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Quiz about A Funky Lit Smorgasbord
Quiz about A Funky Lit Smorgasbord

A Funky Lit Smorgasbord Trivia Quiz


A taste of many things wordful and imaginative (just enough to keep from overindulgence).

A multiple-choice quiz by Lofgeornost. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Lofgeornost
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
55,282
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
6 / 15
Plays
1065
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Question 1 of 15
1. Which of the following is the translated title of the Japanese novel 'Kinkakuji'? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Which of the following writers was not a suicide? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Rubashov is the central character of which Arthur Koestler novel? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. To which literary work did Joseph Campbell attribute the origin of the term 'monomyth'? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Three of the following writers came from the same hamlet, where there was fired 'a shot heard round the world.' Which of the writers does not belong in the group below? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. From a hamlet, to 'Hamlet.' Which of the following characters speaks the last lines of the play? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The play is Margaret Edson's 'Wit.' The character is Dr. Vivian Bearing. Vivian is an expert on whose poetry? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Neil Gaiman is a writer probably best known for his 'Sandman' comic book series, but he's also contributed some novels to this wondrous world of reading. Which of the following is one of Gaiman's novels? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. The title of Chinua Achebe's renowned novel 'Things Fall Apart' comes from which W.B. Yeats poem? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's book 'To Whom She Will' was published under which title in the U.S.? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Which of the following writers was not also a medical doctor? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What was Toni Morrison's first novel? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Which of the following books was NOT written by Mark Twain? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. What's the meaning of the literary term In Media Res? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Sting entitled one of his albums '...Nothing Like The Sun.' From which poet did he borrow the line? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following is the translated title of the Japanese novel 'Kinkakuji'?

Answer: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

'Kinkakuji,' or 'The Temple of the Golden Pavilion,' was written by Yukio Mishima. It's the story of a young monk's struggle to comprehend beauty, as represented by the Temple he serves and ultimately destroys.
2. Which of the following writers was not a suicide?

Answer: Dylan Thomas

Hemingway, Koestler and Crane committed suicide, while Thomas infamously drank himself to death (I have heard Thomas' demise described as a twenty-four year long suicide, but that certainly doesn't match the immediacy of the others').
3. Rubashov is the central character of which Arthur Koestler novel?

Answer: Darkness at Noon

Rubashov, in author Arthur Koestler's words, 'is a synthesis of the lives of a number of men who were victims of the so-called Moscow Trials. Several of them were personally known to the author.'
4. To which literary work did Joseph Campbell attribute the origin of the term 'monomyth'?

Answer: Joyce's 'Finnegan's Wake'

Campbell borrowed Joyce's term and greatly expanded on it, making it the subject of his book 'The Hero With a Thousand Faces.'
5. Three of the following writers came from the same hamlet, where there was fired 'a shot heard round the world.' Which of the writers does not belong in the group below?

Answer: Herman Melville

Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Alcott were all residents of a small 'literary hamlet' known as Concord, Massachusetts. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who penned the line about 'the shot heard round the world,' was another neighbor. Melville also settled in the Bay State, but much further west, at Pittsfield.
6. From a hamlet, to 'Hamlet.' Which of the following characters speaks the last lines of the play?

Answer: Fortinbras

'Go, bid the soldiers shoot.' Fortinbras orders a round of shots fired in honor of the fallen Prince of Denmark.
7. The play is Margaret Edson's 'Wit.' The character is Dr. Vivian Bearing. Vivian is an expert on whose poetry?

Answer: John Donne's

Edson won the Pulitzer for 'Wit,' her first play. Emma Thompson has recently played the part of Vivian to perfection in a Mike Nichols HBO production.
8. Neil Gaiman is a writer probably best known for his 'Sandman' comic book series, but he's also contributed some novels to this wondrous world of reading. Which of the following is one of Gaiman's novels?

Answer: Neverwhere

'Neverwhere' started out as a British television series, which Gaiman later novelized. Other novels he has written are 'Good Omens' (with Terry Pratchett), 'Stardust', and 'American Gods.'
9. The title of Chinua Achebe's renowned novel 'Things Fall Apart' comes from which W.B. Yeats poem?

Answer: The Second Coming

'...the centre cannot {hold;} Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...'
10. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's book 'To Whom She Will' was published under which title in the U.S.?

Answer: Amrita

A quintessential international writer, Jhabvala was born in Germany, raised in England, married and moved to New Delhi, and finally settled in New York.
11. Which of the following writers was not also a medical doctor?

Answer: William Faulkner

Faulkner pretty much stuck to the writing biz (after some early forays into postal work and night watchman duties). When novels didn't pay the bills he would head off to Hollywood and pen a movie script.
12. What was Toni Morrison's first novel?

Answer: The Bluest Eye

13. Which of the following books was NOT written by Mark Twain?

Answer: Martin Eden

'Martin Eden' was a semi-autobiographical novel written by Jack London.
14. What's the meaning of the literary term In Media Res?

Answer: the narrative begins in the middle

The narrative beginning somewhere well into the actual story is a convention of the literary epic "The Iliad", for instance, begins ten years into the Trojan War, and much of the poem relates what happened during those years.
15. Sting entitled one of his albums '...Nothing Like The Sun.' From which poet did he borrow the line?

Answer: Shakespeare

Shakespeare's 130th sonnet, in which he turns the Petrachan praise of women on its prettified head.
Source: Author Lofgeornost

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