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Fact: This British fantasy author submitted his manuscripts to his friend C. S. Lewis to comment on. Lewis admitted that his own fantasy series, the "Chronicles of Narnia" were conscious allegory.
Quote: This author in response to speculation that his own fantasy series was allegorical said, "I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence."
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In this question you will be supplied with the author's identity and a fact. You will be asked to complete the quote.
Poet T. S. Eliot used the phrase "For Thine is the Kingdom" in his 1922 poem "The Hollow Men". Some might point out that the phrase was borrowed from the section of scripture commonly referred to as "The Lord's Prayer". However, T. S. Eliot maintained that "Immature poets borrow". What did Eliot indicate was the appropriate practice for mature poets? |
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Once again in this question I will provide author and fact and ask you to complete the quote.
Many have conjectured as to the symbolism contained in Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", whose characters included a boy, a fish and an old man. Interpretations have ranged from the Freudian to the Christian. Ernest Hemingway personally clarified the issue of symbolism. Speaking about "The Old Man and the Sea" Hemingway said, "the fish ___________. |
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Fact: This former insurance agent has written a number of best selling espionage novels notable for their convoluted plots. One of his best-known books involves a search for a submarine.
Quote: "The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
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Fact: This Dutch scholar tried to find a middle ground between the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Church. His book "In Praise of Folly" published in 1511 attempted to shame the Catholic clergy into reform.
Quote: "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes."
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Fact: This Algerian born philosopher was a member of the French resistance in World War II. In "The Myth of Sisyphos", the author maintains that the questionable worthiness of life to be lived makes suicide the fundamental issue in philosophy.
Quote: "Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators."
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In this question I will supply the author's name and a fact and ask you to complete the quote.
Fact: Winston Churchill's books include the four-volume work "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples".
The quote begins, "History will be kind to me..."
Which of the following completes the quote?
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Fact: An editor asked this Chicago journalist and poet to write a book on Abraham Lincoln for children. The result was the start of a multiple volume history on the American president for adults resulting in the author becoming a renowned biographer.
Quote: "Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years."
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Fact: A detective-priest, Father Brown, became this author's best known character.
Quote: "A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."
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Fact: The mother of this playwright, novelist and poet wrote revolutionary poems for an Irish newspaper. The author's exceedingly popular play detailing the adventures of two "earnest" men was published anonymously in 1899.
Quote: "All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling."
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