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  • 1. 

    Who won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Quest: An Autobiography in the year 1942?

    • A. 

      Leopold Infeld

    • B. 

      David Livingstone Smith

    • C. 

      David Blight

    • D. 

      Esi Edugyan

    Correct Answer
    A. Leopold Infeld
    Explanation
    Leopold Infeld won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Quest: An Autobiography in the year 1942.

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  • 2. 

    Who won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for From Many Lands in the year 1941?

    • A. 

      Wole Soyinka

    • B. 

      Nicole Krauss

    • C. 

      Louis Adamic

    • D. 

      Mary Helen Stefaniak

    Correct Answer
    C. Louis Adamic
    Explanation
    Louis Adamic won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for From Many Lands in the year 1941.

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  • 3. 

    Who won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Negro Family in the United States in the year 1940?

    • A. 

      Nam Le

    • B. 

      Martha Collins

    • C. 

      August Wilson

    • D. 

      Edward Franklin Frazier

    Correct Answer
    D. Edward Franklin Frazier
    Explanation
    Edward Franklin Frazier won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Negro Family in the United States in the year 1940.

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  • 4. 

    Who won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for We Europeans in the year 1937?

    • A. 

      Julian Huxley

    • B. 

      Reetika Vazirani

    • C. 

      Lucille Clifton

    • D. 

      Russell Banks

    Correct Answer
    A. Julian Huxley
    Explanation
    Julian Huxley won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for We Europeans in the year 1937.

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  • 5. 

    Who won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Negro Politicians: Rise of Negro Politics in Chicago in the year 1936?

    • A. 

      Harold Foote Gosnell

    • B. 

      William H. Tucker

    • C. 

      Kwame Anthony Appiah

    • D. 

      Marilyn Nelson

    Correct Answer
    A. Harold Foote Gosnell
    Explanation
    Harold Foote Gosnell won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Negro Politicians: Rise of Negro Politics in Chicago in the year 1936.

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