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Quiz about Literary Odds N Ends
Quiz about Literary Odds N Ends

Literary Odds N' Ends Trivia Quiz


Just some mixed literary trivia.

A multiple-choice quiz by tjoebigham. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
tjoebigham
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
47,884
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. Scientist D-503 falls in with some rebels and gets a brainwashing operation from the State. From what novel is this from? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Name the psuedonym that doesn't belong. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is the relation of 'Raffles' creator E.W. Hornung to the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In what way are Thomas Hardy and Herman Melville NOT alike? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What author here is best known for his horror stories? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What English poet gave James Jones three of his titles? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these playwrights wasn't successful? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who isn't an essayist? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. True or false: Shakespeare wrote only plays.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 10 of 10
10. What author did NOT inspire a Hemingway title? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Scientist D-503 falls in with some rebels and gets a brainwashing operation from the State. From what novel is this from?

Answer: We

George Orwell acknowledged Eugene Zamyatin's influence, but not Aldous Huxley, and Anthony Burgess used Russian as the basis for his Nadsat language in 'Orange'.
2. Name the psuedonym that doesn't belong.

Answer: Richard Stark

The other three belong to Salvatore Lombino, best known for his 'Hunter' novels and 'McBain' mysteries. Stark is the pen name of Donald E. Westlake.
3. What is the relation of 'Raffles' creator E.W. Hornung to the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

Answer: brother-in-law

Hornung even dedicated his first volume of Raffles stories to Doyle!
4. In what way are Thomas Hardy and Herman Melville NOT alike?

Answer: both were journalists

Hardy had a bit more success with his poems than Melville.
5. What author here is best known for his horror stories?

Answer: H.P. Lovecraft

H.G. Wells, along with Verne, pioneered modern science fiction. And Burroughs, besides his Tarzan tales, also penned scientific fantasies set on Mars and in the earth's center. Howard is best known for his sword-and-sorcery epics of Conan. And they wrote for the pulps, as did Lovecraft. Wells, though, published his stories long before the pulps were born, though some sci-fi pulps reprinted his tales.
6. What English poet gave James Jones three of his titles?

Answer: Kipling

'From Here To Eternity' from 'Gentleman-Rankers', 'Go To The Widow-Maker' from 'Harp-Song of the Danish Women' and 'The Thin Red Line from 'Tommy'('thin red line o'heroes' came from a Crimean War reporter)
7. Which of these playwrights wasn't successful?

Answer: Henry James

Success on the stage eluded novelist James.
8. Who isn't an essayist?

Answer: Marlowe

Marlowe was a fellow playwright of Shakespeare.
9. True or false: Shakespeare wrote only plays.

Answer: false

The Bard is also known for his great body of sonnets.
10. What author did NOT inspire a Hemingway title?

Answer: Lewis Carroll

'The Sun Also Rises' from King Solomon's Ecclesiastes, 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' from Donne and 'A Sea-Change', a short story, from Shakespeare's 'Tempest'.
Source: Author tjoebigham

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