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In this quiz we'll take a look at the literary accomplishments of some authors from the southern United States.

A multiple-choice quiz by logcrawler. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
logcrawler
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
368,062
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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1404
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Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. This author, born in New Albany, Mississippi, received the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature. He was also awarded two Pulitzer Prizes for fiction; one in 1954, the other in 1962.

While it may be evident that we are taking a look at the life of William Faulkner, can you detect which of the following works was NOT one of his?
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Question 2 of 10
2. This Birmingham, Alabama native had a problem with writing. She suffered from dyslexia, an impairment that is seldom associated with writers. Those who have this disorder can often find it difficult to spell, correctly order letters, or they may even invert letters upside down as they write or read.

Patricia Neal was her birth name, but because a well-known actress already had that name she chose this one instead. Who brought us such works as "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café", "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!" and "A Redbird Christmas"?
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Question 3 of 10
3. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1945, author Pat Conroy used circumstances and events of his own life in writing many of his stories.

Which of the following stories which were all written by Conroy was more or less based on his own harsh real-life experiences as the oldest son of a U.S. Marine Colonel?
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Question 4 of 10
4. This author, Howard Allen O'Brien, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. By what other name do we know this FEMALE author, who penned such novels as "The Vampire Chronicles" and "Queen of the Damned"? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. For a change of pace, I'm going to list some of this famous Southern author's book titles.

"Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes"
"Shoot Low, Boys - They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies"
"If Love Were Oil I'd Be About a Quart Low"
"Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You"
"If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I'm Going to Nail My Feet to the Ground"

Now, which of these southern authors who was often funny, sometimes poignant, but always upbeat, created these book titles?
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Question 6 of 10
6. Southern writer Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1917. Many of her stories have been turned into screen plays and stage plays.

Which of the following titles did she NOT write?
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Question 7 of 10
7. This Georgia doctor, Ferrol Sams, became a published author late in life. His first novel was published when he was 58 years old. Prior to his life as a country doctor he had been a member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WW2.

The primary focus of one of his eight books, a character named Porter Osborne, Jr. was based upon the life of whom?
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Question 8 of 10
8. Eudora Welty, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, authored a number of books in her lifetime, but none of her stories were actually based in the American South.


Question 9 of 10
9. This author from Mississippi was first a lawyer, then a politician before finding his niche in writing.

Who was this man, who regaled us with such stories that featured his southern lawyerly spin as "The Pelican Brief", "The Firm" "The Client" and "A Time to Kill"?
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Question 10 of 10
10. Flannery O'Connor wrote of regional Southern settings and often portrayed her characters as grotesque, nearly caricature faces of humanity.

From what coastal southern U.S. city did she hail?
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1. This author, born in New Albany, Mississippi, received the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature. He was also awarded two Pulitzer Prizes for fiction; one in 1954, the other in 1962. While it may be evident that we are taking a look at the life of William Faulkner, can you detect which of the following works was NOT one of his?

Answer: For Whom the Bell Tolls

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" was penned by Ernest Hemingway.

William Faulkner (born Falkner), grew up in Oxford, Mississippi during the early 1900s. Among his published works are such books as the ones already noted as choices given, as well as "A Fable", "Absalom! Absalom!" and "The Rievers".

He often wrote of a fictional town in Mississippi called "Yoknapatawpha" which was likely based on his hometown of Oxford.
2. This Birmingham, Alabama native had a problem with writing. She suffered from dyslexia, an impairment that is seldom associated with writers. Those who have this disorder can often find it difficult to spell, correctly order letters, or they may even invert letters upside down as they write or read. Patricia Neal was her birth name, but because a well-known actress already had that name she chose this one instead. Who brought us such works as "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café", "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!" and "A Redbird Christmas"?

Answer: Fannie Flagg

Not only is Fannie Flagg a successfully published author, she is also known as a television personality, having appeared on such early 70s programs as the "The New Dick Van Dyke Show", "The Match Game" and "Fernwood 2Night."

In the early 60s, she was employed as a staff writer for the popular television show, "Candid Camera".

Her book, "The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion" was published in 2013.
3. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1945, author Pat Conroy used circumstances and events of his own life in writing many of his stories. Which of the following stories which were all written by Conroy was more or less based on his own harsh real-life experiences as the oldest son of a U.S. Marine Colonel?

Answer: The Great Santini

"The Great Santini" was published in 1976. A movie based on the book starring Robert Duvall was released in 1979.

The storyline essentially tells of a young man's misery in living with "Bull" Meecham; a character which was based upon his father, Donald Conroy. The Conroy family was dismayed at the portrayal and at times even went so far as to set up picket signs at Pat's book signings.

Eventually the book did serve a good purpose in that he and his father began to have a better relationship as a result of the expository nature of the story.
4. This author, Howard Allen O'Brien, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. By what other name do we know this FEMALE author, who penned such novels as "The Vampire Chronicles" and "Queen of the Damned"?

Answer: Anne Rice

Anne Rice, born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, later married a poet and painter named Stan Rice. Besides being well known for her vampire series of books, she has also published such stories as "Servant of the Bones" and "The Feast of All Saints".

Although as a teenager she moved to Texas, and later still on to California, her hometown, the city of New Orleans to which she returned to live from 1988 until 2005, provided the backdrop for much of her work in the vampire series.
5. For a change of pace, I'm going to list some of this famous Southern author's book titles. "Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes" "Shoot Low, Boys - They're Ridin' Shetland Ponies" "If Love Were Oil I'd Be About a Quart Low" "Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You" "If I Ever Get Back to Georgia I'm Going to Nail My Feet to the Ground" Now, which of these southern authors who was often funny, sometimes poignant, but always upbeat, created these book titles?

Answer: Lewis Grizzard

Lewis Grizzard was from (as he usually phrased it) "tiny little Moreland, Georgia", and he wrote in a classic southern style. To me, he was the quintessential voice of the New South, with flavorings in his stories and newspaper columns that tasted of the Old South as well.

He became the sports editor for the Atlanta Journal at the ripe old age of 23, later serving as the executive sports editor for the Chicago Sun-Times, and later still, as a columnist for the Atlanta Journal/Constitution.

Lewis Grizzard died of heart-related problems in 1994.

We MISS him!
6. Southern writer Carson McCullers was born in Columbus, Georgia in 1917. Many of her stories have been turned into screen plays and stage plays. Which of the following titles did she NOT write?

Answer: The Honk and Holler Opening Soon

"The Honk and Holler Opening Soon" is a novel by Oklahoman, Billie Jean Letts.

"The Ballad of the Sad Café", "The Member of the Wedding" and "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" were all written by Carson McCullers, with the latter being her first novel, published when she was only 23 years old in 1940.

Like many of her books, this one focused on the downtrodden, the "misfits" of society and those who have been mistreated in one way or another. Quite often her stories took place in the Deep South.
7. This Georgia doctor, Ferrol Sams, became a published author late in life. His first novel was published when he was 58 years old. Prior to his life as a country doctor he had been a member of the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WW2. The primary focus of one of his eight books, a character named Porter Osborne, Jr. was based upon the life of whom?

Answer: himself

"Run With the Horsemen" was his first published work, a story that was based on his own life as a youngster. This novel was soon followed by two others in the trilogy: "The Whisper of the River" and "When All the World Was Young."

"The Whisper of the River" recounted the experiences as a young man who left home to attend college, (at least from a fictional perspective), while the last book of the trilogy bespoke his experiences in Europe during WW2.

Ferrol Sams passed away in 2013 at the age of 90.
8. Eudora Welty, a native of Jackson, Mississippi, authored a number of books in her lifetime, but none of her stories were actually based in the American South.

Answer: False

Nearly ALL of Eudora Welty's works were based on southern places, and featured southern characters as well. The customs and attitudes of southern society, along with the places that she encouraged her readers to "visit", contributed much to her writing style.

Some of her works include "Where Is The Voice Coming From?", a fictional story based on a real-life murder in Mississippi; "A Worn Path", a short story filled with symbolism that addressed racial prejudices; and what may be her best-known novel, "The Optimist's Daughter", the story of a woman who returns home to care for her aging father who later dies.
9. This author from Mississippi was first a lawyer, then a politician before finding his niche in writing. Who was this man, who regaled us with such stories that featured his southern lawyerly spin as "The Pelican Brief", "The Firm" "The Client" and "A Time to Kill"?

Answer: John Grisham

John Grisham's first novel, "A Time to Kill" was published in 1989. The setting for the story was the fictional town of Clanton, Mississippi, in Ford County. John Grisham used this same setting for several of his other books as well.

In 1996, a movie based on the book starring actors Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey was released.
10. Flannery O'Connor wrote of regional Southern settings and often portrayed her characters as grotesque, nearly caricature faces of humanity. From what coastal southern U.S. city did she hail?

Answer: Savannah, Georgia

Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia. While she only wrote two novels, "Wise Blood" (published in 1952), and "The Violent Bear It Away" (published in 1960), she also authored 32 short stories.

A devoted Catholic, she often found herself pitted against more fundamentalist Protestant ideals, and these differences of opinion sometimes found their way into her work in an oblique manner. Occasionally, she would use a flawed character and then transform them into a less flawed individual, using personal pain or anguish as the tool for the transformation to make the character more or less "whole".
Source: Author logcrawler

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