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Canadian Literature and Awards

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Canadian Literature and Awards game quiz
"This quiz is about Canadian works of literature that have either been nominated for or have received an award."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. What is the name of the award-winning Ken McGoogan novel that told the story of John Rae, a 19th century Arctic explorer?
    Lady Franklin's Revenge
    Fatal Passage
    Ancient Mariner
    An Adventure in the Arctic


2. What is the name of Joseph Boyden's first novel, which describes the horrors of WW1 trench warfare through the experiences of two Metis soldiers?
    Born With a Tooth
    Soldiers
    War and Peace
    Three Day Road


3. Which Margaret Atwood novel was based on a real-life Canadian murderer of the 1800s?
    Alias Grace
    Oryx and Crake
    The Handmaid's Tale
    Bodily Harm


4. This 1990 winner of the Governor General's Award was written by Nino Ricci and is the first part of a trilogy about a boy, born in a small town in Italy, who moves to rural Ontario.
    Anil's Ghost
    Lives of the Saints
    Such a Long Journey
    Man Descending


5. What novel by Camilla Gibb, set partly in London, and partly in Ethiopa, won the Trillium Book Award for 2006?
    Mouthing the Words
    Making it Work in the City
    The Petty Details of So-and-So's Life
    Sweetness in the Belly


6. Alice Munro's first collection of short stories won the Governor General's Award - what was the title of this collection?
    Who do You Think You Are?
    The Moons of Jupiter
    Lives of Girls and Women
    Dance of the Happy Shades


7. The 1997 Giller prize was won by the following author for the work "Barney's Version".
    Pierre Berton
    Mordecai Richler
    Farley Mowat
    Timothy Findley


8. This author wrote 50 books before retiring from writing. His book "The Last Spike" won the Governor General's Award in 1972. He is ______.
    Stephen Leacock
    Pierre Berton
    Robertson Davies
    Leonard Cohen


9. The Books in Canada First Novel Award for 2002 was won by Mary Lawson for the novel entitled _________.
    Heave
    Cumberland
    Stay
    Crow Lake


10. Farley Mowat's books have been translated into 52 languages and several of his works have been made into films. One was a children's book that won the Governor General's Award in 1956. It is entitled __________.
    People of the Deer
    The Dog Who Wouldn't Be
    Never Cry Wolf
    Lost in the Barrens


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