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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Finish the title of Pirandello’s famous absurdist play: Six Characters in Search of an —.
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Author
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Audience
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Lawrence’s Women in Love follows the lives of the Brangwen sisters, Ursula and Gudrun. What does Gudrun do for a living?
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Painter
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Writer
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Finish the title of Fitzgerald’s novel: The Beautiful and the —.
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Damned
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Doomed
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Galsworthy published the last book in his Forsyte Saga series. What is it called?
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To Let
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In Chancery
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American author Patricia Highsmith was born on January 19th. Her famous novel The Price of Salt is also know by which title?
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Carol
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Strangers on a Train
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