Literature Quiz 38: Books and Authors Quiz

Literature Quiz - Books and Authors Quiz

Here are another set of questions on famous authors and their works. All the authors in this set are born in the month of May.

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1. The 1938 Gothic novel written by Daphne du Maurier was adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock which won Academy Award for Best Picture. Do you know which book we are talking about?

Rebecca
My Cousin Rachel
Jamaica Inn
Frenchman's Creek

2. The 1938 Gothic novel written by Daphne du Maurier was adapted into a film by Alfred Hitchcock which won Academy Award for Best Picture. Do you know which book we are talking about?

Rebecca
My Cousin Rachel
Jamaica Inn
Frenchman's Creek

3. Who is the author of the "Sweet Valley High" series of young adult novels?

Julia Quinn
Suzanne Collins
Francine Pascal
Franklin W Dixon

4. One of the early 20th century's most prominent logicians, this Nobel Laureate has written s three-volume work on the foundations of Mathematics titled "Principia Mathematics". Who is he?

Gunter Grass
Dario Fo
Albert Camus
Bertrand Russel

5. "Divine Comedy" is widely considered as one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Who is the author?

Dante Alighieri
Eugenio Montale
Giuseppe Ungaretti
Giovanni Boccaccio

6. The only writer to have won the National Book Award in both the nonfiction and fiction categories, he was a prominent environmental activist. Name the author who authored "The Snow Leopard" and "Shadow Country"

Richard Powers
Peter Matthiessen
Edward Abbey
Rachel Carson

7. "Island of the Blue Dolphins" which tells the story of a 12-year-old girl named Karana was based on the true story of Juana Maria, who was left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island. Do you know who wrote the book that won the Newbery Medal in 1961?

L Frank Baum
Neil Gaiman
David Walliams
Scott O'Dell

8. This American thriller novelist is best known as the creator of Jason Bourne of The Bourne Trilogy series. Who is he?

Dan Brown
Robert Ludlum
Thomas Harris
Michael Crichton

9. "The Sea Around Us" is a widely acclaimed bestseller by this well-known American marine biologist and conservationist, which won US National Book Award. Her works, including the best-selling "Silent Spring", are credited with the global environmental movement. Who is she?

Rachel Carson
Barbara Kingslover
Mary Hunter Austin
Carl Hiaasen

10. Who is the author of the poetry collection "Leaves of Grass" which was described as obscene for its overt sensuality??

Robert Frost
Edgar Allen Poe
Walt Whitman
W H Auden

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