Fiction Derived From Life

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Eugene O'Neill dramatized the life of himself, his brother and his parents in this autobiographical play. Strange Interlude Long Day's Journey Into Night Anna Christie Mourning Becomes Electra

2. This writer used his adventures in Alaska as the background for some of his writing. Jack London Stephen Crane Samuel Clemens James Agee

3. This playwright often set his plays in the Midwest, thus utilizing his own midwestern origins. William Inge Clifford Odets Elmer Rice Eugene Ionesco

4. This author's travels across America were described in one of his writings. John Steinbeck William Somerset Maugham Ring Lardner William Faulkner

5. This author described his experience with a hallucinogenic drug when he wrote 'The Doors of Perception'. Thomas Huxley Maxwell Anderson Aldous Huxley Robert Anderson

6. This author's writing and use of symbolism reflected his own Jungian analysis. Thomas Mann Hermann Hesse Gunter Grass Rainer Maria Rilke

7. This play by Tennessee Williams was somewhat inspired by the author's sister. The Night of the Iguana The Glass Menagerie A Streetcar Named Desire Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

8. This author participated in the Spanish Civil War and used that setting as a backdrop for some of his works. Ernest Hemingway Sinclair Lewis Theodore Dreiser F Scott Fitzgerald

9. This play by Arthur Miller focused on a Marilyn Monroe type character. The Price After The Fall The Crucible A View from The Bridge

10. Thomas Wolfe's writings often reflect his own experiences as a young man. Where did he grow up? Southwest Northwest Southeast Northeast