This quiz asks ten basic questions about what happens in Virginia Woolf's much discussed novel "To the Lighthouse."

In literature, comparisons to fog may reveal a lot about character's states of mind. Often these are similes, i.e. the foggy day is like a maze. Sometimes, there is a metaphor, i.e. the foggy day is a maze. Foggy comparisons (both similes and metaphors).

These women went beyond being back stage and took steps to make things happen (and get famous for doing something brave, illegal, intelligent, unspeakable). Which of them do you know?

All you need to do here is choose the right middle name. Many people, especially in the 19th century, had a first, last, and middle name. See how many of these you know.

This 1930 novel deals with a family taking a long trip to bury their mother, Addie Bundren. The novel and this family devise in their grief a variety of unique ways to deal with their loss and express their intense feelings for each other. Discover the B

The play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" makes her sound like a monster. Actually, she is funny, sincere and most definitely worth knowing about.

This latest "all about" quiz looks at phrases involving the term "honey"--the term of endearment. As usual, there will be examples of titles, phrases and definitions. Enjoy this sweet quiz.

Anne Bronte was the youngest, least known, quietest, yet, perhaps, most audacious Bronte sister in her subjects, her style and her subtleness. What do you know of the youngest Bronte sister?

These sections are ones people pull out of books and put in exams (or quizzes like this). They are key moments of the action. See if you can visualize the scene, names of characters, and then name the book these famous passage come from.

William John Neeson, aka Liam Neeson, was born in 1952. He has been unusually respected as a tough, gifted actor and an extraordinary, loving husband and father. This quiz will ask you to identify special moments in his illustrious career.

Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, is a writer of many locations and many styles of writing. This quiz hopes to introduce her and give you a fresh look at (or lease on) an important, relatively unknown, woman writer.

There have been quizzes on "her," "him," "his," and "she," but I have neglected "them." So what about "them"? Each question in this quiz will have the word "them" within the correct answer. Good luck and have fun with this quiz.

This is a brief tour of fiction which has had a shaping effect on some classicalmusic/mensan'ers. You may enjoy finding out here some of our "formative influences."

This is the latest of my quizzes on words with pronouns inside--"we," "she," "him," "his" "you," etc. This one, about "us," will have no proper nouns or names of people--just words within words. Hope you have fun with it.

To add to my 60s reviews, here is another quiz about different world leaders. Can you pick the world leaders from those tempestuous days?

All you need to do here is choose the right middle name. Many people, especially in the 19th century, had a first, last, and middle name. See how many of these you know.

Here is a list of leaders--some very well known, others not. They each played a big role in the world wide movement of change that characterized the 1960s. How many can you remember?

This quiz looks at the position of women in Puritan America - mothers, political figures, writers, opposition leaders and mystics. I hope you get a deeper view of the complex roles of women in the times of Puritanism in the United States.

Edith Wharton's prize-winning novel brings alive 'old New York' in the contexts of international customs. While social settings are key, Wharton's characters rule. How many of them can you identify by how they know things?

Do you know which women in myth and history are remembered for taking up arms or violent feelings? This is a particularly hard topic on which to find many examples. This quiz is an overview and will take you many places.

This is a quiz in which the word "him" will appear within another word. The questions will give you the definition of the correct answer. I hope you enjoy this quiz.

All you need to do here is choose the right middle name. Many people, especially in the 19th century, had a first, last, and middle name. See how many of these you know.

The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (one half mile long) is one of two remaining seaside amusement parks in the West. It has "two national historic landmarks." This quiz explores its unique history.

The sound of these unique primates is haunting and insistent. What do we now know about these unique primates? Take this quiz, and you'll be sure to learn a bit about noisy and sociable monkeys with wholly unforgettable faces.

This quiz asks you to identify some American women writers whose achievements have often been misunderstood or overlooked.

Pick the character who is obsessed, or defeated by getting, keeping, and losing money.

Thyme is a perennial herb of the Mediterranean region. Thyme also is a homophone for the word time. This quiz integrates these two in a brief quiz on a selective history of thyme.

This is the latest of my quizzes on words with pronouns inside them--"we," "she," "him," etc. This quiz explores the word "you". As with all of these, I learned a lot writing it. I hope you have fun taking it as well.

This is the first of my In Other Words quizzes. The titles now are exaggerated and somewhat wordy; your answers will correct that. This quiz is specifically on American women's novels. I hope you have a good time with it.