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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    The 1907 book titled, "The Secret Agent", was written by?

    • A.

      J. P. Donleavy

    • B.

      Vladimir Nabokov

    • C.

      Thomas Wolfe

    • D.

      Joseph Conrad

    Correct Answer
    D. Joseph Conrad
  • 2. 

    The 1915 book titled, "The Rainbow", was written by?

    • A.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • B.

      L. Frank Baum

    • C.

      Reynolds Price

    • D.

      Larry McMurtry

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

    The 1959 book "Things Fall Apart" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Henry James

    • B.

      William Styron

    • C.

      Anne Tyler

    • D.

      Chinua Achebe

    Correct Answer
    D. Chinua Achebe
  • 4. 

    The 1962 book "Pale Fire" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Ernest Hemingway

    • B.

      Anthony Burgess

    • C.

      John Steinbeck

    • D.

      Vladimir Nabokov

    Correct Answer
    D. Vladimir Nabokov
  • 5. 

    The 1939 book "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" was written by whom?

    • A.

      V. S. Naipaul

    • B.

      Anne Tyler

    • C.

      William S. Burroughs

    • D.

      Katherine Anne Porter

    Correct Answer
    D. Katherine Anne Porter
  • 6. 

    The 1924/28 book "Parade's End" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Jean Rhys

    • B.

      Allen Drury

    • C.

      Herman Wouk

    • D.

      Ford Maddox Ford

    Correct Answer
    D. Ford Maddox Ford
  • 7. 

    The 1911 book titled "Zuleika Dobson" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Norman Mailer

    • B.

      John Galsworthy

    • C.

      Henry James

    • D.

      Max Beerbohm

    Correct Answer
    D. Max Beerbohm
  • 8. 

    The 1934 book titled "Call It Sleep" was written by whom?

    • A.

      James A. Michener

    • B.

      Anthony Powell

    • C.

      Henry Roth

    • D.

      Jeffrey Archer

    Correct Answer
    C. Henry Roth
  • 9. 

    The 1987 book titled "Ellen Foster" was written by?

    • A.

      James Joyce

    • B.

      Henry Miller

    • C.

      Kaye Gibbons

    • D.

      Colin Wilson

    Correct Answer
    C. Kaye Gibbons
  • 10. 

    The 1929 book titled, "A High Wind in Jamaica", was written by?

    • A.

      Sinclair Lewis

    • B.

      Richard Hughes

    • C.

      Evelyn Waugh

    • D.

      E. B. White

    Correct Answer
    B. Richard Hughes
  • 11. 

    The 1938 book titled, "Scoop", was written by?

    • A.

      Evelyn Waugh

    • B.

      J. D. Salinger

    • C.

      Theodore Dreiser

    • D.

      John Dos Passos

    Correct Answer
    A. Evelyn Waugh
  • 12. 

    The 1953 book titled, "The Adventures of Augie March", was written by?

    • A.

      Saul Bellow

    • B.

      Evelyn Waugh

    • C.

      John Knowles

    • D.

      Daphne Du Maurier

    Correct Answer
    A. Saul Bellow
  • 13. 

    The 1913 book titled, "O Pioneers!", was written by?

    • A.

      Willa Cather

    • B.

      E. M. Forster

    • C.

      Evelyn Waugh

    • D.

      Upton Sinclair

    Correct Answer
    A. Willa Cather
  • 14. 

    The 1938 book titled, "The Death of the Heart", was written by?

    • A.

      Graham Greene

    • B.

      Colleen McCullough

    • C.

      Richard Hughes

    • D.

      Elizabeth Bowen

    Correct Answer
    D. Elizabeth Bowen
  • 15. 

    The 1908 book titled, "The Old Wives" Tale", was written by?

    • A.

      Salman Rushdie

    • B.

      Vladimir Nabokov

    • C.

      Arnold Bennett

    • D.

      Margaret Atwood

    Correct Answer
    C. Arnold Bennett

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