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Quiz about Love Literarily
Quiz about Love Literarily

Love, Literarily Trivia Quiz


Love is in the air--and in the library. Ten questions about novels, memoirs and poems that use 'love' prominently in their titles.

A multiple-choice quiz by john_sunseri. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
john_sunseri
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
320,867
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
9967
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez released a book in 1985 detailing a love affair between Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza that lasts (with 622 affairs along the way) for fifty-one years. What is this lovely book? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In 2006, writer Elizabeth Gilbert wrote a memoir about her life after her divorce, when she traveled to Italy, Indonesia and India. It stayed on the "NYT" Best Seller list for 110 weeks and Oprah Winfrey focused two of her shows on it. What is this book? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" begins "Come live with me and be my Love,/ And we will all the pleasures prove/ That hills and valleys, dale and field,/ And all the craggy mountains yield." Who wrote this masterpiece of romantic poetry?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In 1989, author Katherine Dunn published a book about the Binewski family and its traveling carnival. What is the title of this book, which contains characters such as Oly the albino hunchback dwarf and Arty the Aquaboy? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Stephen King wrote a novel in 1999 about a young girl named Trisha who gets lost in the woods and must survive the dangers of nature (including a bear-like creature that may or may not be supernatural) using only her wits and the advice given by her favorite baseball player via what may be hallucinations. What is the title of the book? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A novel by screenwriter Erich Segal was released on Valentine's Day in 1970, and became that year's best-selling fiction book. What was this novel? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This 1920 novel by D.H. Lawrence tells the stories of sisters Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen, and was pilloried by critics for being lewd and obscene. What is this modern classic? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A song by Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, begins "O my Luve's like a _____/ That's newly sprung in June". What fills in the blank?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. A 2002 novel by Alice Sebold tells the tale of Susie Salmon, who is raped and murdered and who watches from the Afterlife as her friends and family go on with their lives. What was this surprise hit? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for this 1987 novel, the story of the slave Sethe, her daughter Denver, and Paul D., the ex-slave who tries to make a normal life with the women. What is this book? Hint



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1. Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez released a book in 1985 detailing a love affair between Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza that lasts (with 622 affairs along the way) for fifty-one years. What is this lovely book?

Answer: Love in the Time of Cholera

"Love in the Time of Cholera" begins, "It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love." The novel was translated into English in 1988 and filmed in 2007. Author Márquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
2. In 2006, writer Elizabeth Gilbert wrote a memoir about her life after her divorce, when she traveled to Italy, Indonesia and India. It stayed on the "NYT" Best Seller list for 110 weeks and Oprah Winfrey focused two of her shows on it. What is this book?

Answer: Eat, Pray, Love

"Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia" is slated to become a movie for Paramount (starring Julia Roberts and produced by Brad Pitt) in 2010. The reviews of the book were generally positive, though some found the memoir too New Agey.
3. The poem "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" begins "Come live with me and be my Love,/ And we will all the pleasures prove/ That hills and valleys, dale and field,/ And all the craggy mountains yield." Who wrote this masterpiece of romantic poetry?

Answer: Christopher Marlowe

Marlowe was one of the leading playwrights of the Elizabethan age, and was a big influence on William Shakespeare. He wrote "The Jew of Malta", "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" and "The Massacre of Paris", various verses, and translations of Ovid.

He was murdered by Ingram Frizer in 1593, and conspiracy theories have swirled around his death ever since--was he killed because he was an atheist? Because he was a spy? Or was it simply a drunken quarrel gone deadly?
4. In 1989, author Katherine Dunn published a book about the Binewski family and its traveling carnival. What is the title of this book, which contains characters such as Oly the albino hunchback dwarf and Arty the Aquaboy?

Answer: Geek Love

The Binewski parents create their own freaks for their carnival by dosing mother Crystal Lil with radioactive isotopes and various drugs whenever she gets pregnant. Eventually she produces Chick, who has telekinetic powers. The story of this family is bizarre, repellent--and very, very good.
5. Stephen King wrote a novel in 1999 about a young girl named Trisha who gets lost in the woods and must survive the dangers of nature (including a bear-like creature that may or may not be supernatural) using only her wits and the advice given by her favorite baseball player via what may be hallucinations. What is the title of the book?

Answer: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Tom Gordon was a relief pitcher for King's beloved Boston Red Sox in 1999, and had a habit of pointing toward the sky whenever he struck someone out. At the end of the novel, that gesture makes a very satisfying appearance. In 2004, a pop-up edition of the book was released for children.
6. A novel by screenwriter Erich Segal was released on Valentine's Day in 1970, and became that year's best-selling fiction book. What was this novel?

Answer: Love Story

The book was originally written in script form, but Paramount Pictures asked Segal to novelize it so as to create interest for the upcoming movie. The plan worked--the book was a massive bestseller and the movie (starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw) was a blockbuster, scoring seven Academy Award nominations (including Best Actor and Best Actress for its two leads, and Best Picture). Author Segal wrote a sequel called "Oliver's Story".
7. This 1920 novel by D.H. Lawrence tells the stories of sisters Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen, and was pilloried by critics for being lewd and obscene. What is this modern classic?

Answer: Women in Love

Lawrence's previous book (to which "Women in Love" was a sequel) was "The Rainbow", and the United Kingdom prohibited it from being sold, due to its sexuality, for eleven years. Lawrence's reputation while alive was generally negative--he was thought of as a purveyor of pornography--but since his death in 1930 he's attained status as a great artist and his works (including "Lady Chatterly's Lover") have become classics.
8. A song by Robert Burns, Scotland's national bard, begins "O my Luve's like a _____/ That's newly sprung in June". What fills in the blank?

Answer: Red, red rose

The final stanza of this romantic verse is "And fare thee weel, my only Luve/ And fare thee weel, a while!/ And I will come again, my Luve,/ Tho' it were ten thousand mile." The song was written in 1794.
9. A 2002 novel by Alice Sebold tells the tale of Susie Salmon, who is raped and murdered and who watches from the Afterlife as her friends and family go on with their lives. What was this surprise hit?

Answer: The Lovely Bones

The book sold over a million copies and stayed on the "New York Times" list for over a year in hardcover. In December of 2009, the film version (directed by "The Lord of the Rings" auteur Peter Jackson) was released and garnered mixed reviews, though actor Stanley Tucci received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor in his role as rapist and murderer George Harvey.
10. Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for this 1987 novel, the story of the slave Sethe, her daughter Denver, and Paul D., the ex-slave who tries to make a normal life with the women. What is this book?

Answer: Beloved

"Beloved" is both the name of the novel and the name of the mysterious woman who may be the reincarnation of Sethe's oldest daughter, whom the slave woman murdered to keep from falling into the hands of her former master. The book is incredibly powerful and in 2006 a panel of writers and critics named it the best American novel of the previous 25 years, beating out "Underworld" and "Blood Meridian".
Source: Author john_sunseri

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