Do You Remember the Authors of the Books You Read in High School?

Which author wrote about the Maycomb lawyer Atticus Finch?

Charlotte Bronte

Harper Lee

In 1961, "To Kill a Mockingbird" received a Pulitzer Prize. A sequel called "Go Set a Watchman" was released in 2015.

Jane AUstin

Emily Bronte

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Who wrote "The Great Gatsby," which explores the decadence present during the Roaring Twenties?

Kurt Vonnegut

William Shakespeare

Oscar Wilde

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was named after Francis Scott Key. "The Star Spangled Banner" lyricist was Fitzgerald's second cousin three times removed.

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Which author wrote about British boys stranded on an uninhabited island?

Charles Dickens

William Golding

In 1983, Sir William Golding won the Nobel Prize for Literature. "Lord of the Flies" was his first published novel.

Tennessee Williams

Robert Frost

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Which author wrote about the dangers of totalitarian rule in "1984?"

Kurt Vonnegut

Aldous Huxley

George Orwell

George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair. His first book was called "Down and Out in Paris and London."

Oscar Wilde

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Who chronicled the lives of the Joads as they fled the Dust Bowl in "The Grapes of Wrath?"

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Joseph Conrad

Ray Bradbury

John Steinbeck

In 1962, John Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature. His first three novels were "Cup of Gold," "The Pastures of Heaven" and "To a God Unknown."

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Who wrote about Charles Marlow's journey up the Congo River in "Heart of Darkness?"

John Steinbeck

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in modern-day Ukraine. His other novels include "Lord Jim," "Nostromo" and "The Secret Agent."

George Orwell

Oscar Wilde

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Which author wrote "Great Expectations" about an orphan?

C.S. Lewis

George Orwell

Charles Dickens

On February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens was born. During his life, he wrote at least 20 novels and novellas .

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Who wrote about Janie Crawford's experiences?

Alice Walker

Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston published her first novel in 1934. It was called "Jonah's Gourd Vine."

Maya Angelou

Octavia E. Butler

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Who wrote the story of Gene Forrester and Phineas during their days at Devon?

Ray Bradbury

Mark Twain

Ernest Hemingway

John Knowles

John Knowles wrote a sequel to "A Separate Peace" called "Peace Breaks Out." It was published in 1981.

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Which author wrote about Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice?"

Mary Shelley

Margaret Atwood

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Austen

Jane Austen lived from December 16, 1775 to July 18, 1817. During her lifetime, she published "Sense and Sensibility," "Pride and Prejudice," "Mansfield Park," and "Emma."

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Who wrote about Ponyboy Curtis and his gang of greasers?

S.E. Hinton

In 1967, S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders" was published. Since then, she has written "That Was Then, This Is Now," "Rumble Fish," "Tex" and "Taming the Star Runner."

H.G. Wells

Ernest Hemingway

Kurt Vonnegut

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Which author wrote about his experiences as a soldier during the Vietnam War in "The Things They Carried?"

Ernest Hemingway

Tim O'Brien

Tim O'Brien's first book was "If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home." It was published in 1973.

Henry David Thoreau

Walt Whitman

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Who told the story of Captain John Yossarian in "Catch-22?"

Tennessee Williams

Ernest Hemingway

Kurt Vonnegut

Joseph Heller

In 1994, Joseph Heller published "Closing Time," which was a sequel to "Catch-22." His other novels include "Something Happened," "Good as Gold" and "God Knows." Heller's memoir is called "Now and Then: From Coney Island to Here."

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Which famous English playwright wrote "Julius Caesar," "Hamlet" and "Othello?"

William Shakepeare

It is believe that William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. He wrote 17 comedies, which include "The Merchant of Venice" and "Much Ado About Nothing."

Oscar Wilde

Harold Pinter

Noel Coward

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Who wrote "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and "The Importance of Being Ernest?"

James Joyce

W.B. Yeats

Samuel Beckett

Oscar Wilde

In 1884, Oscar Wilde married Constance Lloyd. They had two children: Cyril and Vyvyan.

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Which Greek author is responsible for "The Iliad" and the "Odyssey?"

Euripides

Sophocles

Homer

Not much is known about Homer. There are also doubts that the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" were written by the same person.

Aristotle

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Who wrote "The Scarlet Letter," which tells the story of Hester Prynne?

Edgar Allan Poe

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" was published in 1850. He also wrote "The Blithedale Romance" and "The Marble Faun."

John Steinbeck

Charles Dickens

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Who told the story of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?

Mark Twain

In 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in the United Kingdom. The following year, it was released in the United States.

Ernest Hemingway

Ray Bradbury

S.E. Hinton

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Which American author wrote "Fahrenheit 451," which is about Guy Montag and Clarisse McClellan?

John Knowles

Tennessee Williams

Mark Twain

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920. "Fahrenheit 451" was originally published in 1953.

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Who published "Jane Eyre" under the pen name "Currer Bell?"

Anne Bronte

Emily Bronte

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Eyre was originally published in 1847. Charlotte Bronte's last work, "Villette" was published in 1953.

Jane Austen

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Who authored the dystopian novel "Brave New World?"

Aldous Huxley

"Brave New World" was first published in 1932. In 1958, Huxley wrote "Brave New World Revisited" in which he analyzed how his book held up.

H.G. Wells

George Orwell

Joseph Heller

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Who wrote the story of a scientist who created a creature that became animated?

H.G. Wells

Mary Shelley

In 1812, Mary Shelley married poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. After her husband died in 1822, Shelley published his poems as "Posthumous Poems."

Charlotte Bronte

Ray Bradbury

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Which author wrote "The Hobbit" about Bilbo Baggins?

Mark Twain

H.G. Wells

Ray Bradbury

J.R.R. Tolkien

"The Hobbit" was originally published on September 21, 1937. The story was nominated for a Carnegie Medal.

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Who wrote "The Canterbury Tales" in Middle English?

William Shakespeare

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was born around 1340 and died on October 25, 1400. His other works include "The Book of the Duchess," "The House of Fame," and "Troilus and Criseyde."

J.R.R. Tolkien

Joseph Conrad

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Which American author told the story of Billy Pilgrim in "Slaughterhouse-Five?"

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Herman Melville

Ray Bradbury

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut's first novel was "Player Piano," which was published in 1952. "Slaughterhouse-Five" was originally published in 1969.

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Whose autobiography is called "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?"

Sylvia Plath

Zora Neale Hurston

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson. In 1969, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was published.

Louisa May Alcott

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Who wrote the tale of Ishmael and Captain Ahab?

Tennessee Williams

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Herman Melville

In October 1851, "Moby-Dick" was originally published in London as "The Whale." A month later, the book was published in the United States as "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale."

Mark Twain

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Which Irish writer wrote the satire on human nature called "Gulliver's Travels?"

Jonathan Swift

In 1726, Gulliver's Travels was published anonymously as "Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World." In 1996, a TV movie starring Ted Danson was made.

James Joyce

Bram Stoker

Samuel Beckett

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