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31. Which series of action books features Mack Bolan as its hero?

From Quiz Authors Authors Who Are These Authors?

Answer: The Executioner

My personal favorite action series written originally by Don Pendleton. Bolan fighting in Vietnam is called home when his Family is devastated by murder suicide due to the actions of the 'Mafia'. He takes up the task of destroying those responsible and bringing JUSTICE to the rest of the world of organised crime. An excellent series I highly recommend.

From Quiz Name The Writer

Answer: Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath quite literally wrote the book on the experience of living with depression. A fine poet, she was born to a well-off academic family in Boston in 1932. Her life changed when, at nine, her beloved father died of untreated diabetes and she fell into a depression that she seems to never have broken out of. She worked as a guest editor for 'Madmoiselle' in her third year at Smith College, but it was here that a string of unrelated events brought on a collapse that ended in her being hospitalised for her mental state, the events of which are described in 'The Bell Jar'. She was a prolific poet, writing her first poem at age eight, and went on to publish dozens of poems, most of which have been collected and all of which show a profound talent. She married the British poet Ted Hughes in 1956, but the marriage was not happy and in 1963 she committed suicide, bringing a sad conclusion to a brilliant literary career.

From Quiz Stuck at Home? Revisit Books and Authors

Answer: Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) is considered the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era. His family was middle-class, but when his father was incarcerated because of debts, Charles needed to drop out of school and start working in a factory and later, as a clerk in a solicitor's office, then as a court stenographer, and newspaper reporter. Such experiences made a deep impression on the young man and gave him the knowledge that was explored in his works. In the early 1830s, Dickens began publishing stories and essays for newspapers and magazines. "The Pickwick Papers" (1836) was initially published in monthly chapters, a very common form of publication in the 19th century. Dickens found serialization to be an enjoyable and profitable way of working; Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby are from this period. Then, he went on to write shorter weekly installments, which he used for "The Old Curiosity Shop" and "Barnaby Rudge". Dickens always worked hard: he edited a weekly journal for 20 years and wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas, hundreds of short stories, and non-fiction articles. His works had great popularity among different social classes and his fame spread internationally. He fought hard for children's right to education and for social reforms.

From Quiz More Authors for the literary minded

Answer: John Steinbeck

From Quiz Authors

Answer: Harper Lee

From Quiz Authors of Famous Books

Answer: John Steinbeck

From Quiz Three of a Mind

Answer: Barnaby Rudge

'Moll Flanders' is by Daniel Defoe, 'Barchester Towers' is by Anthony Trollope, and 'Coral Island' is by RM Ballantyne.

From Quiz Know Your Writers!

Answer: James Redfield

'The Tenth Insight' was the sequel.

From Quiz Test Your Book Knowledge

Answer: Toni Morrison

From Quiz Author Who?

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper

From Quiz Who Wrote What?

Answer: Jane Austen

From Quiz Who Wrote It?

Answer: James Joyce

From Quiz Literature Quiz for English Majors

Answer: Matthew Lewis

Matthew Lewis wrote this novel in six weeks --- when he was only 19 years old!

From Quiz Name the Author

Answer: John Bunyan

The full title is 'The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come'.

From Quiz Literature and Authors

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales' helped define the Middle English language, much as Dante Alighieri's 'Divine Comedy' did for Italian.

From Quiz How to Survive an Avalanche

Answer: John Donne

In 1940, Ernest Hemingway published the book "For Whom the Bell Tolls". The title was taken from one of the numerous works by the English poet, scholar and soldier John Donne (1572-1631). Donne wrote a serie of meditations and prayers published under the title "Devotions upon Emergent Occasions" in 1624; the 17th Meditation is most famous for its claims: "No man is an island" and "... for whom the bell tolls". The whole sentence is very interesting: "No man is an lland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; ... any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." (John Donne's original spelling and punctuation).

From Quiz Copywrite or Wrong?

Answer: Isaac Asimov

From the fertile mind of Isaac Asimov comes the trilogy, i.e., "Foundation", "Foundation and Empire", and "Second Foundation", which won the Hugo Award in 1966 as 'Best All-Time Series'. Beginning in 1981 he added two sequels ("Foundation's Edge" and "Foundation and Earth") and two prequels ("Prelude to Foundation" and "Forward to Foundation"). As for the other famous novelists: Sinclair Lewis authored "Main Street"; Upton Sinclair described the conditions in the meat-packing industry in "The Jungle"; John Cheever, called "the Chekov of the suburbs", wrote "The Wapshot Chronicle" and "The Swimmer".

From Quiz They Wrote 'em and We Read 'em: Part II

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a 25 year old ship's surgeon in 1884 when he wrote about the mystery of the Mary Celeste, the ship that was discovered in December 1872 off the Azores Islands with nobody on board and the lifeboat missing. No one from the ship has been seen or heard of since. Doyle wrote the article based on his own theories as to what happened and this article popularized the disappearance of the ship. In 1887 he introduced us to Sherlock Holmes for the first time in "A Study in Scarlet". Georges Simonen (1903 - 1989) introduced us to the French police inspector Jules Maigret. Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961) was the creator of Sam Spade. Agatha Christie (1890-1976) was the creator of the Belgian policeman Hercule Poirot.

From Quiz They Wrote 'em and We Read 'em: Part I

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) may have been inspired by the 1819 short story of "Das Fraulein von Scuderi" by E.T.A.Hoffmann. C. Auguste Dupin is the main character in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". Charles Dickens did also develop a whodunit subplot in his 1853 novel "Bleak House". There is an annual "Edgar Award" given by the Mystery Writers of America for outstanding work in the mystery genre.

From Quiz Prolific Authors

Answer: P G Wodehouse

Great characters all, and then we have not even mentioned his most famous creations: Jeeves and Wooster. P G Wodehouse's last completed novel, "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen", was published in 1974, one year before the great man died at the age of 94.

From Quiz All About the Writer

Answer: Sanskrit

Fragments of drama written in Sanskrit exist from as far back as the 2nd Century B.C., but it is Kālidāsa's work in the 3rd or 4th Century that marks the beginnings of theater in India. His works are based primarily on the ancient Hindu text eulogizing various deities known as the "Puranas". His major plays include 'Abhijñānaśākuntalam' ("Of Shakuntala recognized by a token") which was one of the first Sanskrit literary works to be translated into English. The play tells the story of King Agnimitra, the "Destroyer of Evil", a great mythological Indian king from the 4th Century B.C.

From Quiz Brain Pain: Books that Hurt

Answer: Thomas Pynchon

"Gravity's Rainbow" is often considered unreadable. It's strange mixture of dark, poetic prose bounces between topics relentlessly, and there is a large cast of characters to remember. It's also pretty funny at times. Set in the war-torn plains of Europe during World War 2, it follows the life of a man who is trying to figure out why rockets keep landing near places where he gets erections. "Mason and Dixon" is also hard to read, mainly because of the early-American slang used by the narrator.

From Quiz Sort of Truth

Answer: David Copperfield

"David Copperfield" (1848) is Charles Dickens. On a surface level, the character even has the same (reversed) initials as the author. There are many autobiographical features in the book. Some of them include: Copperfield's employment at Murdstone and Grinby's (based on Dickens' own harsh employment at Warren's Blacking Factory); Dora, Copperfield's love, is based on Dickens' own attraction to Maria Beadnell; the Mr. Micawber character is Dickens' father - both character and person were pompous, weak with finances and both ended up in Debtor's Prison, John Dickens in Marshalsea and Micawber in the King's Bench Prison; Mr Dick, a good-hearted but ineffective man is also believed to be another version of John Dickens; the idealized memories of Mary Hogarth and Frances, his sister, merge to form the character of Agnes. There are many more autobiographical elements. Dickens, after the book's publication wrote: "I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield," and "my interest in it was so recent and strong ... I was in danger of wearying the (reader] with personal confidence and private emotions." Perhaps one of his critics said it best, after all, "David Copperfield" is still a novel, "It happens to be in large part his autobiography; and even the reader who is [unaware] of this, feels the warmth and movement and buoyancy.... for it is his life as he would ... have reconstructed it, not exactly the life of fact."

From Quiz A Confusion of Authors

Answer: Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton is a Harvard educated physician and author best known for novels which contain aspects of science-fiction, medical fiction, and mild horror. Some of his best known novels include "Jurassic Park", "The Andromeda Strain" and "The Lost World", all of which were made into successful films. Many of his works contain scientific themes such as biological warfare, self-destruction, and mental illness. His creative mind was able to create works in multiple genres, including both fiction and non-fiction. In 1996 he won an Emmy for his television drama series "E.R.". Crichton was an extremely intelligent and very gifted author.

From Quiz What Did I Write?

Answer: "Dinotopia"

The story I'm describing is "Dinotopia". This book tells the story of Professor Arthur Denison and his son, Will, who, during an expedition, become shipwrecked on Dinotopia, an island where humans and dinosaurs live together.

From Quiz What A Story! The Incredible Ten!

Answer: Baudolino

"Baudolino" was published in 2001. The main character is Baudolino, a young man who, in 1204, in Constantinople, during the 4th Crusade, meets the real-life historian Niketas Choniates and tells him the story of his life, which takes place in both the real and the fictional world of the Middle Ages.

From Quiz My Baby Loves A Bunch of Authors

Answer: William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs was born in 1914 in Missouri, U.S. He got an arts degree from Harvard University, and was briefly enlisted in the US Army. In 1944 he moved to New York City, where he lived with Jack Kerouac, and the two collaborated on the novel "And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks" (not published until 2008). Burroughs had many legal issues resulting from alcohol and drug abuse. His first published work "Junkie" (1953) was semi-autobiographical. His novel "Naked Lunch", also semi-autobiographical, gained him notoriety as well as fame since it was banned in the US until 1962 due to obscenity laws.

From Quiz Read All About It. Who Was the Author?

Answer: Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" is one of the most confounding plays of the 20th century, for both its characters and the audience. This "headline" comes from critic Vivian Mercier's summation of the play's plot.

From Quiz Write On!

Answer: Amy Tan

The book was made into a movie in 1993. "The Joy Luck Club" was Tan's first novel. Her books reflect her Asian roots and often explore the rich but complicated relationships between mothers and daughters.

From Quiz Lit. 101

Answer: Dulcinea

Miguel de Cervantes' classic tragicomedy was published in two volumes in 1605 and 1615; the full title is "The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha". It is the story of a man obsessed with the chivalrous deeds he has read about in books who decides to take sword in hand and go out into the world to defend the helpless and defeat the wicked - all in the name of Dulcinea del Toboso. The novel details the adventures of Don Quixote and his sidekick, Sancho Panza, as they attack imaginary enemies. The novel is a study in contrasts, both physical and moral, and delves into the very nature of sanity.

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