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Quiz about Lesser Known Works of Well Known Authors
Quiz about Lesser Known Works of Well Known Authors

Lesser Known Works of Well Known Authors Quiz


Though the average person may be able to connect Shakespeare with "Romeo and Juliet", could they do the same when asked the author of "Cardenio" or "Measure for Measure?" This test will ask you about those lesser known works of well known authors.

A multiple-choice quiz by yonglo32. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
yonglo32
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
304,194
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
11 / 15
Plays
745
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Question 1 of 15
1. What American author wrote many works with subtitles, including "Billy Budd: Sailor", and "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life"? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Which female British author wrote the unfinished books "Sandition" and "Lady Susan", as well as a satiric "History of England"? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What Victorian author wrote "Dombey and Son", and "The Old Curiosity Shop"? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What Irish writer wrote the letter "De Profundis", while in jail, as well as
"The Happy Prince", and "An Ideal Husband"?
Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. What Russian writer wrote "The Cossacks", and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. What author wrote "The Silmarillion"? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What Spanish writer wrote "La Galatea", "Novelas ejemplares", and "Viaje al Parnaso"? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. What French author wrote "Bouvard et Pécuchet" and "Salammbo"? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. What American writer wrote short stories such as "A Christmas Memory" and "House of Flowers"? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. What South American writer wrote "The Autumn of the Patriarch", "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", and "No One Writes to the Colonel"? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. What American author's first novel was "A Daughter of the Snows"? He later wrote works like "The Scarlet Plague" and "Martin Eden", and short stories like "To Build a Fire". Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What children's author wrote "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me", "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke", and "My Uncle Oswald"? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What American novelist wrote "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets", and "George's Mother"? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What American author wrote "Precaution", "The Deerslayer", and "The Pioneers"? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. This French author, who wrote often about his travels as an aviator, wrote "Night Flight". Who is this man, who also wrote "Flight to Arras"? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What American author wrote many works with subtitles, including "Billy Budd: Sailor", and "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life"?

Answer: Herman Melville

Melville's best known work, of course, is "Moby-Dick" (subtitled "The Whale"). Ironically, "Moby-Dick" was not highly esteemed until after Melville's death. "Moby-Dick" deals with Ahab's obsession with killing the great white whale Moby-Dick.
2. Which female British author wrote the unfinished books "Sandition" and "Lady Susan", as well as a satiric "History of England"?

Answer: Jane Austen

Jane Austen, my personal favorite author, had six major works: the extremely famous "Pride and Prejudice", as well as "Sense and Sensibility", "Emma", "Persuasion", "Northanger Abbey", and "Mansfield Park". Numerous adaptations and sequels have been based on Austen's work.
3. What Victorian author wrote "Dombey and Son", and "The Old Curiosity Shop"?

Answer: Charles Dickens

Dickens is better known for works such as "David Copperfield", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Oliver Twist", "Nicolas Nickelby", and "Great Expectations", as well as arguably his most well-known work, "A Christmas Carol".
4. What Irish writer wrote the letter "De Profundis", while in jail, as well as "The Happy Prince", and "An Ideal Husband"?

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is better known for his witty plays like "The Importance of Being Earnest", and his sole novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
5. What Russian writer wrote "The Cossacks", and "The Death of Ivan Ilyich"?

Answer: Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy's better known works, "Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace", have cemented him as one of the strongest Russian writers to have ever lived.
6. What author wrote "The Silmarillion"?

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien

Tolkien's "The Silmarillion" is set in the same Middle-Earth as his epic fantasy saga, "The Lord of the Rings".
7. What Spanish writer wrote "La Galatea", "Novelas ejemplares", and "Viaje al Parnaso"?

Answer: Miguel de Cervantes

Cervantes died on the same day as Shakespeare, April 23 (designated as World Book Day for that reason). His best known work, "Don Quixote", is about a man obsessed with chivalry who convinces himself that he is a knight.
8. What French author wrote "Bouvard et Pécuchet" and "Salammbo"?

Answer: Gustave Flaubert

Flaubert's best known work, "Madame Bovary", deals with Emma Bovary's infidelity to her husband Charles.
9. What American writer wrote short stories such as "A Christmas Memory" and "House of Flowers"?

Answer: Truman Capote

If you've ever read "Breakfast at Tiffany's", those two short stories are usually published alongside it. Capote also wrote "In Cold Blood", and was great friends with Harper Lee, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird".
10. What South American writer wrote "The Autumn of the Patriarch", "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", and "No One Writes to the Colonel"?

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Garcia Marquez's novels "One Hundred Years of Solitude" about the Buendia family over six generations, and "Love in the Time of Cholera", about the love of Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, are staples of 20th century literature.
11. What American author's first novel was "A Daughter of the Snows"? He later wrote works like "The Scarlet Plague" and "Martin Eden", and short stories like "To Build a Fire".

Answer: Jack London

Jack London's best known works involve animals: "The Call of the Wild" about a wolf named Buck, and "White Fang" about the title wolf/dog.
12. What children's author wrote "The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me", "The Vicar of Nibbleswicke", and "My Uncle Oswald"?

Answer: Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl is the beloved Welsh author of "The BFG", "James and the Giant Peach", and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
13. What American novelist wrote "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets", and "George's Mother"?

Answer: Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage" is generally recognized as the greatest portrait of the American Civil War.
14. What American author wrote "Precaution", "The Deerslayer", and "The Pioneers"?

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper

"The Deerslayer" and "The Pioneers" are part of a series called the "Leatherstocking Tales". The second book in the "Leatherstocking Tales", "The Last of the Mohicans", is Cooper's most well known book.
15. This French author, who wrote often about his travels as an aviator, wrote "Night Flight". Who is this man, who also wrote "Flight to Arras"?

Answer: Antoine de Saint Exupery

Antoine de Saint Exupery's "Le Petit Prince", a thin but fantastic book, has sold 75-90 million copies, making it one of the best selling books of all time.
Source: Author yonglo32

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