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Novelists and Novels Trivia Quiz

I've given you an author in each question - you have to identify which work was NOT written by that individual

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
13,791

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
4867

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (5/10), Guest 24 (10/10), Guest 90 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following is not a work by Sinclair Lewis? Hint

It Can't Happen Here

Main Street

Dodsworth

Winesburg, Ohio

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Question 2 of 10

2. Hermann Hesse wrote all of these except: Hint

Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

Demian

Siddhartha

Steppenwolf

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Question 3 of 10

3. Dostoevsky - which of these is not his? Hint

The Idiot

Notes from the Underground

The Possessed

The Light That Failed

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Question 4 of 10

4. Thomas Hardy did NOT write: Hint

Jude the Obscure

Death in Venice

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Tess of the D'Urbevilles

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Question 5 of 10

5. Hemingway did NOT write which of these? Hint

Tender is the Night

The Sun Also Rises

A Farewell to Arms

The Old Man and the Sea

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following is not a work by William Faulkner? Hint

Absalom, Absalom

Look Homeward, Angel

As I Lay Dying

The Sound and the Fury

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which was not written by Franz Kafka? Hint

The Plague

The Castle

The Trial

The Metamorphosis

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Question 8 of 10

8. Henry James did NOT write which of the following? Hint

Washington Square

Billy Budd

Daisy Miller

The Turn of The Screw

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Question 9 of 10

9. All of the following are works by Charles Dickens except which? Hint

Barnaby Rudge

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Pickwick Papers

Old Curiosity Shop

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Question 10 of 10

10. John Steinbeck did NOT write: Hint

An American Tragedy

Tortilla Flat

Of Mice and men

Travels with Charley

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Apr 23 2024 : Guest 174: 5/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following is not a work by Sinclair Lewis?

Answer: Winesburg, Ohio

Sherwood Anderson wrote "Winesburg".

2. Hermann Hesse wrote all of these except:

Answer: Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque

Poe wrote "Tales".

3. Dostoevsky - which of these is not his?

Answer: The Light That Failed

Kipling wrote "The Light That Failed".

4. Thomas Hardy did NOT write:

Answer: Death in Venice

Thomas Mann wrote "Death in Venice".

5. Hemingway did NOT write which of these?

Answer: Tender is the Night

Fitzgerald wrote "Tender is the Night".

6. Which of the following is not a work by William Faulkner?

Answer: Look Homeward, Angel

Thomas Wolfe wrote "Look Homeward, Angel".

7. Which was not written by Franz Kafka?

Answer: The Plague

Camus wrote "The Plague".

8. Henry James did NOT write which of the following?

Answer: Billy Budd

Melville wrote "Billy Budd".

9. All of the following are works by Charles Dickens except which?

Answer: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Stephen Crane wrote "Maggie".

10. John Steinbeck did NOT write:

Answer: An American Tragedy

Theodore Dreiser wrote "An American Tragedy".

Source: Author robert362

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