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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    The 1911 book titled, "Ethan Frome", was written by?

    • A.

      James A. Michener

    • B.

      A. Conan Doyle

    • C.

      Jane Smiley

    • D.

      Edith Wharton

    Correct Answer
    D. Edith Wharton
  • 2. 

    The 1962 book titled, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", was written by?

    • A.

      Theodore Dreiser

    • B.

      Rita Mae Brown

    • C.

      Erskine Caldwell

    • D.

      Ken Kesey

    Correct Answer
    D. Ken Kesey
  • 3. 

    The 1934 book titled "Tender is the Night" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Thornton Wilder

    • B.

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

    • C.

      Daphne Du Maurier

    • D.

      Sylvia Plath

    Correct Answer
    B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • 4. 

    Who wrote the 1924 book "A Passage to India"?

    • A.

      John Irving

    • B.

      E. M. Forster

    • C.

      Samuel Butler

    • D.

      J. R. R. Tolkien

    Correct Answer
    B. E. M. Forster
  • 5. 

    Who wrote the 1946 book "All the King's Men"?

    • A.

      Sinclair Lewis

    • B.

      Robert Penn Warren

    • C.

      Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

    • D.

      Douglas Adams

    Correct Answer
    B. Robert Penn Warren
  • 6. 

    Who wrote the 1902 book "Heart of Darkness"?

    • A.

      Joseph Conrad

    • B.

      Graham Greene

    • C.

      James Joyce

    • D.

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Correct Answer
    A. Joseph Conrad
  • 7. 

    Who wrote the 1934 book "I, Claudius"?

    • A.

      James Joyce

    • B.

      Joseph Conrad

    • C.

      Alex Haley

    • D.

      Robert Graves

    Correct Answer
    D. Robert Graves
  • 8. 

    Who wrote the 1979 book "Sophie's Choice"?

    • A.

      Herman Wouk

    • B.

      Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

    • C.

      William Styron

    • D.

      Daphne Du Maurier

    Correct Answer
    C. William Styron
  • 9. 

    Who wrote the 1952 book "Fahrenheit 451"?

    • A.

      Ray Bradbury

    • B.

      Don Delillo

    • C.

      Herman Wouk

    • D.

      Louis De Bernieres

    Correct Answer
    A. Ray Bradbury
  • 10. 

    Who wrote the 1943 book "The Fountainhead"?

    • A.

      John Fowles

    • B.

      Ayn Rand

    • C.

      Barbara Kingsolver

    • D.

      J. R. R. Tolkien

    Correct Answer
    B. Ayn Rand
  • 11. 

    The 1986 book "The Handmaid's Tale" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Margaret Atwood

    • B.

      William Golding

    • C.

      Anthony Burgess

    • D.

      Robert A. Heinlein

    Correct Answer
    A. Margaret Atwood
  • 12. 

    The 1920 book titled "Women in Love" was written by whom?

    • A.

      Stephen King

    • B.

      William S. Burroughs

    • C.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • D.

      Louis De Bernieres

    Correct Answer
    C. D. H. Lawrence
  • 13. 

    The 1913 book "Sons and Lovers" was written by whom?

    • A.

      John Dos Passos

    • B.

      Sylvia Plath

    • C.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • D.

      Ernest Hemingway

    Correct Answer
    C. D. H. Lawrence
  • 14. 

    Who wrote the 1953 book "Go Tell It on the Mountain"?

    • A.

      Ernest Hemingway

    • B.

      A. A. Milne

    • C.

      E. B. White

    • D.

      James Baldwin

    Correct Answer
    D. James Baldwin
  • 15. 

    The 1928 book "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was written by whom?

    • A.

      D. H. Lawrence

    • B.

      Richard Wright

    • C.

      Katherine Anne Porter

    • D.

      Colin Wilson

    Correct Answer
    A. D. H. Lawrence

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