Literature Quiz 36

Books and Authors Quiz

These authors are all born on January

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1. Who is the author of "Olive Kitteridge", which one the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Gilbert
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Scott

2. "The Hunting of the Snark" is a poem by an English writer known for his fantasy novel portraying Alice in a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. Can you name the writer?

Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
A A Milne
Lewis Carrol

3. The Foundation series is a science fiction series of books which won the one-time Hugo Award for 'Best All-Time Series' in 1966. Name the famous science fiction writer

HG Wels
Carl Sagan
Isaac Asimov
Jules Verne

4. "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica" , which has been called the single most influential book on physics is written by

Benjamin Franklin
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Richard Feynman

5. This character from a famous children's book was based on the author's son who later became a bookseller. Do you know this character?

Christopher Robin
Greg heffley
Peter Hatcher
Charlie Bucket

6. Name the author of the adventure novel "Journey to the River Sea" which was a finalist for all the major British Children's literary awards and won the Smarties Prize.

Eva Ibbotson
Karolym Keene
Suzanne Collins
Enid Blyton

7. This American author is best known for children's and young adult fiction. Her "Alice" series is listed as one of the most frequently challenged books from 1990-2019 by American Library Association. Who is she?

Katherine Applegate
Judy Blume
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Suzanne Collins

8. The short story, "Friend's Best Man" by this Amercian fantasy fiction writer won the World Fantasy Award and his novel, "Outside the Dog Museum" won the British Fantasy Award. Who is the author?

Brandon Sanderson
Ray Bradbury
Jonathan Carroll
L FrakBaum

9. This English philosopher and statesman has been called the father of empiricism. He was a patron of libraries and developed a system for cataloguing books under three categories – history, poetry, and philosophy. Who is he?

Butrand Russel
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Francis Bacon

10. Who is the author of the popular book "The Call of the Wild", the central character of which is a dog named Buck?

Jack London
George Orwell
James Herriot
Roald Dahl

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