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15 Characters In Search Of... Trivia Quiz

Here are 15 characters in search of their literary homes. I give the character, you give the novel, story, or play they come from. I hope you enjoy it.

A multiple-choice quiz by Lofgeornost. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Lofgeornost

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
59,541

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
2767

Last 3 plays: Guest 99 (9/15), Guest 166 (4/15), oscarson57 (10/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Dean Moriarty? Hint

White Noise

White Fang

The Picture of Dorian Gray

On The Road

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Question 2 of 15

2. Nick Carraway? Hint

For Whom The Bell Tolls

Native Son

An American Tragedy

The Great Gatsby

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Question 3 of 15

3. Winston Smith? Hint

Portnoy's Complaint

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Slaughterhouse Five

1984

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Question 4 of 15

4. Stephen Dedalus? Hint

Ulysses

Howard's End

You Can't Go Home Again

Lord Jim

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Question 5 of 15

5. Valentine Michael Smith?

Answer: (5 Words, Heinlein)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Jake Barnes? Hint

A Farewell to Arms

The Sun Also Rises

To Have and Have Not

Death in the Afternoon

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Question 7 of 15

7. Harry Angstrom? Hint

Libra

The Wapshot Scandal

Rabbit, Run

Deliverance

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Question 8 of 15

8. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus? Hint

Julius Caesar

Titus Andronicus

Antony and Cleopatra

I, Claudius

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Question 9 of 15

9. Algy Moncrieff? Hint

Major Barbara

Moon for the Misbegotten

The Beggar's Opera

The Importance of Being Earnest

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Question 10 of 15

10. Joe Christmas? Hint

Look Homeward, Angel

Tropic of Cancer

The Sheltering Sky

Light in August

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Question 11 of 15

11. Zachary Glass? Hint

Goodbye, Columbus

Franny and Zooey

The Painted Bird

Atlas Shrugged

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Question 12 of 15

12. Peyton Farquhar? Hint

A Rose for Emily

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Daisy Miller

The Pearl

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Question 13 of 15

13. Jack Crabb? Hint

The Ox Bow Incident

Shane

Little Big Man

The Call of the Wild

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Question 14 of 15

14. Guy Montag? Hint

Catch 22

Fahrenheit 451

Mila 18

Naked Lunch

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Question 15 of 15

15. Thanks for playing. We'll finish off with a mellow one: Humbert Humbert?

Answer: (One Word, Nabokov)

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 17 2024 : Guest 99: 9/15
Apr 14 2024 : Guest 166: 4/15
Apr 14 2024 : oscarson57: 10/15
Mar 26 2024 : Guest 174: 15/15
Mar 03 2024 : mberry923: 9/15

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Dean Moriarty?

Answer: On The Road

Dean Moriarty is Sal Paradise's sometime travelling companion in Kerouac's 'On The Road.' Based on Neal Cassady, Dean is the 'beat' in 'Beatific,' a man of insouciant bliss, in search of 'IT.'

2. Nick Carraway?

Answer: The Great Gatsby

A gimme. Nick is the narrator of Fitzgerald's preeminent novel, who spends a summer getting entwined in that celebrated literary relationship, Jay and Daisy.

3. Winston Smith?

Answer: 1984

Smith, the man who defies the totalitarian world of Orwell's Big Brother, only to crack under the pressure of Room 101.

4. Stephen Dedalus?

Answer: Ulysses

Another gimme. Stephen's story, which ends at a high point in Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,' begins in 'Ulysses' at a low point, as the penurious housemate of Buck Mulligan.

5. Valentine Michael Smith?

Answer: Stranger in a Strange Land

The man raised by Martians, who teaches the world to grok. A classic opus of science fiction by Robert Heinlein.

6. Jake Barnes?

Answer: The Sun Also Rises

Fishing for trout, draining bottles of wine, watching matadors do their bloody {thing;} Jake was Hemingway's consummate example of the 'lost generation.'

7. Harry Angstrom?

Answer: Rabbit, Run

Harry, aka Rabbit, living on memories of his basketball glory days in what became a trilogy by John Updike.

8. Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus?

Answer: I, Claudius

The titular protagonist of Robert Graves's excellent novels, 'I, Claudius' and 'Claudius the God.'

9. Algy Moncrieff?

Answer: The Importance of Being Earnest

Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff, epigram spewing 'Bunburyist' of Wilde's most famous play.

10. Joe Christmas?

Answer: Light in August

J.C. is one of Faulkner's most intriguing, if enigmatical, characters.

11. Zachary Glass?

Answer: Franny and Zooey

Zachary, aka Zooey, one of Salinger's former child prodigies dealing with religious crisis.

12. Peyton Farquhar?

Answer: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

Ambrose Bierce's tale of a Civil War execution was one of the first stories I remember having to read in Junior High School, and is still one of my favorites.

13. Jack Crabb?

Answer: Little Big Man

Jack Crabb, aka Little Big Man, buffalo hunter, gunslinger, wino and scout, from Thomas Berger's great American novel.

14. Guy Montag?

Answer: Fahrenheit 451

Montag's the fireman from Ray Bradbury's novel of a world gone wrong, where rebels have to commit literature to memory that it may survive.

15. Thanks for playing. We'll finish off with a mellow one: Humbert Humbert?

Answer: Lolita

Source: Author Lofgeornost

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