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Literary Events in the Times of Presidents – Dwight D Eisenhower – 1953

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.

  • Question of

    The Crucible opened on Broadway. Who wrote it?

    • Arthur Miller
    • Tennessee Williams
  • Question of

    James Bond got his first outing in this year. In which novel?

    • Casino Royale
    • Goldeneye
  • Question of

    James Baldwin’s semi-biographical novel Go Tell it to the Mountain is set in which US state?

    • New York
    • Georgia
  • Question of

    Finish the classic title: Fahrenheit —.

    • 451
    • 541
  • Question of

    Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for which novel?

    • The Old Man and the Sea
    • For Whom the Bell Tolls

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