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Quiz about Overlooked or Forgotten Writers

Overlooked or Forgotten Writers Quiz

Many of the so-called 'masters' seem to have been overlooked recently. See which ones you recognize.

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

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
23,031

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2864

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This author is best known for 'The Way of the World' Hint

Samuel Johnson

Aldous Huxley

Theodore Dreiser

William Congreve

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Question 2 of 10

2. This author wrote many historical works, including a biography of Schiller? Hint

Thomas Carlyle

Daniel Defoe

Edward Bellamy

Anthony Trollope

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Question 3 of 10

3. This author is best known for his biography of Dr. Johnson. Hint

Henry Fielding

James Boswell

Sherwood Anderson

Victor Hugo

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Question 4 of 10

4. One of this writer's key works was 'The Sorrows of Young Werther' Hint

Johann Goethe

Hermann Hesse

Thomas Mann

Anatole France

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Question 5 of 10

5. This author is primarily known for his short stories, including 'Ficciones'. Hint

Miguel De Unamuno

B Traven

Francois Villon

Jorge Luis Borges

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Question 6 of 10

6. This writer is best known for 'The Red and the Black' and 'The Charterhouse of Parma' Hint

Voltaire

Robbe-Grillet

Balzac

Stendhal

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Question 7 of 10

7. This author is perhaps most well-known for 'The Counterfeiters' Hint

Marcel Proust

Gustave Flaubert

Albert Camus

Andre Gide

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Question 8 of 10

8. This Pulitzer Prize winning author wrote "A Death in the Family"? Hint

James Agee

Jonathan Swift

Sinclair Lewis

Henry James

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Question 9 of 10

9. This author, known in part for his plays, also wrote 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey'. Hint

Samuel Beckett

James Joyce

Joseph Conrad

Thornton Wilder

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Question 10 of 10

10. This Nobel Prize winner is best known for 'The Tin Drum'. Hint

Gunter Grass

Erich Maria Remarque

Ignazio Silone

Alexander Pushkin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This author is best known for 'The Way of the World'

Answer: William Congreve

A comedy of the time (1700)

2. This author wrote many historical works, including a biography of Schiller?

Answer: Thomas Carlyle

Defoe did 'Robinson Crusoe'

3. This author is best known for his biography of Dr. Johnson.

Answer: James Boswell

Perhaps he's ONLY known for his bio of Johnson.

4. One of this writer's key works was 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'

Answer: Johann Goethe

Mann did 'Death in {Venice';} Hesse did 'Steppenwolf' and 'Siddhartha'.

5. This author is primarily known for his short stories, including 'Ficciones'.

Answer: Jorge Luis Borges

Modern 20th century writer (South America) with unusual style.

6. This writer is best known for 'The Red and the Black' and 'The Charterhouse of Parma'

Answer: Stendhal

Voltaire did 'Candide'

7. This author is perhaps most well-known for 'The Counterfeiters'

Answer: Andre Gide

Camus did 'The Stranger'; Flaubert did 'Madame Bovary'

8. This Pulitzer Prize winning author wrote "A Death in the Family"?

Answer: James Agee

His most famous work.

9. This author, known in part for his plays, also wrote 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey'.

Answer: Thornton Wilder

Wilder did 'Our Town'

10. This Nobel Prize winner is best known for 'The Tin Drum'.

Answer: Gunter Grass

Remarque wrote the classic 'All Quiet on The Western Front'.

Source: Author robert362

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