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    1933 Nobel Prize winner Ivan Bunin's work focused mostly on the struggle of people in what nation?

    • Germany
    • Russia
    • England
    • France
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  • 2. 

    Where was 2006 Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk, author of "Istanbul: Memories and the City", born?

    • Czechoslovakia

    • Israel

    • Turkey

    • Germany

    Correct Answer
    A. Turkey
  • 3. 

    What British politician won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953?

    • Sir Anthony Eden

    • Tony Blair

    • Clement Attlee

    • Winston Churchill

    Correct Answer
    A. Winston Churchill
  • 4. 

    Which Nobel Prize Winner in Literature wrote "Siddhartha" and "Demian"?

    • Hermann Hesse

    • Bertolt Brecht

    • Aldous Huxley

    • Bertrand Russell

    Correct Answer
    A. Hermann Hesse
  • 5. 

    What Nobel Prize winning Frenchman declined the award in 1964 "in protest of bourgeois society"?

    • Albert Camus

    • Jean-Paul Sartre

    • Simone De Beauvoir

    • Marcel Marceau

    Correct Answer
    A. Jean-Paul Sartre
  • 6. 

    What Nobel Prize-winning writer studied marine biology at Stanford University, but never graduated?

    • Ernest Hemingway

    • Eugene O'Neill

    • John Steinbeck

    • Sinclair Lewis

    Correct Answer
    A. John Steinbeck
  • 7. 

    What family does Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck write about in "Grapes of Wrath"?

    • Mercer

    • Joad

    • Judd

    • Clampett

    Correct Answer
    A. Joad
  • 8. 

    What play written by Nobel Prize winner Eugene O'Neill was revived in 1998-99 starring Kevin Spacey?

    • Long Day's Journey Into Night

    • The First Man

    • The Iceman Cometh

    • The Fountain

    Correct Answer
    A. The Iceman Cometh
  • 9. 

    From what book of the Bible is the title of Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck's "Grapes Of Wrath" taken?

    • Proverbs

    • Psalms

    • Revelations

    • Song Of Solomon

    Correct Answer
    A. Revelations
  • 10. 

    Nobel Prize-winning writer Jean-Paul Sartre subscribed to what school of thought?

    • Stoic

    • Transcendentalism

    • Romantic

    • Existentialism

    Correct Answer
    A. Existentialism
  • 11. 

    In which nation was Pearl S. Buck, winner of the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature, raised?

    • Thailand

    • China

    • Japan

    • India

    Correct Answer
    A. China
  • 12. 

    What was the nickname of author Ernest Hemingway, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature?

    • Daddy

    • Big Bear

    • Rough Rider

    • Papa

    Correct Answer
    A. Papa
  • 13. 

    What adoption agency for Asian-American children was founded by Nobel Prize winner Pearl S. Buck?

    • Welcome House

    • Bangkok Babies

    • Asian-American Adoption Fund

    • Ronald McDonald House

    Correct Answer
    A. Welcome House

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