A new series of 46 mini quizzes in this countdown to a new President. Each quiz asks 5 literary questions from the year of inauguration from George Washington in 1789 to Joe Biden’s election in 2020. Literary events, births, deaths and various shenanigans by famous writers plus their great works, of course.
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Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer was published in America, how many years after its first publication in France?
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27
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10
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Question of
Writer and activist Arundhati Roy was born on November 24th. In which country?
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India
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Pakistan
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A House for Mr Biswas by VS Naipaul is set where?
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Trinidad
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Barbados
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In Yates’ Revolutionary Road where is April desperate to move to?
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Paris
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New York
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In Juster’s The Phantom Tollbooth what type of animal is Tock?
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Dog
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Horse
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interesting quiz