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Authors With Three Names Trivia Quiz

There are many authors who use a full three names. Here are some of them.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
27,643

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2027

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Question 1 of 10

1. This author wrote the autobiographical 'Two Years Before The Mast', detailing his experiences at sea. Hint

Richard Henry Dana

John Greenleaf Whittier

Edgar Lee Masters

John Jacob Astor

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Question 2 of 10

2. This author wrote the controversial 'Black Like Me', which described the actual experiences of a white journalist who tried to pose as a black man. Hint

John Howard Griffin

Edgar Rice Burroughs

William Somerset Maugham

Bruce Jay Friedman

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who wrote 'The Rise of Silas Lapham? Hint

Robert Louis Stevenson

James Fenimore Cooper

William Sydney Porter

William Dean Howells

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who wrote the poem 'Thanatopsis'? Hint

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Arthur Hugh Clough

William Cullen Bryant

Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which philosopher wrote 'On Liberty' and 'Utilitarianism'? Hint

John Maynard Keynes

John Stuart Mill

John Kenneth Galbraith

Charles Sanders Peirce

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'? Hint

Erle Stanley Gardner

Arthur Conan Doyle

Stephen Vincent Benet

William Ernest Henley

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which philosopher collaborated with Bertrand Russell on a mathematical treatise? Hint

Alfred North Whitehead

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

William Alanson White

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which poet wrote 'Sailing to Byzantium' and 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death'? Hint

Percy Bysshe Shelley

William Butler Yeats

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Question 9 of 10

9. Manuscripts of which author have been discovered in the 1990s? Hint

Louisa May Alcott

Katherine Anne Porter

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Anne Morrow

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote 'The Playboy of the Western World'? Hint

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

John Millington Synge

George Bernard Shaw

Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author wrote the autobiographical 'Two Years Before The Mast', detailing his experiences at sea.

Answer: Richard Henry Dana

Masters did 'Spoon River Anthology'. Whittier was a poet.

2. This author wrote the controversial 'Black Like Me', which described the actual experiences of a white journalist who tried to pose as a black man.

Answer: John Howard Griffin

Also a movie starring James Whitmore. Burroughs wrote the 'Tarzan' books.

3. Who wrote 'The Rise of Silas Lapham?

Answer: William Dean Howells

Porter was "O'Henry".

4. Who wrote the poem 'Thanatopsis'?

Answer: William Cullen Bryant

Early American.

5. Which philosopher wrote 'On Liberty' and 'Utilitarianism'?

Answer: John Stuart Mill

The others are also philosophers of some reputation.

6. Who wrote 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'?

Answer: Stephen Vincent Benet

Doyle wrote the 'Sherlock Holmes' stories. Gardner wrote 'Perry Mason'. Henley was a poet; he wrote 'Invictus'.

7. Which philosopher collaborated with Bertrand Russell on a mathematical treatise?

Answer: Alfred North Whitehead

Thoreau and Emerson are from an earlier time. William Alanson White was prominent in the field of psychology.

8. Which poet wrote 'Sailing to Byzantium' and 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death'?

Answer: William Butler Yeats

He was a celebrated author in numerous literary forms.

9. Manuscripts of which author have been discovered in the 1990s?

Answer: Louisa May Alcott

'Lost' manuscripts turned up in the mid 1990s.

10. Who wrote 'The Playboy of the Western World'?

Answer: John Millington Synge

Shaw is a legendary playwright. Sheridan also has some plays to his credit. Rinehart wrote popular mysteries many years ago.

Source: Author robert362

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