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Quiz about The Works Of Cormac McCarthy
Quiz about The Works Of Cormac McCarthy

The Works Of Cormac McCarthy Trivia Quiz


A few brief questions on the life and works of one of the greatest masters of the written word.

A multiple-choice quiz by kingban. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
kingban
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
307,266
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
256
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Question 1 of 10
1. In what US state was Cormac Mccarthy born? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Who is the eponymous 'Orchard Keeper?' Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 'In Outer Dark,' Rinthy sets out to find what? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What is the name of John Grady Cole's lover in 'All The Pretty Horses'? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In 'Blood Meridian,' when The Kid visits Los Angeles which two former accomplices does he witness hanged? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In 'The Road,' what time do the clocks stop? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. At the end of 'Suttree,' what is the fate of the 'City Rat' Gene Haroogate? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What does Chigurh do to Carla-Jean Moss at the end of 'No Country For Old Men'? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which is Cormac McCarthy's shortest novel? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which one of these events does not occur in the first chapter of 'Blood Meridian'? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In what US state was Cormac Mccarthy born?

Answer: Rhode Island

Born in Providence, July 20th 1933 and moved to Knoxsville, Tennessee four years later. He is the third of six children with two brothers and three sisters.
2. Who is the eponymous 'Orchard Keeper?'

Answer: Uncle Ather

'These six years past it had served as a crypt which the old man kept and guarded.'
Uncle Ather eventually reacts to the encroachment of technology and man upon his mountainous plot of land with disastrous consequences.
3. 'In Outer Dark,' Rinthy sets out to find what?

Answer: Her baby

Those of you who have read the book will know the search doesn't exactly go to plan. She also seeks out medical attention but it is not the catalyst of her search, indeed it is for the pains suffered from the birth. She receives good fortune while her brother is, of course, a constant victim of ill-fortune.
4. What is the name of John Grady Cole's lover in 'All The Pretty Horses'?

Answer: Alejandra

Played by Penelope Cruz in the poor film version of the novel. Incidentally, the third and final installment of the 'Border Trilogy' is rumoured to be in development for a 2012 release.
5. In 'Blood Meridian,' when The Kid visits Los Angeles which two former accomplices does he witness hanged?

Answer: Toadvine and Brown

The Vandiemenlander is skewered to a tree, Bathcat and Glanton both massacred and Tobin is never found.
6. In 'The Road,' what time do the clocks stop?

Answer: 1:17

Incidentally this same number appears in 'No Country For Old Men' as a motel room number in which Chigurh kills the Mexicans.
7. At the end of 'Suttree,' what is the fate of the 'City Rat' Gene Haroogate?

Answer: He is imprisoned

His sister is informed by Suttree where he is and heads off to visit him. Harrogate provides many of the novel's comic moments which include him sexually assaulting a farmer's watermelons and attempting to blow into the vaults of Knoxville's banks by burrowing underneath the city in its vast catacombs.
8. What does Chigurh do to Carla-Jean Moss at the end of 'No Country For Old Men'?

Answer: He shoots her

The Coen Brothers chose not to depict this in detail in the film adaptation of the novel. Don't know why.
9. Which is Cormac McCarthy's shortest novel?

Answer: Child Of God

Comes in at 197 pages with exceptionally short chapters. If you were wondering - 'The Orchard Keeper' is 246, 'Outer Dark' 242 and 'The Road' 307.
10. Which one of these events does not occur in the first chapter of 'Blood Meridian'?

Answer: The Kid spends a night with the Anchorite

This happens at the beginning of Chapter 2.
Source: Author kingban

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