Ultimate Literature Quiz - 3

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    Who tells the story in Robertson Davies' "Fifth Business"?

    • Oliver Klothesoff
    • Nelly Golinchu
    • Dunstan Ramsay
    • Mordecai
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Dive into the 'Ultimate Literature Quiz - 3' and challenge your knowledge of authors and their works, including Saul Bellow, Robertson Davies, and more. This quiz assesses your familiarity with literary figures and their contributions, enhancing your literary comprehension.

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  • 2. 

    Which of the following is a play by Ben Jonson?

    • The White Devil

    • Every Man In His Humour

    • 'Tis Pity She's A Whore

    • A New Way To Pay Old Debts

    Correct Answer
    A. Every Man In His Humour
  • 3. 

    Who introduced the poetic form of a Dramatic Monologue to literature?

    • Alfred Lord Tennyson

    • Robert Browning

    • T.S. Eliot

    • Ezra Pound

    Correct Answer
    A. Robert Browning
  • 4. 

    Who wrote "Dean's December"?

    • John Irving

    • Bob Cochrane

    • Jack Kerouac

    • Saul Bellow

    Correct Answer
    A. Saul Bellow
  • 5. 

    Which story was meant to be the final story in James Joyce's "Dubliners" before he wrote "The Dead"?

    • A Mother

    • Grace

    • A Painful Case

    • Araby

    Correct Answer
    A. Grace
  • 6. 

    What is the actual name of "Winnie the Pooh"?

    • Edward Bear

    • Chubby Little Cubby

    • Pooh Bear

    • Robert Bear

    Correct Answer
    A. Edward Bear
  • 7. 

    Who wrote "The Tale of Genji"?

    • Oe Kezaburo

    • Mishima Yukio

    • Sei Shonagon

    • Murasaki Shikibu

    Correct Answer
    A. Murasaki Shikibu
  • 8. 

    What author is generally recognized as the father of the modern detective story?

    • Raymond Chandler

    • Mickey Spillane

    • Edgar Allan Poe

    • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Correct Answer
    A. Edgar Allan Poe
  • 9. 

    Who wrote "Never Cry Wolf"?

    • Bob Cochrane

    • Jake Jarmel

    • Jack London

    • Farley Mowat

    Correct Answer
    A. Farley Mowat
  • 10. 

    What city was T.S. Eliot from?

    • Topeka, Kansas

    • Boston, Massachusetts

    • Brooklyn, New York

    • St. Louis, Missouri

    Correct Answer
    A. St. Louis, Missouri
  • 11. 

    What was Frank O'Connor's real name?

    • George William Russell

    • Michael O'Donovan

    • Daniel Corkery

    • Flann O'Brien

    Correct Answer
    A. Michael O'Donovan
  • 12. 

    Akira Kurosawa made the film "Rashomon" based on the works of which author?

    • Yasunari Kawabata

    • Naoya Shiga

    • Ogai Mori

    • Ryunosuke Akutagawa

    Correct Answer
    A. Ryunosuke Akutagawa
  • 13. 

    Who wrote "The Tin Drum" where the main character can shatter glass with a scream?

    • Gunter Grass

    • E. T. A. Hoffmann

    • Herman Hesse

    • Franz Kafka

    Correct Answer
    A. Gunter Grass
  • 14. 

    Who wrote "Anna of the Five Townes"?

    • Arnold Bennett

    • Henry James

    • Daniel Defoe

    • Thomas Hardy

    Correct Answer
    A. Arnold Bennett
  • 15. 

    Who wrote "I am the cat who walks by himself and all places are alike to me"?

    • J.R.R. Tolkien

    • Gertrude Stein

    • Rudyard Kipling

    • C.S. Lewis

    Correct Answer
    A. Rudyard Kipling

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