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Quiz about Works of Joyce Carol Oates
Quiz about Works of Joyce Carol Oates

Works of Joyce Carol Oates Trivia Quiz


A quiz about one of America's greatest living authors.

A multiple-choice quiz by HeathMor. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
HeathMor
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
305,263
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
176
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Joyce Carol Oates's first novel was "Them".


Question 2 of 10
2. What novel did Joyce Carol Oates say was a mix of her mother's and her own biography? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This "sprawling gothic" novel tells the story of a family and its haunted manor, which is destroyed in the end. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This Oates novel features a young man who is the only survivor of the day his father decides to kill his family. It follows the young man through his adoption to his practice as a doctor. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This novel features a white female college student who falls in love with a brilliant African American philosophy major in the 1970s. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What Joyce Carol Oates work features a girl from a family of migrant farmers who eventually marries a rich man? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This Joyce Carol Oates novel is a fictional biography of the life of Marilyn Monroe. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This Oates novel is about incest between a niece and uncle. Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This Joyce Carol Oates title is taken from a Stephen Crane poem. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Not just a novelist, Oates has also written plays, short stories, novellas, poetry, essays, criticisms, children's stories and young adult novels.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Joyce Carol Oates's first novel was "Them".

Answer: false

Her first novel was "With Shuddering Falls."
2. What novel did Joyce Carol Oates say was a mix of her mother's and her own biography?

Answer: Marya: A Life

Following a young lady from childhood molestation, to leaving her past behind.
3. This "sprawling gothic" novel tells the story of a family and its haunted manor, which is destroyed in the end.

Answer: Bellefleur

Oates said this novel consumed her until it was written.
4. This Oates novel features a young man who is the only survivor of the day his father decides to kill his family. It follows the young man through his adoption to his practice as a doctor.

Answer: Wonderland

This novel is proof that JCO can convincingly write characters which are not based on her own life.
5. This novel features a white female college student who falls in love with a brilliant African American philosophy major in the 1970s.

Answer: I Will Take You There

Where she will take you: to the grave.
6. What Joyce Carol Oates work features a girl from a family of migrant farmers who eventually marries a rich man?

Answer: Garden of Earthly Delights

Oates reworked this early novel, which was based loosely on the story of her grandfather.
7. This Joyce Carol Oates novel is a fictional biography of the life of Marilyn Monroe.

Answer: Blonde

Oates also wrote a short story about two college girls who spotted Monroe in the famous NY bookstore, "The Strand".
8. This Oates novel is about incest between a niece and uncle.

Answer: You Must Remember This

Although Oates is generally disturbing to me, this book so disturbed me I couldn't finish reading it.
9. This Joyce Carol Oates title is taken from a Stephen Crane poem.

Answer: Because it is Bitter and Because it is My Heart

These lines are taken from Crane's "In the Desert."
10. Not just a novelist, Oates has also written plays, short stories, novellas, poetry, essays, criticisms, children's stories and young adult novels.

Answer: true

Oates has published over 30 collections of short stories.
Source: Author HeathMor

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