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Mark Twain - wasn't he the guy who wrote about Harry Potter? Or maybe not - here are some authors and characters looking to find each other.
22 Character Creators quizzes and 294 Character Creators trivia questions.
1.
  Six Characters in Search of an Author   great trivia quiz  
Classification Quiz
 24 Qns
Match the character to their author
Avid readers required! Here are 4 authors & 24 characters. We need to sort out which 6 characters belong to William Shakespeare, which 6 to Charles Dickens, which to Stephen King & which to John Grisham. Movie goers might also give this a shot. Good luck
Easier, 24 Qns, Chavs, Nov 22 23
Easier
Chavs gold member
Nov 22 23
659 plays
2.
  Who Created Me? #3   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
I'll name a few characters, you pick the author who created them.
Easier, 25 Qns, agony, Dec 20 22
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Easier
agony editor
Dec 20 22
524 plays
3.
  Match the Character to the Author   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Over the years, many talented authors have crafted a variety of impressive characters, heroes, villains and others. How well do you remember ten of them? Enjoy!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, DeepHistory, Nov 10 16
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Very Easy
DeepHistory gold member
1995 plays
4.
  Novelist Walks Into A Bar...   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
At a swanky hotel in the big city, The Literary Society has arranged for key characters from fiction to meet the authors that created them. Embrace this unlikely scenario and detect the clues that identify the required novelist or the character.
Easier, 10 Qns, 1nn1, Dec 01 18
Easier
1nn1 gold member
Dec 01 18
835 plays
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  Match the Character to the Author #2    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Welcome to my second "Match the Character to the Author" quiz. As in the first installment, you are given ten literary characters and you have to correctly match them to the authors who created them. Enjoy!
Easier, 10 Qns, DeepHistory, Nov 19 16
Easier
DeepHistory gold member
1750 plays
6.
  Who Created The Character?   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Sometimes the popularity of a literary character is bolstered by that character's appearance in media other than books. How many authors can you identify from their creations and the people who portrayed them?
Easier, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Mar 16 19
Easier
FatherSteve gold member
Mar 16 19
713 plays
7.
  Characters in Search of an Author   popular trivia quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the author with the character he/she created.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, nyirene330, Aug 25 18
Very Easy
nyirene330
Aug 25 18
874 plays
8.
  Who Created Me? #2   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
I'll name a few literary characters, and you pick the author who created them.
Tough, 25 Qns, agony, Apr 19 23
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Tough
agony editor
Apr 19 23
2892 plays
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  Characters And Their Creators 4    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I will give you a clue to a literary character. All you have to do is identify the author who created the character in question.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Spontini, Jan 21 20
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Very Easy
Spontini
Jan 21 20
831 plays
10.
  Characters and Their Creators    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I will usually give you a clue to a literary character but sometimes I may mention the character directly. All you have to do is select the author who created the character in question.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Spontini, Dec 06 19
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Very Easy
Spontini
Dec 06 19
781 plays
11.
  Characters And Their Creators 3    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I will give you a clue to a literary character. All you have to do is identify the author who created the character in question.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Spontini, Jan 16 20
Very Easy
Spontini
Jan 16 20
657 plays
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  Literary Characters and Their Creators 6    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I will give you a clue to a literary character. All you have to do is identify the author who created the character in question.
Easier, 10 Qns, Spontini, Feb 27 20
Easier
Spontini
Feb 27 20
703 plays
13.
  Characters And Their Creators 2    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I will usually give you a clue to a literary character but sometimes I may mention the character directly. All you have to do is select the author who created the character in question.
Very Easy, 10 Qns, Spontini, Dec 15 19
Recommended for grades: 10,11,12
Very Easy
Spontini
Dec 15 19
745 plays
14.
  Pick of the Literate    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match the author with the character he/she created.
Easier, 10 Qns, nyirene330, Nov 02 19
Easier
nyirene330
Nov 02 19
623 plays
15.
  Characters And Their Creators 5    
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
I will give you a clue to a literary character. All you have to do is identify the author who created the character in question.
Easier, 10 Qns, Spontini, Jan 29 20
Easier
Spontini
Jan 29 20
615 plays
16.
  Who Created Me?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
I'll name a few literary characters, you pick the author who created them.
Tough, 25 Qns, agony, May 27 19
Recommended for grades: 9,10,11,12
Tough
agony editor
May 27 19
2247 plays
17.
  Literary Characters    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I name the literary character - you identify the author who created it.
Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Feb 25 22
Average
robert362
Feb 25 22
6330 plays
18.
  Which Author Made This Character?    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
Here's how this quiz works: I give you a character with an interesting name, and you tell me which author created him or her. Have fun!
Average, 25 Qns, peptidoglycan, Mar 21 11
Average
peptidoglycan
4434 plays
19.
  Favorite Characters    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many popular authors have a recurring character in two or more books. Let's see how many characters you can match with the author who created them.
Average, 10 Qns, insanity22186, Feb 25 22
Average
insanity22186
Feb 25 22
572 plays
20.
  Who?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Each question refers to the works of a great writer. You just have to identify the character.
Difficult, 10 Qns, EnglishJedi, May 27 13
Difficult
EnglishJedi gold member
345 plays
21.
  Name the Writer    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I'll give you some characters' names - you tell me who wrote about them.
Difficult, 10 Qns, gunstone, Jun 29 07
Difficult
gunstone
1130 plays
22.
  Which Author Made Me Who I Am?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I give you the name and description of a character and their situation and you give me the name of the author that created and/or wrote about that character. The final question only supplies the name.
Average, 10 Qns, REfan76, Jan 08 04
Average
REfan76
1490 plays

Character Creators Trivia Questions

1. Tess Durbeyfield, Angel Clare, Michael Henchard, Jude Fawley. Which Victorian English writer gave us these characters?

From Quiz
Who Created Me? #3

Answer: Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928). His fictional county of Wessex was a pretty grim place - not for him the sentimental optimism of a Charles Dickens. Tess and Angle Clare come from "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" (1891), Micheal Henchard is "The Mayor of Casterbridge" (1886) and Jude Fawley is "Jude the Obscure" (1895).

2. Charlotte Lucas is the best friend of which Jane Austen character?

From Quiz Who?

Answer: Elizabeth Bennet

Charlotte Lucas features in "Pride & Prejudice". She eventually marries William Collins, a man whose proposal of marriage had been rejected by Charlotte's best friend, Elizabeth Bennet.

3. Jack Reacher - He travels wherever his services are required. He travels with nothing more than a toothbrush. Who is the best-selling author who created Jack Reacher?

From Quiz Favorite Characters

Answer: Lee Child

This character who is a former career military police officer in the U.S. Army. When his clothes need laundering, he simply buys new ones.

4. Adam Trask, Kino, Mack, Tom Joad, and Rosasharn.

From Quiz Who Created Me? #2

Answer: John Steinbeck

Hollywood seems to have an affinity for the novels of John Steinbeck - just a quick check finds movies made from - "The Pearl" (1948), "Of Mice and Men" (at least twice, 1981 and 1992, with the '92 Gary Sinise/John Malkovich version being top-notch), "East of Eden" (1955 with James Dean, and a 1982 mini-series), "Cannery Row" (1982 - a bit oddly done, but with some great bits) "Tortilla Flat" (1942, with Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr), and John Ford's 1940 masterpiece, "The Grapes of Wrath".

5. Guy Crouchback, Charles Ryder, Sebastian Flyte, and Tony Last.

From Quiz Who Created Me?

Answer: Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966) is perhaps most famous for "Brideshead Revisited" (1945), but my personal favorite is the World War II trilogy, "Men at Arms" (1952), "Officers and Gentlemen"(1955), and "Unconditional Surrender" (1961). These books follow Guy Crouchback through the war, from "phony war", to the Commandos, the invasion of Crete, Yugoslavia, and back to England. They are both enormously funny and very moving.

6. Urho Hietanen, Vilho Koskela and Antero Rokka.

From Quiz Name the Writer

Answer: Vainö Linna

All three are found in Linna's great collective epic of the last Finnish-Russian war, "Unknown Soldier" (1954). Waltari, Saarikoski and Tikkanen are other Finnish writers.

7. Fang, Nana Mama, Brianna Stone, Lindsay Boxer. Which bestselling American author created these characters?

From Quiz Who Created Me? #3

Answer: James Patterson

James Patterson (1947 -) is something of a novel-writing powerhouse. He has several book series, four or five of which have more (some many more) than a dozen novels in them. He frequently collaborates with other writers on his books, which one can assume helps in keeping up the prodigious output. In my opinion, his work suffers from what you could call "series fatigue", where, by about the sixth book in a series, anything interesting or original in the characters or their situation has become smoothed down to a generic blandness. He is by no means the only author to which this has happened. Fang is from the "Maximum Ride" series, while Nana Mama and Brianna Stone are from "Alex Cross". Lindsay Boxer is from the "Women's Murder Club" series.

8. Which Charles Dickens character benefits from the goodwill of a escaped convict named Abel Magwitch?

From Quiz Who?

Answer: Philip Pirrip

The orphan Philip Pirrip, nicknamed 'Pip', is the protagonist in "Great Expectations". Pip travels to London to become a gentleman under the assumption that his benefactor is Miss Havisham, and he is shocked when he eventually discovers the truth.

9. Dirk Pitt - He is the Director of NUMA (National Underwater Marine Association). Who is the well-travelled author who created this green-eyed hero? He is an avid collector and restorer of old cars.

From Quiz Favorite Characters

Answer: Clive Cussler

This hero obviously loves the sea and all its wonders. The hero is married to a member of the US Congress.

10. Rachael Robinson, Sheila Tubman, Margaret Simon, and Fudge.

From Quiz Who Created Me? #2

Answer: Judy Blume

When Judy Blume started writing in the early seventies, children's books did not often address such topics as divorce, death, racism and sexuality. Blume consistently pushes the boundary of which subjects should be "taboo" in books aimed at children and teens, and she has paid a price for it. Her books are often censored by parent groups, and banned by school libraries. The response of the children themselves, however, is more positive. Judy Blume's books are still very popular, although some are more than thirty years old. She has written a book, "Letters to Judy (what your kids wish they could tell you)" (1986), about some of the letters she has received over the years. Again and again, the children write of how they felt that they were alone with their problems, and what a relief it was to find a book about someone going through the same difficulty.

11. Homer Wells, Win Berry, State O' Maine, Jenny Fields, and the Ellen Jamesians.

From Quiz Who Created Me?

Answer: John Irving

John Irving's novels are something like a strip-tease, dancing 'round and 'round the central event, dropping a fact here, an insight there, until finally all is laid bare, and you finally find out what the book is actually about. This is compelling, to some readers; to others, merely irritating.

12. Augie March, Charlie Citrine and Benn B. Crader.

From Quiz Name the Writer

Answer: Saul Bellow

The gentlemen appear in "The Adventures of Augie March" (1953), "Humboldt's Gift" (1975), "More Die of Heartbreak" (1987), respectively. Bellow was Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1976.

13. Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, Gilbert Blythe, Emily Byrd Starr. Which Canadian author wrote about these characters in the early twentieth century?

From Quiz Who Created Me? #3

Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942) was born in Prince Edward Island, where most of her stories are set. "Anne of Green Gables" (1908), the most famous, was successful from the start, and Montgomery just kept on writing her PEI stories until her death. The Cuthberts and Gilbert are from "Anne of Green Gables", while Emily Starr is the main character of a trilogy of her own, starting with "Emily of New Moon".

14. Which baseball-loving Ernest Hemingway character has an apprentice named Manolin?

From Quiz Who?

Answer: Santiago

Santiago is the titular character in Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Old Man and the Sea". Santiago is considered so unlucky that Manolin's parents insist that he goes fishing with more successful fishermen. Manolin still visits Santiago, though, bringing food and discussing baseball with him.

15. Stephanie Plum - Who is the best selling writer who created a unique bounty hunter, employed by "Cousin Vinny"?

From Quiz Favorite Characters

Answer: Janet Evanovich

Stephanie has unbelievably bad luck with her cars blowing up, but she always has Lulu as her back-up partner.

16. Ashenden, Philip Carey, Mildred Rogers, and Larry Darrell.

From Quiz Who Created Me? #2

Answer: Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) travelled widely throughout his lifetime, and much of his fiction, especially the short stories, is set in the hot and steamy corners of the British Empire. His short stories are in my opinion very good, very atmospheric, often with a twist in the plot. His own opinion of his talents was that he stood "in the very first row of the second-raters" (from his autobiography "The Summing Up" 1938).

17. Janet Sandison, Twice Alexander, George, Tom, and Friends.

From Quiz Who Created Me?

Answer: Jane Duncan

"Jane Duncan" is the pen-name of Elizabeth Jane Cameron (1910 - 1976). When the first novel in her "Friends" series, "My Friends the Miss Boyds", (1959), was accepted by her publisher, she revealed that she had six more finished novels waiting. The first three or four of these novels have such a fresh and engaging tone, that it's impossible not to like them. Further on, things get darker in the life of her heroine Janet Sandison, paralleling the events in Duncan's own life, but by that time, you have come to know and care so much about the characters that you must keep reading. The last of the books "My Friends George and Tom", was published in 1976.

18. Johan Nilsen Nagel, Thomas Glahn and Isak SellanrÄ.

From Quiz Name the Writer

Answer: Knut Hamsun

Heroes of "Mysteries", "Pan" and "Growth of the Soil", the last of which earned him the Nobel Prize. Hamsun was a pioneer of the modern novel, and his heroes - at least in early works - are erratic and distressed figures. Ibsen, Undset and Sandemose are other Norwegian writers.

19. Which Tennessee Williams character is accused of statutory rape with a 16-year old named Charlotte Goodall?

From Quiz Who?

Answer: T. Lawrence Shannon

Former minister T. Lawrence Shannon is the central character in "The Night of the Iguana". Having earlier been institutionalized with a nervous breakdown after being locked out of his church for describing God as a senile delinquent during a sermon, Shannon is working as a tour guide in Mexico when he is accused of statutory rape with one of his tour group.

20. Hercule Poirot - Who is the prolific writer whose little gray cells created this precise little Belgian?

From Quiz Favorite Characters

Answer: Agatha Christie

This author wrote many books but this character is definitely one of her most popular.

21. Jacqueline Kirby, Vicky Bliss, Amelia Peabody, and Ramses.

From Quiz Who Created Me? #2

Answer: Elizabeth Peters

This woman is a very prolific writer. As Elizabeth Peters she writes the Amelia Peabody series, set in Victorian Egypt; the Jacqueline Kirby series, following the adventures of her librarian-turned-romance writer heroine; and the Vicky Bliss series, in which the main character is an art historian. She also has written a good handful of non-series novels. As Barbara Michaels, she has written a long list of what could best be described as modern Gothic romances, with lots of haunted houses and people being possessed by ghosts from the past. And, in her own character, Dr. Mertz is a published Egyptologist.

22. Buck, Perrault, Martin Eden, and Wolf Larsen.

From Quiz Who Created Me?

Answer: Jack London

Any reader of Jack London won't be surprised to learn that, as a boy, he had a great enthusiasm for dime novels, adventures, and romances of all kinds. He stated that Ouida's "Signa" "had done more to shape his career than any other single influence."

23. Rabo Karabekian, Billy Pilgrim and Walter Starbuck.

From Quiz Name the Writer

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut

Heroes of "Bluebeard", "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "The Children's Crusade", "A Duty-Dance with Death" and "Jailbird".

24. The elderly Mrs Moore is a companion to which E. M. Forster character?

From Quiz Who?

Answer: Adela Quested

Adela Quested, a British schoolmistress, is the protagonist in Forster's classic "A Passage to India". She travels to the sub-continent in the days of the Raj to meet Mrs. Moore's son, a possible husband. An assault accusation and the subsequent trial highlight the prejudices and racial tensions of the time.

25. Carmen Sternwood, Moose Malloy, Joe Brody, and Philip Marlowe.

From Quiz Who Created Me? #2

Answer: Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler novels have been made into some of the best film noir classics out of Hollywood - "The Big Sleep" with Humphrey Bogart (1946), "Farewell my Lovely" with Robert Mitchum (1944), and even 1973's "The Long Goodbye", with Elliot Gould. Chandler also wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for other noir classics "Double Indemnity" (1944) "The Blue Dahlia" (1946) and "Strangers on a Train" (1951).

26. George Smiley, Leamas, Karla, and "the Cousins".

From Quiz Who Created Me?

Answer: John Le Carre

The end of the Cold War put a bit of a crimp in John Le Carre's style, but he was able to find other subject matter, in such books as "The Little Drummer Girl" (1983), and "The Tailor of Panama"(1996).

27. Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, Pulkheria Alexandrovna, Alexei Ivanovitch.

From Quiz Name the Writer

Answer: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

From "The Idiot", "Crime and Punishment", and "The Gambler". This last novel was, by the way, written in one month in the midst of working with "Crime and Punishment" - Dostoyevsky had betted he could do it..

28. Which George Orwell character has a girlfriend named Rosemary Waterlow and a sister called Julia?

From Quiz Who?

Answer: Gordon Comstock

Gordon Comstock is sure that his girlfriend (Rosemary) would love him more if he were richer in "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", Orwell's social criticism of society's obsession with money. Julia is Comstock's sister, and it is also the name of Winston Smith's love interest in "1984".

29. Oliver Stone - Who is the author whose creative mind developed a series of novels about a character who lives in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.?

From Quiz Favorite Characters

Answer: David Baldacci

Oliver is a member of The Camel Club which routinely tackles crime in the political center of America.

30. Bob Dollar, Quoyle, Aunt Agnis, and an accordion.

From Quiz Who Created Me? #2

Answer: Annie Proulx

Annie Proulx' best known novel is "The Shipping News" (1993) which won the National Book Award and the Irish Times Fiction Prize, but in my opinion, 2002's "That Old Ace in the Hole", set in the Texas Panhandle, is just as good a book. Her trademarks are quirky characters, a strong sense of place, and a characteristic stark compassion which underlies all her work.

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