The Ultimate Great Books Quiz
A non-complicated quiz based on Great Books
- 1.
What biblical place is said to the starting point of different languages?
- A.
Tower Of Babel
- B.
Garden Of Eden
- C.
Sodom And Gomorrah
- D.
City Of Bethlehem
Correct Answer
A. Tower Of Babel -
- 2.
Which one of these 1958 nonfiction books was written by Art Linkletter?
- A.
Our Times, Vol. I
- B.
Kids Say The Darndest Things
- C.
A Gentleman Of Courage
- D.
The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Correct Answer
B. Kids Say The Darndest Things -
- 3.
Which book was written by Charles Schulz?
- A.
The Sky Pilot In No Man's Land
- B.
100,000,000 Guinea Pigs
- C.
Happiness Is A Warm Puppy
- D.
A Woman Named Jackie
Correct Answer
C. Happiness Is A Warm Puppy -
- 4.
Who wrote the 1920 book titled "Main Street"?
- A.
Salman Rushdie
- B.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
- C.
Kenneth Graham
- D.
Sinclair Lewis
Correct Answer
D. Sinclair Lewis -
- 5.
Who wrote the 1927 book titled "Death comes for the Archbishop"?
- A.
Willa Cather
- B.
Iris Murdoch
- C.
Toni Morrison
- D.
Carol Shields
Correct Answer
A. Willa Cather -
- 6.
Who wrote the 1900 book "Sister Carrie"?
- A.
Pat Conroy
- B.
Rosamunde Pilcher
- C.
Theodore Dreiser
- D.
Herman Wouk
Correct Answer
C. Theodore Dreiser -
- 7.
Who wrote the 1985 book "White Noise"?
- A.
Erskine Caldwell
- B.
John Irving
- C.
Don Delillo
- D.
E. M. Forster
Correct Answer
C. Don Delillo -
- 8.
Who wrote the 1905 book "The House of Mirth"?
- A.
Edith Wharton
- B.
Betty Smith
- C.
Willa Cather
- D.
Robert Graves
Correct Answer
A. Edith Wharton -
- 9.
Who wrote the 1929 book "Look Homeward, Angel"?
- A.
Margaret Atwood
- B.
Aldous Huxley
- C.
Thomas Wolfe
- D.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Correct Answer
C. Thomas Wolfe -
- 10.
Who wrote the 1962 book "The Golden Notebook"?
- A.
John Steinbeck
- B.
James Agee
- C.
Edith Wharton
- D.
Doris Lessing
Correct Answer
D. Doris Lessing -
- 11.
Who wrote the 1903 book "The Ambassadors"?
- A.
William Kennedy
- B.
Frank Herbert
- C.
Larry McMurtry
- D.
Henry James
Correct Answer
D. Henry James -
- 12.
Who wrote the 1904 book "The Golden Bowl"?
- A.
Eudora Welty
- B.
Henry James
- C.
Margaret Mitchell
- D.
Muriel Spark
Correct Answer
B. Henry James -
- 13.
Who wrote the 1988 book "The Bean Trees"?
- A.
Evelyn Waugh
- B.
Barbara Kingsolver
- C.
Arnold Bennett
- D.
William Faulkner
Correct Answer
B. Barbara Kingsolver -
- 14.
The 1955 book titled, "A Good Man is Hard to Find", was written by?
- A.
Booth Tarkington
- B.
Flannery O'Connor
- C.
Toni Morrison
- D.
E. Annie Proulx
Correct Answer
B. Flannery O'Connor -
- 15.
The 1903 book titled, "The Way of All Flesh", was written by?
- A.
Toni Morrison
- B.
Jack London
- C.
Douglas Adams
- D.
Samuel Butler
Correct Answer
D. Samuel Butler -
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