All About Literature
A simple question and answer quiz about literature
- 1.
Who wrote the best seller "The Da Vinci Code"?
- A.
Ian Caldwell And Dustin Thomason
- B.
Ann Brashares
- C.
Michael Roizen And Mehmet Oz
- D.
Dan Brown
Correct Answer
D. Dan Brown -
- 2.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is published by Arthur A. Levine Books, who wrote it?
- A.
J.K. Rowling
- B.
David McCullough
- C.
Dan Brown
- D.
Anne Rivers Siddons
Correct Answer
A. J.K. Rowling -
- 3.
Who wrote "The Second Summer of the Sisterhood", published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers?
- A.
Keith Ablow
- B.
Ann Brashares
- C.
John Le Carrt
- D.
Joel Osteen
Correct Answer
B. Ann Brashares -
- 4.
Who wrote the 2004 best seller "Beach Girls"?
- A.
Ted Bell
- B.
J.A. Jance
- C.
Mark Leyner And Billy Goldberg
- D.
Luanne Rice
Correct Answer
D. Luanne Rice -
- 5.
Who wrote the best seller "Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Novel"?
- A.
Ted Bell
- B.
Terry McMillan
- C.
Erik Larson
- D.
Meg Cabot
Correct Answer
D. Meg Cabot -
- 6.
I was born in the Yukon, and am a very successful Canadian writer, who am I?
- A.
Mordecai Richler
- B.
Stephen Leacock
- C.
Pierre Berton
- D.
Farley Mowat
Correct Answer
C. Pierre Berton -
- 7.
Who was the "Great Grey Poet"?
- A.
John Keats
- B.
Lord Byron
- C.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- D.
Walt Whitman
Correct Answer
D. Walt Whitman -
- 8.
Who wrote "As I Lay Dying"?
- A.
William Faulkner
- B.
Jack London
- C.
John Steinbeck
- D.
Herman Melville
Correct Answer
A. William Faulkner -
- 9.
What novella is the predecessor to Nabokov's "Infamous Lolita"?
- A.
'King. Queen, Knave'
- B.
Camera Obscura
- C.
The Enchanter
- D.
Mary
Correct Answer
C. The Enchanter -
- 10.
Who wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude"?
- A.
Rafeal Venga
- B.
Pedro Garcia
- C.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- D.
Julio Cortazar
Correct Answer
C. Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
- 11.
Which of these authors was an American?
- A.
Aphra Behn
- B.
Emily Bronte
- C.
Jane Austen
- D.
Edith Wharton
Correct Answer
D. Edith Wharton -
- 12.
Which of the following is a British literary figure?
- A.
Willa Cather
- B.
Lillian Hellman
- C.
Virginia Woolf
- D.
Emily Dickinson
Correct Answer
C. Virginia Woolf -
- 13.
What is the name of Kate's younger sister in "The Taming of the Shrew"?
- A.
Angelina
- B.
Isabella
- C.
Bianca
- D.
Lucetta
Correct Answer
C. Bianca -
- 14.
Whose grandfather invented the adding machine?
- A.
William S. Burroughs
- B.
T.S. Eliot
- C.
Joyce Carol Oates
- D.
Anne Sexton
Correct Answer
A. William S. Burroughs -
- 15.
Who wrote "Daddy, Daddy, you bastard, I'm through"?
- A.
Anne Sexton
- B.
Sylvia Plath
- C.
Maya Angelou
- D.
Mark Strand
Correct Answer
B. Sylvia Plath -
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