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LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:43 pm

Who Created the Literary Classic?


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. The 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
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby fisho mcspaz » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:05 pm

2. George Orwell
3. Charles Dickens
4. John Steinbeck
5. F. Scott Fitzgerald
7. Emily Bronte
8. John Steinbeck
11. William Shakespeare
13. Louisa May Alcott
14. Anna Sewell
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby FattyLumpkin » Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:06 am

12 George Bernard Shaw
17. Victor Hugo
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:37 am

fisho mcspaz wrote:2. George Orwell
3. Charles Dickens
4. John Steinbeck
5. F. Scott Fitzgerald
7. Emily Bronte
8. John Steinbeck
11. William Shakespeare
13. Louisa May Alcott
14. Anna Sewell

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 11:37 am

FattyLumpkin wrote:12 George Bernard Shaw
17. Victor Hugo

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby old moz » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:31 pm

9---ernest hemmingway
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:40 pm

old moz wrote:9---ernest hemmingway

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby Kahuna » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:54 pm

6/ Jonathon Swift
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:28 pm

Kahuna wrote:6/ Jonathon Swift

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby godoubleblues » Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:42 pm

Q20 - Truman Capote
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:50 pm

godoubleblues wrote:Q20 - Truman Capote

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby trev » Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:34 am

1 Thomas More
10 Benjamin Franklin
16 JFK (allegedly)- there are claims it was actually written by his speechwriter!
19 Thornton Wilder
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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:03 pm

trev wrote:1 Thomas More
10 Benjamin Franklin
16 JFK (allegedly)- there are claims it was actually written by his speechwriter!
19 Thornton Wilder

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Re: LITERATURE QUIZ 47

Postby magpie in the 80's » Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:34 pm

magpie in the 80's wrote:Who Created the Literary Classic?


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. The 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


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