Ultimate Literature Quiz - 3
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- 1.
Who wrote "Dean's December"?
- A.
John Irving
- B.
Bob Cochrane
- C.
Jack Kerouac
- D.
Saul Bellow
Correct Answer
D. Saul Bellow -
- 2.
Who tells the story in Robertson Davies' "Fifth Business"?
- A.
Oliver Klothesoff
- B.
Nelly Golinchu
- C.
Dunstan Ramsay
- D.
Mordecai
Correct Answer
C. Dunstan Ramsay -
- 3.
Who wrote "Never Cry Wolf"?
- A.
Bob Cochrane
- B.
Jake Jarmel
- C.
Jack London
- D.
Farley Mowat
Correct Answer
D. Farley Mowat -
- 4.
What city was T.S. Eliot from?
- A.
Topeka, Kansas
- B.
Boston, Massachusetts
- C.
Brooklyn, New York
- D.
St. Louis, Missouri
Correct Answer
D. St. Louis, Missouri -
- 5.
What was Frank O'Connor's real name?
- A.
George William Russell
- B.
Michael O'Donovan
- C.
Daniel Corkery
- D.
Flann O'Brien
Correct Answer
B. Michael O'Donovan -
- 6.
Which of the following is a play by Ben Jonson?
- A.
The White Devil
- B.
Every Man In His Humour
- C.
'Tis Pity She's A Whore
- D.
A New Way To Pay Old Debts
Correct Answer
B. Every Man In His Humour -
- 7.
Akira Kurosawa made the film "Rashomon" based on the works of which author?
- A.
Yasunari Kawabata
- B.
Naoya Shiga
- C.
Ogai Mori
- D.
Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Correct Answer
D. Ryunosuke Akutagawa -
- 8.
Which story was meant to be the final story in James Joyce's "Dubliners" before he wrote "The Dead"?
- A.
A Mother
- B.
Grace
- C.
A Painful Case
- D.
Araby
Correct Answer
B. Grace -
- 9.
Who wrote "The Tin Drum" where the main character can shatter glass with a scream?
- A.
Gunter Grass
- B.
E. T. A. Hoffmann
- C.
Herman Hesse
- D.
Franz Kafka
Correct Answer
A. Gunter Grass -
- 10.
Who introduced the poetic form of a Dramatic Monologue to literature?
- A.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
- B.
Robert Browning
- C.
T.S. Eliot
- D.
Ezra Pound
Correct Answer
B. Robert Browning -
- 11.
What is the actual name of "Winnie the Pooh"?
- A.
Edward Bear
- B.
Chubby Little Cubby
- C.
Pooh Bear
- D.
Robert Bear
Correct Answer
A. Edward Bear -
- 12.
Who wrote "The Tale of Genji"?
- A.
Oe Kezaburo
- B.
Mishima Yukio
- C.
Sei Shonagon
- D.
Murasaki Shikibu
Correct Answer
D. Murasaki Shikibu -
- 13.
What author is generally recognized as the father of the modern detective story?
- A.
Raymond Chandler
- B.
Mickey Spillane
- C.
Edgar Allan Poe
- D.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Correct Answer
C. Edgar Allan Poe -
- 14.
Who wrote "Anna of the Five Townes"?
- A.
Arnold Bennett
- B.
Henry James
- C.
Daniel Defoe
- D.
Thomas Hardy
Correct Answer
A. Arnold Bennett -
- 15.
Who wrote "I am the cat who walks by himself and all places are alike to me"?
- A.
J.R.R. Tolkien
- B.
Gertrude Stein
- C.
Rudyard Kipling
- D.
C.S. Lewis
Correct Answer
C. Rudyard Kipling -
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