Profiles of Famous Writers Quiz Quiz Questions

1. Ernest Hemingway revised his book A Farewell to Arms this many times:

A 12 B 25 C 39 D 75

2. Which writer once ran for president of Peru?

A Octavio Paz B Paolo Coelho C Mario Vargas Llosa D Pablo Neruda

3. Which of these novelists is from the American South?

A Washington Irving B Charles Dickens C William Faulkner D Ernest Hemingway

4. In what country was J.R.R. Tolkien born?

A Scotland B South Africa C England D the United States

5. A.A. Milne’s initials stand for:

A Aloysius Arnold B Arthur Ainsey C Agatha Agamben D Alan Alexander

6. Which of these authors did not write science-fiction novels?

A Arthur C. Clarke B Samuel Delaney C Isaac Asimov D Agatha Christie

7. Which Russian writer lived in exile from 1974 to 1994?

A Leo Tolstoy B Vladimir Nabokov C Aleksandr Pushkin D Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

8. Which of these authors is not from Africa?

A Edgar Rice Burroughs B Alan Paton C Chinua Achebe D Naguib Mahfouz

9. Jorge Luis Borges was a famous writer from what country?

A Argentina B Russia C Estonia D the United States