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Cool Quiz On Literature - 3 explores key literary works and authors, testing knowledge on topics like authorship, character professions, and plot details. It enhances understanding of classic and contemporary literature, appealing to enthusiasts and learners alike.

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  • 2. 

    Who wrote the novel "Aaron's Rod"?

    • W. Somerset Maugham

    • Toni Morrison

    • Evelyn Waugh

    • D.H. Lawrence

    Correct Answer
    A. D.H. Lawrence
  • 3. 

    What was the name of the estate in Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw"?

    • Quint

    • Flora

    • Bly

    • Aspern

    Correct Answer
    A. Bly
  • 4. 

    In Henry James' book "The Aspern Papers", what was character Jeffery Aspern's occupation?

    • Lawyer

    • Man Of Leisure

    • Poet

    • Literary Critic

    Correct Answer
    A. Poet
  • 5. 

    Who wrote the comic mystery "Tourist Season"?

    • Carter Hausman

    • L'anna Howard

    • L.P. Smoanes

    • Carl Hiaasen

    Correct Answer
    A. Carl Hiaasen
  • 6. 

    Whose fortune does the count inherit in Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo"?

    • Caesar Spada

    • Henry VIII

    • Louis Xiv

    • Abbe Faria

    Correct Answer
    A. Caesar Spada
  • 7. 

    According to Kurt Vonnegut, how did Bokononists meditate?

    • Sole-To-Sole

    • Standing On Their Heads

    • Palm-To-Palm

    • Kneeling

    Correct Answer
    A. Sole-To-Sole
  • 8. 

    Georges Perec and Raymond Queneau were members of what literary circle?

    • The Beat Generation

    • The Bloomsbury Group

    • Oulipo

    • Academie Francaise

    Correct Answer
    A. Oulipo
  • 9. 

    What is the name of the kid's nemesis in Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian"?

    • Glanton

    • Whiskey Tom

    • Sitting Bull

    • Judge Holden

    Correct Answer
    A. Judge Holden
  • 10. 

    What does the Latin word "volvo" mean?

    • I Am Rolling

    • Good Wheels

    • Carriage

    • Forward

    Correct Answer
    A. I Am Rolling
  • 11. 

    Who is the narrator in Joan Didion's "A Book of Common Prayer"?

    • Tuck Bradley

    • Leonard Douglas

    • Grace Strasser-Menadana

    • Charlotte Douglas

    Correct Answer
    A. Grace Strasser-Menadana
  • 12. 

    Which contemporary English author wrote "London Fields"?

    • Kingsley Amis

    • Martin Amis

    • A. S. Byatt

    • Jane Mendelsohn

    Correct Answer
    A. Martin Amis
  • 13. 

    Who wrote, "Bend Sinister and Speak, Memory"?

    • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    • George Bernard Shaw

    • Oscar Wilde

    • Vladimir Nabokov

    Correct Answer
    A. Vladimir Nabokov
  • 14. 

    In Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita", how does the title character die?

    • Murdered By Richard F. Schiller

    • Murdered By Humbert Humbert

    • Suicide

    • In Childbirth

    Correct Answer
    A. In Childbirth
  • 15. 

    Which character is the first person narrator of portions of Charles Dickens' "Bleak House"?

    • Sir Leicester Dedlock

    • Pip

    • Richard Clare

    • Esther Summerson

    Correct Answer
    A. Esther Summerson

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