Literature Trivia Quiz
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Literature Trivia Quiz
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1. What author earned his MD in California and practiced medicine for a decade before his breakout novel allowed him to pursue writing full time? The 2003 novel followed the story of a young Afghan boy Amir. We're looking for the name of the author, not the book.

2. Although this Thomas Pynchon novel was considered one of the 'All-Time Greatest 100 Novels' by Time, the 1974 Pulitzer Prize jury on fiction was offended by its content, some of which was described as 'unreadable, overwritten, and obscene.' What is this two-word novel?

3. A 'cranioectomy' on Violet Baudelaire is attempted for a live audience in an operating theater in the eight installment of what morbidly funny series of children's books?

4. Elisha Otis wouldn't approve of the meditation techniques used in Colson Whitehead's novel 'The Intuitionist' to inspect what pieces of infrastructure?

5. What was the profession of Marilyn Monroe's last husband, Arthur Miller, who she divorced in 1961, a year before her death? Miller, meanwhile, did not die for another 44 years when he passed in Connecticut.

6. Bigger Thomas, a young Black man living in poverty in Chicago in the 1930s, is the title character of what novel by Richard Wright?

7. What Shakespearean play, in which two couples wind up marrying, coined a modern day term for an unnecessary dispute?

8. J.K. Rowling is rumored (and has since denied) to have written the first part of 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' on what uncommon writing surface?

9. While promoting his sprawling novel 'Freedom' in 2010, Jonathan Franzen was the first American novelist to appear on the cover of Time magazine since what legendary horror writer in 2000?

10. 'The Cricket on the Hearth' is a holiday novel, not nearly as well known as 'A Christmas Carol,' by what British author?

11. The Nike Literary Award (technically Nagroda Literacka Nike) is one of the most prestigious awards for literature in what European country? Past winners include Wieslaw Mysliwski, Jaroslaw Marek Rymkiewicz, and Karol Modzelewski.

12. What Roman emperor from 161 to 180, who was also a Stoic philosopher, wrote the book 'Meditations?' These self-explorations helped him guide and improve himself, and is used as a tool for leaders to this day.

13. Pierre Bezukhov and Andrei Bolkonsky are both characters in what classic work of European literature? The book was partially released in serial format as 'The Year 1805' and was published in its entirety in 1869.

14. What American author, popularly known by a pseudonym, considered Hartford the most beautiful city in the United States and settled there to write what are considered his bildungsroman masterpieces? Coincidentally, this Missouri-born man lived next door to Harriet Beecher Stowe while in Hartford.

15. The name of which punctuation mark is Greek for 'together?'

16. Presidential candidate Andrew Jarrett uses the slogan 'Make America Great Again' in 'The Parable of the Talents,' a 1998 dystopian novel by what sci-fi author?

17. According to the Harry Potter books, how many total balls are used in a standard Quidditch match?

18. A famous fictional member of the Army Air Forces is Capt. John Yossarian, a 28-year-old World War 2 bombardier in what Joseph Heller satirical novel?

19. In 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,' what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?

20. Typically priced between five and 25 cents, small paperback books sent by mail were extremely popular in the early 20th century and known by what monetary name?

21. You get a book! You get a book! You get a book! For 15 years, starting in 1996, what daytime talk show megastar's book club recommended a total of 70 books leading to total sales of over 55 million copies?

22. What author created the child protagonist who promptly explains his nickname to the reader in the following manner? 'My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip.'

23. Named after a London railway station, what fictional literary bear was originally a stowaway from 'Darkest Peru?'

24. One of the youthful finders of a golden ticket in Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' was a 'great big greedy nincompoop' 9-year-old from the fictional town of Dusselheim, Germany. Who is this?

25. Indian author Vikas Swarup wrote a 2005 novel titled 'Q & A' involving a game show that was (loosely) adapted into a 2008 British film that later won the Academy Award for Best Picture. What was the name of the adaptation?

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