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Classic American Novels

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Introduction:
"This quiz deals with such classic American novelists as Herman Melville, Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck."


1. In 'Moby Dick', what is the name of the tattooed cannibal whom Ishmael meets at the Spouter Inn in New Bedford and who later turns out to be an excellent friend during the quest for the white whale ?
    Fedallah
    Tashtego
    Queequeeg
    Daggoo


2. In Melville's Moby Dick story there is a prophecy that Captain Ahab must see two hearses at sea before he can be killed.The first 'not made by mortal man', the second 'grown in America'. Moreover it is said he can only be killed by _______________?
    oakwood
    hemp
    bronze
    ivory


3. In John Steinbeck's novel, 'The Grapes of Wrath', from which U.S.A. state do the impoverished Joad family leave in order to travel West and find a new existence?
    Oklahoma
    Kansas
    Ohio
    Alabama


4. Who in the 'Grapes of Wrath' says ' This country ain't no good, but it's my country', and has to be drugged before the Joads can load him/her aboard their wheezing Hudson truck?
    Granma Joad
    Granpa Joad
    Rose of Sharon Joad
    Connie Rivers, Rose of Sharon's husband


5. Which member of the Joad family is on parole and has been told by the judge not to leave his homestate ?
    Al Joad
    Noah Joad
    Pa Joad
    Tom Joad


6. In what way is Daisy Buchanan in 'The Great Gatsby' related to the narrator Nick Carraway ?
    She is his niece.
    She is his secret mistress.
    She is his ex-girl-friend.
    She is his cousin.


7. With whom does Myrtle Wilson deceive her husband George?
    Tom Buchanan
    James Gatz
    Jay Gatsby
    Nick Carraway


8. In the course of the story Jay Gatsby tries to win back the love of the girl-friend he had before the war.But Daisy disappoints him when she is unable and refuses to say that she has never loved __________
    Tom Buchanan
    Nick Carraway
    George Wilson
    James Gatz


9. Who was at the steering-wheel of the car that killed Myrtle Wilson?
    her own husband George
    Daisy Buchanan
    Jay Gatsby
    Zelda Sayre


10. How does Jay Gatsby finally get killed ?
    he is 'eliminated' by his underworld friends
    he commits suicide
    George Wilson shoots him
    Tom Buchanan shoots him during a hunting-party


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