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1. Margaret Atwood is a droll writer who has explored a wide variety of genres and forms. Her dystopian sci-fi thriller about the U.S.A. after a right-wing religious take-over was made into a film which debuted in 1990. What was the name of the book and the movie?
2. Sarah Polley wrote the screenplay and directed this beautiful film adaptation of Alice Munro's "The Bear Came Over the Mountain." It tells the story of Fiona (Julie Christie) suffering from senile dementia under the care of her formerly philandering husband, Grant (Gordon Pinsent). What did Polley name the movie?
3. Mordecai Richler's novels chronicle the men of his generation from his neighbourhood in Montreal, famous for bagels and... well... Mordecai Richler. What was the name of the book and movie that launched the career of a young Richard Dreyfuss, in the eponymous role?
4. Speaking of Richler, 2010 saw the release of "Barney's Version," an adaptation of his 1998 novel of the same name. What American star played the role of Barney Panofsky?
5. Willem Dafoe struggles with a Canadian accent in this adaptation of a Michael Ondaatje novel which was famously alluded to in a Seinfeld episode. What is the title of the book and the film directed by Anthony Minghella?
6. Here's a tricky one. What "Grey's Anatomy" star played the lead character in "The Diary of Evelyn Lau," the screen adaptation of Evelyn Lau's "Runaway," an autobiographical tale of her escape from her oppressive Chinese Canadian home to the mean streets of Vancouver?
7. W.P. Kinsella's mystical baseball novel "Shoeless Joe" became a very successful Kevin Costner film. What title did the movie carry? Remember the catch phrase, "if you build it, they will come."
8. "Rachel, Rachel" is the name of the film adaptation of Margaret Laurence's classic novel, "A Jest of God." It stars Joanne Woodward and was directed by her blue-eyed hunk of a husband. What was his name?
9. Timothy Findley's novella about the coming of age of young man during The Great War was made into a film of the same name directed by Robin Phillips. What was the two word title?
10. Claude Jutra directed an adaptation of this Anne Hébert novel which is a fictionalized account of a 19th century murder in rural Quebec. What is the name of the novel, the film, and the region where they are set?
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