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Pulitzer-Winning Fiction Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of these popular authors.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
52,541

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
902

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This author won the Prize for 'A Bell for Adano'. Hint

John Cheever

John Steinbeck

John Hersey

John Updike

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Question 2 of 10

2. Another prize winner was 'Andersonville'. Who wrote it? Hint

Thornton Wilder

Booth Tarkington

Nat Styron

MacKinlay Kantor

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Question 3 of 10

3. Ernest Hemingway won the Prize for which of these novels? Hint

'For Whom The Bell Tolls'

'The Sun Also Rises'

'A Farewell to Arms'

'The Old Man and the Sea'

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote 'The Yearling'? Hint

Marjorie Kinnans Rawlings

Alice Walker

Pearl Buck

Edna Ferber

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who won the award for 'A Death in the Family'? Hint

William Faulkner

Thomas Wolfe

James Agee

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Question 6 of 10

6. James Michener won the prize for: Hint

'Tales of the South Pacific'

'Centennial'

'Caravans'

'The Drifters'

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Question 7 of 10

7. Sinclair Lewis won the prize for: Hint

'Main Street'

'It Can't Happen Here'

'Babbitt'

'Arrowsmith'

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Question 8 of 10

8. Herman Wouk won the prize for which of these novels? Hint

'Youngblood Hawke'

'The Winds of War'

'Marjorie Morningstar'

'The Caine Mutiny'

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote 'Advise and Consent'? Hint

Fletcher Knebel

Robert Penn Warren

William Lederer

Allen Drury

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'The Fixer' also won the prize. Who was the author? Hint

Sholom Aleichem

Bernard Malamud

Isaac Bashevis Singer

Saul Bellow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author won the Prize for 'A Bell for Adano'.

Answer: John Hersey

Cheever won for his short stories. Updike won for some of his 'Rabbit' books. Steinbeck won for 'Grapes of Wrath'.

2. Another prize winner was 'Andersonville'. Who wrote it?

Answer: MacKinlay Kantor

Wilder won for 'Bridge of San Luis Rey'. Styron won for 'Nat Turner's Rebellion'. Tarkington won more than once.

3. Ernest Hemingway won the Prize for which of these novels?

Answer: 'The Old Man and the Sea'

Interesting life.

4. Who wrote 'The Yearling'?

Answer: Marjorie Kinnans Rawlings

Walker won for 'The Color Purple'. Buck won for 'The Good Earth'. Ferber won for 'So Big'.

5. Who won the award for 'A Death in the Family'?

Answer: James Agee

Awarded posthumously, I believe.

6. James Michener won the prize for:

Answer: 'Tales of the South Pacific'

Early adventures in his life.

7. Sinclair Lewis won the prize for:

Answer: 'Arrowsmith'

Dominant American writer early in the twentieth century.

8. Herman Wouk won the prize for which of these novels?

Answer: 'The Caine Mutiny'

Highly readable writer.

9. Who wrote 'Advise and Consent'?

Answer: Allen Drury

Warren won for 'All the King's Men'.

10. 'The Fixer' also won the prize. Who was the author?

Answer: Bernard Malamud

Bellow won for 'Humboldt's Gift'.

Source: Author robert362

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