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Literary "One Hit Wonders"

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Introduction:
"This quiz is about authors who only ever published one book or novel – the literary equivalent of a (musical) "one hit wonder"."


1. Perhaps the most well known of the "one-book authors" is Harper Lee. What is the name of her Pulitzer Prize-winning book?
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    The Grapes of Wrath
    Life on the Mississippi
    Catcher in the Rye


2. Another "one-hit wonder" was "Gone with the Wind". It is both a romantic and historical epic about the American Civil War. Who wrote "Gone with the Wind"?
    Pearl Buck
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Margaret MacDonald
    Margaret Mitchell


3. What is the name of the only novel written by Emily Bronte?
    Jane Eyre
    Agnes Grey
    The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
    Wuthering Heights


4. Although this author wrote many plays and poems, he wrote only one novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray", published in 1890. Who was this controversial author?
    George Bernard Shaw
    Oscar Wilde
    Sean O'Casey
    Oliver Goldsmith


5. In January 1963, an American classic was published under an assumed name. Although not strictly an autobiography, this book was based on the author's own mental breakdown and suicide attempt. She later committed suicide in February 1963. What was the author's real name?
    Pearl Buck
    Victoria Lucas
    Rachel Carson
    Sylvia Plath


6. "The Diary of Anne Frank" spans the period 14th June 1942 to 1st August 1944. Anne died in the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in March 1945. Who was responsible for organising the publication of Anne's diary after the war?
    Miep Gies, Otto Frank's secretary
    Otto Frank, Anne's father
    Margot Frank, Anne's sister
    Edith Frank, Anne's mother


7. Which of the following children's classics was a "one-hit wonder" for the author?
    L Frank Baum's "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
    Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty"
    Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows"
    Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women"


8. This Russian author mostly wrote poetry but he also produced one epic novel about the Bolshevik Revolution. He won the Nobel Prize in 1958 for his poetry and his novel but the Kremlin forced him to refuse it. Who was this author?
    Alexander Solzhenitsyn
    Leo Tolstoy
    Boris Pasternak
    Alexander Pushkin


9. One of the world's greatest humanitarians won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. This person was also a "one-book author" although the book, "A Gift for God", was not exactly a best-seller. Who was this author?
    Dalai Lama
    Nelson Mandela
    Princess Diana
    Mother Teresa


10. The movie "Finding Forrester" is the story of a reclusive writer, William Forrester, who only wrote one book. The movie was loosely based on which real-life author?
    Holden Caulfield
    Joseph Heller
    J. D. Salinger
    Truman Capote


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