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Who Wrote It? Trivia Quiz

You probably have heard of these literary works, or even read them...but can you remember who wrote it?

A multiple-choice quiz by Ferris322. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Ferris322

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
3,835

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
5398

Last 3 plays: mulder100 (9/10), JepRD (10/10), panagos (6/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Hint

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Oscar Wilde

James Joyce

Henry James

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Sun Also Rises Hint

Ernest Hemingway

Charles Dickens

Herman Melville

Richard Peck

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sons and Lovers Hint

D.H. Lawrence

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Sound and the Fury Hint

Virginia Woolf

William Faulkner

Stephen Crane

A.A. Milne

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Question 5 of 10

5. Beloved Hint

Toni Morrison

Christopher Isherwood

Doris Lessing

Joseph Conrad

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Question 6 of 10

6. Native Son Hint

Richard Wright

John Dunne

William Butler Yeats

O.Henry

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Question 7 of 10

7. Pygmalion Hint

Robert Frost

Jean Rhys

George Bernard Shaw

Sinclair Lewis

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Question 8 of 10

8. A Passage to India Hint

Alduous Huxley

J.D. Salinger

Ford Madox Ford

E.M. Forster

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Question 9 of 10

9. O Pioneers! Hint

Edith Sitwell

Maya Angelou

T.S. Eliot

Willa Cather

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Good Earth Hint

Pearl S. Buck

John Steinbeck

Samuel Beckett

Rebecca West

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Most Recent Scores

Sep 22 2026 : mulder100: 9/10
Sep 19 2026 : JepRD: 10/10
Sep 16 2026 : panagos: 6/10
Sep 14 2026 : Guest 108: 4/10
Sep 02 2026 : Guest 172: 6/10
Sep 01 2026 : Guest 107: 5/10
Aug 24 2026 : dee1304: 10/10
Aug 13 2026 : cosechero: 8/10
Aug 11 2026 : spanishliz: 10/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Answer: James Joyce

2. The Sun Also Rises

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

3. Sons and Lovers

Answer: D.H. Lawrence

4. The Sound and the Fury

Answer: William Faulkner

5. Beloved

Answer: Toni Morrison

6. Native Son

Answer: Richard Wright

7. Pygmalion

Answer: George Bernard Shaw

8. A Passage to India

Answer: E.M. Forster

9. O Pioneers!

Answer: Willa Cather

10. The Good Earth

Answer: Pearl S. Buck

Source: Author Ferris322

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Referenced Topics

Literature Mixed Literature Authors and their Works India Ernest Hemingway The Sun William Faulkner Toni Morrison Richard Wright James Joyce George Bernard Shaw Pearl S. Buck

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