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World Literature Quizzes & Trivia

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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    The book "My Son, My Son" was authored by whom?

    • A.

      Giovanni Papini

    • B.

      Howard Spring

    • C.

      Kay Thompson

    • D.

      Eleanor H. Porter

    Correct Answer
    B. Howard Spring
  • 2. 

    Who wrote the book "The Importance of Living"?

    • A.

      Danielle Steel

    • B.

      Tom Clancy

    • C.

      Lin Yutang

    • D.

      Sidney Sheldon

    Correct Answer
    C. Lin Yutang
  • 3. 

    The book "With Malice Toward Some" was penned by whom?

    • A.

      Dale Carnegie

    • B.

      Michael Crichton

    • C.

      Marcia Davenport

    • D.

      Margaret Halsey

    Correct Answer
    D. Margaret Halsey
  • 4. 

    Who wrote the book "Madame Curie"?

    • A.

      Eve Curie

    • B.

      John Gray

    • C.

      Frances Burnett

    • D.

      Eugene O'Neill

    Correct Answer
    A. Eve Curie
  • 5. 

    The book "Listen! The Wind" was authored by whom?

    • A.

      James Herriot

    • B.

      Anne Lindbergh

    • C.

      Leo Buscaglia

    • D.

      Fannie Farmer

    Correct Answer
    B. Anne Lindbergh
  • 6. 

    Who wrote about his life as a country doctor in "The Horse and Buggy Doctor"?

    • A.

      Ernest Hemingway

    • B.

      Arthur E. Hertzler

    • C.

      John Steinbeck

    • D.

      Norman F. Dacey

    Correct Answer
    B. Arthur E. Hertzler
  • 7. 

    Who wrote the book "Wickford Point"?

    • A.

      J. D. Salinger

    • B.

      John P. Marquand

    • C.

      Maria Montessori

    • D.

      Anne Lindbergh

    Correct Answer
    B. John P. Marquand
  • 8. 

    Who wrote the book "Escape"?

    • A.

      Richard Adams

    • B.

      Erma Bombeck

    • C.

      Robert Lansing

    • D.

      Ethel Vance

    Correct Answer
    D. Ethel Vance
  • 9. 

    Who wrote the book "Days of Our Years"?

    • A.

      Jan Valtin

    • B.

      Willa Cather

    • C.

      Harold Robbins

    • D.

      Pierre Van Paassen

    Correct Answer
    D. Pierre Van Paassen
  • 10. 

    Who wrote the book "Country Lawyer"?

    • A.

      Bellamy Partridge

    • B.

      John Le Carre

    • C.

      John Grisham

    • D.

      May Sinclair

    Correct Answer
    A. Bellamy Partridge
  • 11. 

    Who wrote the book "Kitty Foyle"?

    • A.

      Marabel Morgan

    • B.

      James Clavell

    • C.

      Christopher Morley

    • D.

      Charles M. Schulz

    Correct Answer
    C. ChristopHer Morley
  • 12. 

    The first in a trilogy, "The Nazarene" was authored by whom?

    • A.

      Owen Wister

    • B.

      Marjorie Hillis

    • C.

      Richard Llewellyn

    • D.

      Sholem Asch

    Correct Answer
    D. Sholem Asch
  • 13. 

    Who wrote the book "I Married Adventure"?

    • A.

      Osa Johnson

    • B.

      A. J. Cronin

    • C.

      Joseph Conrad

    • D.

      Irving Bacheller

    Correct Answer
    A. Osa Johnson
  • 14. 

    The book "How to Read a Book" was authored by which philosopher?

    • A.

      Kathleen Winsor

    • B.

      Mortimer Adler

    • C.

      Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

    • D.

      Jacob Bronowski

    Correct Answer
    B. Mortimer Adler
  • 15. 

    Which radio quiz show panelist wrote the book "A Smattering of Ignorance"?

    • A.

      Douglas Fairbanks

    • B.

      Gene Fowler

    • C.

      Oscar Levant

    • D.

      Richard Bach

    Correct Answer
    C. Oscar Levant

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