      Harper Lee

    Correct Answer
    B. Kurt Vonnegut
  • 2. 

    Who wrote the 1963 book "The Bell Jar"?

    • A.

      Sylvia Plath

    • B.

      Richard Hughes

    • C.

      A. S. Byatt

    • D.

      James Joyce

    Correct Answer
    A. Sylvia Plath
  • 3. 

    The 1993 book titled, "The Shipping News" was written by?

    • A.

      Virginia Woolf

    • B.

      James A. Michener

    • C.

      E. Annie Proulx

    • D.

      Eudora Welty

    Correct Answer
    C. E. Annie Proulx
  • 4. 

    Who wrote the 1979 book "The Wapshot Chronicles"?

    • A.

      Alice Walker

    • B.

      William Kennedy

    • C.

      John Cheever

    • D.

      Richard Wright

    Correct Answer
    C. John Cheever
  • 5. 

    The 1925 book "Mrs. Dalloway" was written by whom?

    • A.

      E. M. Forster

    • B.

      John Irving

    • C.

      Virginia Woolf

    • D.

      Douglas Adams

    Correct Answer
    C. Virginia Woolf
  • 6. 

    Who wrote the 1963 book "Where the Wild Things Are"?

    • A.

      Margaret Atwood

    • B.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • C.

      Maurice Sendak

    • D.

      James Joyce

    Correct Answer
    C. Maurice Sendak
  • 7. 

    Who wrote the 1983 book "Ironweed"?

    • A.

      James Joyce

    • B.

      E.M. Forster

    • C.

      William Kennedy

    • D.

      Rudyard Kipling

    Correct Answer
    C. William Kennedy
  • 8. 

    Who wrote the 1961 book "Franny and Zooey"?

    • A.

      Sherwood Anderson

    • B.

      J. D. Salinger

    • C.

      John Steinbeck

    • D.

      Katherine Anne Porter

    Correct Answer
    B. J. D. Salinger
  • 9. 

    The 1992 book titled, "Jazz" was written by?

    • A.

      Ernest Hemingway

    • B.

      Paul Bowles

    • C.

      Toni Morrison

    • D.

      Muriel Spark

    Correct Answer
    C. Toni Morrison
  • 10. 

    The 1987 book titled, "Bonfire of the Vanities" was written by?

    • A.

      Iris Murdoch

    • B.

      Thomas Wolfe

    • C.

      Rosamunde Pilcher

    • D.

      Anne Tyler

    Correct Answer
    B. Thomas Wolfe
  • 11. 

    The 1959 book titled, "Separate Peace, A", was written by?

    • A.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • B.

      John Knowles

    • C.

      E. L. Doctorow

    • D.

      James A. Michener

    Correct Answer
    B. John Knowles
  • 12. 

    The 1983 book titled, "The Mists of Avalon" was written by?

    • A.

      Aldous Huxley

    • B.

      Ford Maddox Ford

    • C.

      Marion Zimmer Bradley

    • D.

      Henry Roth

    Correct Answer
    C. Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • 13. 

    Who wrote the 1978 book "War and Remembrance"?

    • A.

      Herman Wouk

    • B.

      Arnold Bennett

    • C.

      E. M. Forster

    • D.

      Theodore Dreiser

    Correct Answer
    A. Herman Wouk
  • 14. 

    The 1974 book titled "Centennial" was written by whom?

    • A.

      E. M. Forster

    • B.

      Aldous Huxley

    • C.

      Edgar Rice Burroughs

    • D.

      James A. Michener

    Correct Answer
    D. James A. Michener
  • 15. 

    The 1979 book titled, "A Bend in the River" was written by?

    • A.

      James M. Cain

    • B.

      Graham Greene

    • C.

      V. S. Naipaul

    • D.

      Doris Lessing

    Correct Answer
    C. V. S. Naipaul

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