LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

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LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:02 pm

NAME THE AUTHORS OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS

1. Utopia
SIR THOMAS MORE
2. 1984
GEORGE ORWELL
3. A Tale of Two Cities
CHARLES DICKENS
4. The Grapes of Wrath
JOHN STEINBECK
5. The Great Gatsby
F SCOTT FITZGERALD
6. Gulliver's Travels
JONATHON SWIFT
7. Wuthering Heights
EMILY BRONTE
8. Of Mice and Men
JOHN STEINBECK
9. Old Man and the Sea
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
10. Poor Richard's Almanack
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
11. The Taming of the Shrew
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
12. Pygmalion
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
13. Little Women
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
14. Black Beauty
ANNA SEWELL
15. Misty of Chincoteague
MARGUERITE HENRY
16. Profiles in Courage
JOHN F. KENNEDY
17. Les Miserables
VICTOR HUGO
18. Oedipus the King
SOPHOCLES
19. Our Town
THORNTON WILDER
20. In Cold Blood
TRUMAN CAPOTE
21. The Telltale Heart
EDGAR ALLAN POE
22. Moby Dick
HERMAN MELVILLE
23. The Inferno
DANTE ALIGHIERI
24. Gone With the Wind
MARGARET MITCHELL
25. To Kill a Mockingbird
HARPER LEE
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby godoubleblues » Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:06 pm

Q2 - george orwell
Q4 - john steinbeck
Q5 - f scott fitzgerald
Q8 - john steinbeck
Q20 - truman capote
Q25 - lee harper
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby skywalker » Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:15 pm

3: Charles Dickens
7: Emily Bronte
9: Ernest Hemingway
13: Louisa May Alcott
18: Sophocles???
22: Henry Melville??? (Someone Melville)
24: Margaret Mitchell
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby FlyingHigh » Wed Nov 25, 2009 2:56 pm

Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:51 pm

godoubleblues wrote:Q2 - george orwell
Q4 - john steinbeck
Q5 - f scott fitzgerald
Q8 - john steinbeck
Q20 - truman capote
Q25 - lee harper...other way round ;)

all correct gdb
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:51 pm

skywalker wrote:3: Charles Dickens
7: Emily Bronte
9: Ernest Hemingway
13: Louisa May Alcott
18: Sophocles???
22: Henry Melville??? (Someone Melville)...herman
24: Margaret Mitchell

all correct sw
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:51 pm

FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby godoubleblues » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:55 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:
FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH


50/50 and I blew it :lol:
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:05 pm

godoubleblues wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:
FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH


50/50 and I blew it :lol:

=)) :)) :lol:
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Re: LIERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby FlyingHigh » Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:41 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:
godoubleblues wrote:
magpie in the 80's wrote:
FlyingHigh wrote:Sorry, gdb....
Q25/ Harper Lee

:-bd FH


50/50 and I blew it :lol:

=)) :)) :lol:


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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby FattyLumpkin » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:53 pm

12. George Bernard Shaw
17 Victor Hugo
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:22 pm

FattyLumpkin wrote:12. George Bernard Shaw
17 Victor Hugo

BOTH CORRECT FL
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby skywalker » Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:28 pm

Taming of the shrew - Shakespeare??
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:56 pm

skywalker wrote:Taming of the shrew - Shakespeare??

To make it easier for me SW please put the QUESTION NUMBER next to your answer ;)

shakespeare is correct
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby skywalker » Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:51 pm

Sorry about that cheif... minor oversight
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:16 am

skywalker wrote:Sorry about that cheif... minor oversight

THANKS ;)
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:35 pm

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby HappyWanderer » Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:49 pm

1 - thomas more
6 - jonathon swift
10 - benjamin franklin
14 - anna sewell
15 - wesley dennis
16 - JFK
19 - thornton wilder
21 - edgar allan poe
23 - dante alighieri
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue Dec 08, 2009 4:48 pm

HappyWanderer wrote:1 - thomas more
6 - jonathon swift
10 - benjamin franklin
14 - anna sewell
15 - wesley dennis [-(
16 - JFK
19 - thornton wilder
21 - edgar allan poe
23 - dante alighieri

all others correct HW
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ NO.44

Postby HappyWanderer » Wed Dec 09, 2009 4:53 pm

15 - marguerite henry
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