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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Quiz

I will give you the author, some characters, and a short plot; you tell me whether the title includes the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these). GOOD, BAD, or UGLY can also be part of a word, as in "Goodbye, Columbus".

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

Author
CzarManx

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
135,427

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1203

Last 3 plays: Chavs (5/10), Guest 86 (7/10), Guest 24 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Author: Pearl Buck -
Characters: Wang Lung, O-lan -
Plot: Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant, rises in society to become a rich landowner, with the help of his wife O-lan.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

None of these

Bad

Good

Ugly

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Question 2 of 10

2. Author: Bertolt Brecht -
Characters: Shen Te, Shui Ta -
Plot: Three gods come to earth looking for shelter, which is given to them by the prostitute Shen Te. The gods give her money for her kindness and Shen Te opens a tobacco shop. Because of her charity, Shen Te loses her money but gains it back by disguising herself as her cousin Shui Ta.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

Good

Ugly

Bad

None of these

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Question 3 of 10

3. An easy one. -
Author: Hans Christian Andersen -
Characters: baby cygnet, duck family
Plot: Cygnet is hatched into a duck family and is made fun of and excluded; however, he grows into a beautiful swan.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

Good

None of these

Bad

Ugly

NEXT>

Question 4 of 10

4. Author: Stephen Crane -
Characters: Henry Fleming -
Plot: The main character has romantic notions of the hero he will become after battle, but instead runs away, as his illusions are destroyed.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

Bad

Ugly

Good

None of these

NEXT>

Question 5 of 10

5. Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Characters: Anthony Patch, Gloria Gilbert, Richard Caramel -
Plot: The marriage of Anthony and Gloria is slowly destroyed by their extravagant lifestyle.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

Good

None of these

Bad

Ugly

NEXT>

Question 6 of 10

6. Author: James Hilton -
Characters: English schoolmaster, his students -
Plot: Shows the life of an English schoolmaster, who, when he begins teaching, is too timid to control the students but eventually becomes a much better teacher.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

Bad

None of these

Ugly

Good

NEXT>

Question 7 of 10

7. Author: Unknown -
Plot: This is a story from "A Thousand and One Nights" about a Baghdad merchant who acquires a great deal of wealth after going on seven adventurous voyages.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

None of these

Good

Bad

Ugly

NEXT>

Question 8 of 10

8. Authors: Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer -
Plot: This is a collection of about 20 stories that show the behavior of Americans abroad in the post WWII era.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

Ugly

Bad

Good

None of these

NEXT>

Question 9 of 10

9. Author: Charles Dickens -
Characters: Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Dr. Manette, the Defarges... -
Plot: Set during the French Revolution, Darnay is accused of treason but is saved in the end by Sidney Carton, who looks exactly like Darnay.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

Ugly

Good

None of these

Bad

NEXT>

Question 10 of 10

10. Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne -
Characters: Brown, Faith -
Plot: Brown takes a nighttime journey in the woods to find his wife at a witches' Sabbath and goes home a changed man.

Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)? Hint

None of these

Bad

Good

Ugly

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Author: Pearl Buck - Characters: Wang Lung, O-lan - Plot: Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant, rises in society to become a rich landowner, with the help of his wife O-lan. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Good

Full Title: "The GOOD Earth"
Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938. Her parents were American missionaries and she lived in China until 1938.

2. Author: Bertolt Brecht - Characters: Shen Te, Shui Ta - Plot: Three gods come to earth looking for shelter, which is given to them by the prostitute Shen Te. The gods give her money for her kindness and Shen Te opens a tobacco shop. Because of her charity, Shen Te loses her money but gains it back by disguising herself as her cousin Shui Ta. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Good

Full Title: "The GOOD Woman of Setzuan"
Brecht is also famous for "The Threepenny Opera", "Mother Courage and Her Children", and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle".

3. An easy one. - Author: Hans Christian Andersen - Characters: baby cygnet, duck family Plot: Cygnet is hatched into a duck family and is made fun of and excluded; however, he grows into a beautiful swan. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Ugly

Full Title: "The UGLY Duckling"
Andersen also wrote "The Little Mermaid".
And what's with the baby swan always being cute in the storybooks and movies? They could at least be true to the story and make him ugly. I guess it wouldn't have sold as well.

4. Author: Stephen Crane - Characters: Henry Fleming - Plot: The main character has romantic notions of the hero he will become after battle, but instead runs away, as his illusions are destroyed. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Bad

Full Title: "The Red BADge of Courage"
Crane is known for his pessimism but also his stark realism.

5. Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald - Characters: Anthony Patch, Gloria Gilbert, Richard Caramel - Plot: The marriage of Anthony and Gloria is slowly destroyed by their extravagant lifestyle. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: None of these

Full Title: "The Beautiful and Damned"
Though they be both beautiful and damned, they are neither good, bad, nor ugly. This was Fitzgerald's partly autobiographical second novel.

6. Author: James Hilton - Characters: English schoolmaster, his students - Plot: Shows the life of an English schoolmaster, who, when he begins teaching, is too timid to control the students but eventually becomes a much better teacher. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Good

Full Title: "GOODbye, Mr. Chips"
This was made into a 1939 movie.

7. Author: Unknown - Plot: This is a story from "A Thousand and One Nights" about a Baghdad merchant who acquires a great deal of wealth after going on seven adventurous voyages. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Bad

Full Title: "SinBAD the Sailor"
He describes his seven voyages to a poor discontented porter named Hindbad.

8. Authors: Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer - Plot: This is a collection of about 20 stories that show the behavior of Americans abroad in the post WWII era. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Ugly

Full Title: "The UGLY American"
This was also made into a movie.

9. Author: Charles Dickens - Characters: Charles Darnay, Sidney Carton, Dr. Manette, the Defarges... - Plot: Set during the French Revolution, Darnay is accused of treason but is saved in the end by Sidney Carton, who looks exactly like Darnay. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: None of these

Full Title: "A Tale of Two Cities"
A good book, but does not include good, bad, or ugly in the title.

10. Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne - Characters: Brown, Faith - Plot: Brown takes a nighttime journey in the woods to find his wife at a witches' Sabbath and goes home a changed man. Does the title include the letters of the word GOOD, BAD, or UGLY (or none of these)?

Answer: Good

Full Title: "Young GOODman Brown"
Hawthorne also wrote "The Scarlet Letter" and "The House of the Seven Gables".

Source: Author CzarManx

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