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Literary Quiz #1 By Larry Gara and Judith Mahoney Pasternak 1.
Which Greek tragedy depicted the devastating results of war?
2.
Which Age of Reason writer penned A Vindication of the Rights of Women?
3.
Which Russian novelist was a passionate proponent of pacifism? 4.
Which 19th-century British writer and abolitionist established Nashoba, a utopian
community for former slaves? 5.
As all of France bayed for the blood of the accused traitor Dreyfus, which French
author revealed the anti-Dreyfus hysteria as anti-Semitism in “J’Accuse”?
6.
Which late 19th-century playwright, vegetarian and pacifist was the author of
The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism?
7.
Who was the British pacifist whose autobiography, Testament of Youth, revealed
the human tragedy of World War I? 8.
Which U.S. poet penned the ringing opening lines, “I shall die, but/that is all
that I shall do for Death,” in “Conscientious Objector”? 9.
Which left-leaning Harlem Renaissance poet penned the lines, “What happens to
a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” 10.
What Ernest Hemingway novel depicted the heroism of the Spanish partisans and
the cynicism of the Soviet generals in the Spanish Civil War? 11.
Which John Steinbeck novel depicted the plight of the dust bowl migrants during
the Great Depression? 12.
Which U.S. pacifist poet gave moral support to the World War II non-registrants?
13.
Which existentialist philosopher wrote the anti-death penalty essay, “Neither
Victims Nor Executioners”? 14.
Which playwright, later deported from the United States as a Communist, wrote
the antiwar play, Mother Courage? 15.
Who wrote Spartacus, the novel of a Roman slave revolt that was first denounced
as Communist propaganda, then praised as an epic of freedom—and filmed by Hollywood—when
its author publicly left the Communist Party?
16.
What was the first play by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway?
17.
Which celebrated U.S. writer and activist started both careers in Washington Square
Park? 18.
Which feminist writer chronicled the 1960s’ New Left in the novel Braided Lives?
19.
Which writer described Redress, a civil disobedience action against the war in
Vietnam, in an article entitled “Imprisonment Chic”? 20.
Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? WWII conscientious objector Larry Gara is a history teacher and co-editor, with Lenna Mae Gara, of A Few Small Candles; NVA editor and pop culture commentator Judith Mahoney Pasternak is the author of several books including Timeless Places: Paris. ANSWERS: 1-C, D; 2-B; 3-A; 4-C; 5-A; 6-B, C; 7-D; 8-B; 9-B; 10-D; 11-C; 12-B, C; 13-D; 14-A; 15-A, B; 16-A, D; 17-C; 18-A; 19-D; 20-B |
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