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  • 1. 

    The 1966 book "Wide Sargasso Sea" was written by whom?

    • A.

      James A. Michener

    • B.

      Jean Rhys

    • C.

      Ford Maddox Ford

    • D.

      Ken Kesey

    Correct Answer
    B. Jean Rhys
  • 2. 

    The 1902 book titled, "The Wings of the Dove", was written by?

    • A.

      Henry James

    • B.

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

    • C.

      Eudora Welty

    • D.

      Margaret Mitchell

    Correct Answer
    A. Henry James
  • 3. 

    The 1971 book titled, "Angle of Repose" was written by?

    • A.

      Wallace Stegner

    • B.

      Henry Miller

    • C.

      Michael Shaara

    • D.

      James T. Farrell

    Correct Answer
    A. Wallace Stegner
  • 4. 

    The 1951 book titled, "From Here to Eternity", was written by whom?

    • A.

      Rudyard Kipling

    • B.

      Henry Green

    • C.

      James Jones

    • D.

      Douglas Adams

    Correct Answer
    C. James Jones
  • 5. 

    The 1959 book titled, "Naked Lunch", was written by whom?

    • A.

      Frank Herbert

    • B.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • C.

      William S. Burroughs

    • D.

      Thornton Wilder

    Correct Answer
    C. William S. Burroughs
  • 6. 

    The 1991 book titled, "A Thousand Acres" was written by?

    • A.

      Anne Rice

    • B.

      Theodore Dreiser

    • C.

      J. R. R. Tolkien

    • D.

      Jane Smiley

    Correct Answer
    D. Jane Smiley
  • 7. 

    The 1981 book titled, "Midnight's Children" was written by?

    • A.

      James Baldwin

    • B.

      Salman Rushdie

    • C.

      Elizabeth Bowen

    • D.

      Vladimir Nabokov

    Correct Answer
    B. Salman Rushdie
  • 8. 

    The 1982 book "Schindler's List" was written by whom?

    • A.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • B.

      Thomas Keneally

    • C.

      Jeffrey Archer

    • D.

      V. S. Naipaul

    Correct Answer
    B. Thomas Keneally
  • 9. 

    Who wrote the 1970 book "Deliverance"?

    • A.

      John O'Hara

    • B.

      James Dickey

    • C.

      Kenneth Graham

    • D.

      Margaret Mitchell

    Correct Answer
    B. James Dickey
  • 10. 

    Who wrote the 1994 book "Snow Falling on Cedars"?

    • A.

      E. M. Forster

    • B.

      David Guterson

    • C.

      Richard Hughes

    • D.

      Larry McMurtry

    Correct Answer
    B. David Guterson
  • 11. 

    Who wrote the 1994 book "Stone Diaries"?

    • A.

      Graham Greene

    • B.

      Carol Shields

    • C.

      Marion Zimmer Bradley

    • D.

      James Joyce

    Correct Answer
    B. Carol Shields
  • 12. 

    The 1989 book titled "The Remains of the Day" was written by?

    • A.

      E. L. Doctorow

    • B.

      Toni Morrison

    • C.

      James Joyce

    • D.

      Kazuo Ishiguro

    Correct Answer
    D. Kazuo Ishiguro
  • 13. 

    The 1925 book titled, "In Our Time", was written by?

    • A.

      Colin Wilson

    • B.

      Sylvia Plath

    • C.

      Sinclair Lewis

    • D.

      Ernest Hemingway

    Correct Answer
    D. Ernest Hemingway
  • 14. 

    The 1970 book titled, "Time and Again" was written by?

    • A.

      Amy Tan

    • B.

      Edgar Rice Burroughs

    • C.

      Jane Smiley

    • D.

      Jack Finney

    Correct Answer
    D. Jack Finney
  • 15. 

    The 1949 book titled, "The Sheltering Sky", was written by?

    • A.

      Maurice Sendak

    • B.

      Thomas Wolfe

    • C.

      Paul Bowles

    • D.

      Louis De Bernieres

    Correct Answer
    C. Paul Bowles

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