Literary Figures Trivia Questions
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Who is the subject of the biography subtitled 'The Man Behind Winnie-the-Pooh'?
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a. a. milne
Which author, associated with a green light symbol in 'The Great Gatsby,' is featured on a stamp?
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f. scott fitzgerald
Which author, as a teenager, cut her hair, dressed in boyish clothes, and called herself William Cather?
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willa cather
Who was the poet who later wrote the novel 'The Color Purple'?
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alice walker
Which author, known for writing 'The Great Gatsby,' also wrote amateur musical comedies during his time at Princeton?
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f. scott fitzgerald
In which country did Pearl Buck grow up, where her parents were missionaries?
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china
In a 1996 novel by Jane Mendelsohn, whose voice is adopted, portraying a female aviator stranded on a desert island?
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amelia earhart
Who is the psychoanalyst that wrote the introduction to a 1949 book on Edgar Allan Poe's life and works and died in 1939?
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sigmund freud
Who is the poet, known for writing 'Hiawatha,' who also taught modern languages at Bowdoin College?
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henry wadsworth longfellow
Which author is best known for her books about China and published her 'American Triptych' under the pen name John Sedges?
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pearl s. buck
Which Russian writer described 'The Cherry Orchard' as a comedy and even a farce, though some may argue otherwise?
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anton chekhov
Which author passed away in 1963, the same year his half brother won the Nobel Prize for Physiology?
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aldous huxley
Who is the author whose first novel, 'Burmese Days', was published in 1934?
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george orwell
Which writer authored 'The Murders In The Rue Morgue' shortly after becoming editor of Graham's Magazine?
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edgar allan poe
Which authors early life is fictionalized in 'David Copperfield'?
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charles dickens
Which poet had a grandnephew named Greenleaf Whittier Pickard who invented the crystal detector used in radio?
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john greenleaf whittier
Who is the author that won the Booker Prize for 'Midnight's Children' and had 'The Satanic Verses' nominated but not win?
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salman rushdie
In which country did Joyce Carol Oates teach English from 1967 to 1978 at the University of Windsor?
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canada
Who was the senior editor at Random House and author of the novel 'Beloved'?
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toni morrison
Which 'Little Women' author was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996?
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louisa may alcott
Who did Kipling refer to as 'The finest man I knew' in his poem about a regimental water-carrier?
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gunga din
Who is the author of 'Gone with the Wind' that attended Washington Seminary in Atlanta as a teenager?
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margaret mitchell
Who was the Reuters' Moscow correspondent in the 1930s and served in British Navy intelligence from 1939 to 1945, and whose last name is synonymous with a famous spy character?
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ian fleming
Which author based the character of Tom Sawyer's half-brother Sid on his own younger brother Henry?
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mark twain
Who became the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger in 1835 and wrote 'The Raven'?
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edgar allan poe
Who was the creator of Sherlock Holmes who passed away in July 1930?
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arthur conan doyle
Which author wrote short stories featuring the eccentric McWilliams family, similar to the characters found in Tom Sawyer's adventures?
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mark twain
Who published their first James Bond novel, 'Casino Royale', in 1953?
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ian fleming
Which Russian playwright used the pen names Antosha Chekhonte and Anton Ch.?
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anton chekhov
Who is the author of the novel 'Persuasion' where Anne is convinced not to marry Wentworth?
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jane austen
Which English author adopted a pen name in honor of her long-time friend George Henry Lewes?
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george eliot
Which columnist wrote the 1922 book 'Etiquette: The Blue Book of Social Usage' that sold over half a million copies?
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emily post
Which old woman is believed to have some of her rhymes written by playwright Oliver Goldsmith?
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mother goose
Who called rhyme 'The invention of a barbarous age, to set off...lame meter' in a preface to 'Paradise Lost'?
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john milton
Who is the author of the poetry volume 'Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful' and the novel 'The Color Purple'?
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alice walker
Which author, known for writing 'Candide', wrote his first tragedy, 'Oedipe', as a teenager?
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voltaire
Which author, who wrote 'The Call of the Wild', once stole oysters to survive?
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jack london
Which author, who was born in Philadelphia, wrote about 'Coming of Age in Samoa'?
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margaret mead
Which author, known for writing 'The Deerslayer', took up writing because he was disgusted with the novels of his time and wanted to show he could do better?
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james fenimore cooper
Which author, also known for 'The Life & Death of Mr. Badman', is most famous for writing 'The Pilgrim's Progress'?
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john bunyan
Which English poet, often hailed as the greatest after Shakespeare, wrote the tribute 'On Shakespeare' in 1630?
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john milton
Which poet is known for having visions of angels and dead people and wrote 'Tyger! Tyger! Burning Bright!'?
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william blake
Which younger brother of philosopher William became a British subject a year before he died?
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henry james
Which poet and author spent his last days in a cottage in the Bronx, famously known for the phrase 'quoth the raven'?
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edgar allan poe
Which author, famous for his short stories, was actually from Manhattan, Kansas, and had Damon as his middle name?
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damon runyon
Which writer, known for creating Tarzan, worked as a correspondent for the L.A. Times during WWII?
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edgar rice burroughs
Which French author, known for his work set in Guernsey and having a mistress who lived near Hauteville House, is associated with the term 'miserable'?
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victor hugo
Which author, who faced depression and underwent electroshock therapy, tragically took his own life in Ketchum, Idaho in 1961?
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ernest hemingway
Which lord was described by Lady Caroline Lamb as 'mad, bad and dangerous to know'?
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lord byron
Which macabre writer's possibly haunted house in Baltimore attracts tourists during Halloween?
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edgar allan poe
Which brothers published 'Kinder-und Hausmarchen' in the early 1800s, tales meant for both kids and adults?
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brothers grimm
Which artist's conflicts with Pope Julius II are depicted in 'The Agony and the Ecstasy'?
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michelangelo
Who is the famous author that was injured as an ambulance driver at Fossalta di Piave, Italy on July 8, 1918?
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ernest hemingway
Who is the poet known for the work 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night' and who died at age 39 after years of hard drinking and debauchery?
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dylan thomas
Which Welsh poet wrote the 1954 play 'Under Milkwood', originally created for radio?
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dylan thomas
In the novel 'Go Tell It on the Mountain,' which author is represented by the character John Grimes?
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james baldwin
Which author published his first novel, 'The Dark Arena', in 1955, and later wrote 'The Godfather'?
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mario puzo
Who was the author of 'Silas Marner' whose first biographer was her husband, John Cross?
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george eliot
In which country was the poet Gustaf Froding known for his brooding verse?
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sweden
Which 20th-century author of 'Myra Breckinridge' was the model for Brinker Hadley in John Knowles' 'A Separate Peace'?
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gore vidal
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