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Quiz about LesserKnown Works and Authors

LesserKnown Works and Authors Trivia Quiz

Not all of the masters - or all of the works of the masters - are that well-known. Try these.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
18,549

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1870

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' is one of the novels written by this author. Hint

Joseph Conrad

Walter Scott

Herman Melville

Thomas Hardy

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Question 2 of 10

2. 'The Idiot' is also a lesser known work by a prominent author. Hint

James Joyce

Leo Tolstoi

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Albert Camus

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'Tortilla Flat' was written by this American author. Hint

William Faulkner

Ernest Hemingway

Nathaniel Hawthorne

John Steinbeck

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Dodsworth' also was written by an American author. Hint

F Scott Fitzgerald

Sinclair Lewis

Theodore Dreiser

Virginia Woolf

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'Barnaby Rudge' is the product of a prolific writer. Hint

Edgar Allan Poe

Charles Dickens

Thomas Wolfe

Thomas Mann

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who is the author of the 'Tarzan' stories? Hint

G.K. Chesteron

Hervey Allen

Ambrose Bierce

Edgar Rice Burroughs

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote 'Ben-Hur'? Hint

James M. Cain

James Agee

Lew Wallace

Lloyd C. Douglas

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wrote 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey'? Hint

Rudyard Kipling

Alexander Dumas

Victor Hugo

Thornton Wilder

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote 'Pudd'nhead Wilson'? Hint

D.H. Lawrence

Mark Twain

Jonathan Swift

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote 'Men against the Sea'? Hint

Burdick and Lederer

Nordhoff and Hall

Fletcher Knebel

Allen Drury

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'The Mayor of Casterbridge' is one of the novels written by this author.

Answer: Thomas Hardy

It's not one of his most famous, but it's good reading.

2. 'The Idiot' is also a lesser known work by a prominent author.

Answer: Fyodor Dostoevsky

After 'Crime and Punishment' and 'Brothers Karamazov', people struggle to remember other works.

3. 'Tortilla Flat' was written by this American author.

Answer: John Steinbeck

They made a movie out of it.

4. 'Dodsworth' also was written by an American author.

Answer: Sinclair Lewis

Better known for 'Arrowsmith' and 'Main Street'

5. 'Barnaby Rudge' is the product of a prolific writer.

Answer: Charles Dickens

How many did Dickens write?

6. Who is the author of the 'Tarzan' stories?

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs

Allen did 'Anthony Adverse'.

7. Who wrote 'Ben-Hur'?

Answer: Lew Wallace

Agee did 'A Death in the Family'.

8. Who wrote 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey'?

Answer: Thornton Wilder

He is better known for 'Our Town'.

9. Who wrote 'Pudd'nhead Wilson'?

Answer: Mark Twain

It wasn't just Tom and Huck.

10. Who wrote 'Men against the Sea'?

Answer: Nordhoff and Hall

Along with 'Pitcairn island', this was part of the 'Mutiny on the Bounty' trilogy.

Source: Author robert362

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