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Very Easy Author! Author! Quiz | 10 Questions | Literature

I will give you three famous works by various authors, all you have to do is identify them.

A multiple-choice quiz by lumber78006. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
lumber78006

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
333,803

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

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2258

Last 3 plays: Guest 99 (10/10), Guest 174 (10/10), Jane57 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What American legal thriller author wrote the following?

"The Firm", "The Client", "The Pelican Brief"
Hint

Herman Wouk

John Grisham

John Irving

Edith Wharton

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Question 2 of 10

2. "The Raven", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Annabel Lee"

What American author do these belong to?

Hint

Benjamin Franklin

Washington Irving

Cotton Mather

Edgar Allan Poe

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Question 3 of 10

3. What American writer wrote these?

"Charlotte's Web", "Stuart Little", "Here is New York"

Hint

E.B. White

Edith Wharton

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Anne Bradstreet

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Question 4 of 10

4. "The Glass Menagerie", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

These belong to what American playwright? Hint

Tennessee Williams

Jonathan Edwards

Washington Irving

Thorton Wilder

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Question 5 of 10

5. What American author and humorist wrote the following?

"The Prince and the Pauper", "Life on the Mississippi", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Hint

Zane Grey

Samuel Clemens

O. Henry

Robert Penn Warren

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Carrie", "It", "Pet Sematary"

These are popular works by what American author?

Answer: (First and last name, or last name only)

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Question 7 of 10

7. "The Lost World", "Jurassic Park", "Disclosure"

What American author and producer do these belong to? Hint

Herman Melville

James Michener

Michael Crichton

Mario Puzo

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which American author wrote these classics?

"Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "A History of New York" Hint

Washington Irving

Larry McMurtry

Tennessee Williams

Thomas Paine

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Question 9 of 10

9. "The Deerslayer", "The Prairie", "The Last of the Mohicans"

What popular American writer wrote these? Hint

Robert Frost

E. E. Cummings

Sinclair Lewis

James Fenimore Cooper

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Question 10 of 10

10. What American novelist wrote the following?

"Moby Dick", "Billy Budd", "Typee" Hint

Joel Chandler Harris

Robert Penn Warren

Anne Tyler

Herman Melville

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What American legal thriller author wrote the following? "The Firm", "The Client", "The Pelican Brief"

Answer: John Grisham

Other well-known books by John Grisham are "A Time to Kill" and "Runaway Jury".

2. "The Raven", "The Pit and the Pendulum", "Annabel Lee" What American author do these belong to?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

Poe released his first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems" in 1827 while enlisted in the U.S. Army.

3. What American writer wrote these? "Charlotte's Web", "Stuart Little", "Here is New York"

Answer: E.B. White

White was awarded an honorary Pulitzer Prize in 1978 for his achievements in literature. He also worked for "Harper's Magazine" for five years from 1938-43.

4. "The Glass Menagerie", "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" These belong to what American playwright?

Answer: Tennessee Williams

Born Thomas Lanier Williams, he changed his name to the state in which his father was born, "Tennessee". Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, the first for "A Streetcar Named Desire" and the second for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".

5. What American author and humorist wrote the following? "The Prince and the Pauper", "Life on the Mississippi", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Answer: Samuel Clemens

Of course his most popular pen name was Mark Twain; he also wrote humorous summaries under the pen name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.

6. "Carrie", "It", "Pet Sematary" These are popular works by what American author?

Answer: Stephen King

In 1999, King was walking on the shoulder of the road, reading a book in Lovell, Maine, when he was struck by a minivan from behind. He was hospitalized for multiple injuries, including a badly broken leg. The driver of the minivan was distracted by a dog in the back of the vehicle.

7. "The Lost World", "Jurassic Park", "Disclosure" What American author and producer do these belong to?

Answer: Michael Crichton

In 1994, Michael Crichton achieved the unusual status of having a number one movie, "Jurassic Park", a number one TV show, "ER", and his book, "Disclosure", number one on the best sellers list.

8. Which American author wrote these classics? "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "A History of New York"

Answer: Washington Irving

The city of Irving, Texas (a suburb of Dallas) acknowledges Washington Irving for the town's name. Apparently the co-founders of Irving, Otis Brown and J.O. Schulze, decided to name the city after Otis Brown's wife's favorite author.

9. "The Deerslayer", "The Prairie", "The Last of the Mohicans" What popular American writer wrote these?

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper

Cooper enrolled at Yale at the young age of 13, but did not receive a degree due to being expelled for engaging in a couple of pranks. The first prank included him blowing up a student's door, and the second was teaching a donkey to sit in the professor's chair.

10. What American novelist wrote the following? "Moby Dick", "Billy Budd", "Typee"

Answer: Herman Melville

In 2010, an extinct species of sperm whale fossil was discovered. The paleontologists were all "Moby Dick" fans and named the new discovery after Melville. The physeteroid whale fossil was found in Cerro Colorado, Peru and "Livyatan melvillei" are the genus and species names.

Source: Author lumber78006

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