Literature Trivia Question - 2
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- 1.Which two old men were the principle characters in "Waiting for Godot"?
- A.
Vladimir And Estragon
- B.
Godot And Samuel
- C.
Vladimir And Ponzo
- D.
Their Names Were Constantly Changing
- 2.What is Amiri Baraka's original name?
- A.
McCoy Tyner
- B.
Samuel Bickens
- C.
Leroi Jones
- D.
Claude Macay
- 3.Which author has written the "Sweet Valley" series of books?
- A.
Valerie Tripp
- B.
Judy Blume
- C.
R.L. Stine
- D.
Francine Pascal
- 4.Which poet wrote "The Red Wheelbarrow"?
- A.
Wallace Stevens
- B.
Ezra Pound
- C.
William Carlos Williams
- D.
Anne Sexton
- 5.Which of the following plays is not descended from Johann Nestroy's "Einen Jux will er sich machen"?
- A.
The Matchmaker
- B.
Awake And Sing
- C.
Hello, Dolly
- D.
On The Razzle
- 6."Tyger! Tyger! burning bright" is the start of a verse from which poem by William Blake?
- A.
Songs Of Innocence
- B.
Songs Of Experience
- C.
Jerusalem
- D.
Don Juan
- 7.Who wrote "The Day of the Locust"?
- A.
Nathanael West
- B.
Thomas Pynchon
- C.
David Foster Wallace
- D.
D.H. Lawrence
- 8.What did Dolphous Raymond actually drink from his bottle hidden in the paper bag?
- A.
Cola
- B.
Whiskey
- C.
Tea
- D.
Water
- 9.Who wrote "Prometheus"?
- A.
Lord Byron
- B.
Aeschylus
- C.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
- D.
Virgil
- 10.Who is Carrie's first acquaintance on her way to Chicago in Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"?
- A.
Jackson
- B.
Powers
- C.
Drouet
- D.
Hohn
- 11.In Paul Bowles' "A Distant Episode", what is the occupation of the main character before he is kidnapped?
- A.
Professor Of Geology
- B.
Writer
- C.
Environmental Scientist
- D.
Professor Of Linguistics
- 12.What happens to the grandmother at the end of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?
- A.
She Is Shot To Death
- B.
She Is Spared Because Of Her Kindness To The Fugitive
- C.
She Has A Heart Attack When She Realizes Her Son Has Been Murdered
- D.
She Is Left Alone Out In The Desert By The Killers
- 13.The film "Barfly" was based on the life of what poet?
- A.
William S. Burroughs
- B.
Charles Bukowski
- C.
Edgar Allan Poe
- D.
Wallace Stevens
- 14.Who wrote the erotic classic "Venus In Furs"?
- A.
Truman Capote
- B.
Judy Blume
- C.
Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
- D.
William S. Burroughs
- 15.In "The Joy Luck Club" who sat as the east wind?
- A.
An - Mei Hsu
- B.
Jing - Mei Woo
- C.
Amy Tan
- D.
Waverly Jong
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