Loaded Questions 3/28/22 - Literature
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1. The 1966 bestseller "Valley of the Dolls", about Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara, and Jennifer North's experiences living in New York City, is by what author?
2. According to the title of an Emily Dickinson poem, what is "counted Sweetest"?
3. What novel by Theodore Dreiser features a scene where the protagonist Clyde Griffiths murders his girlfriend Roberta Alden on a canoe trip?
4. "The Man in the Iron Mask" is the third part of the novel "The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later", an 1847 work by what author?
5. A recipe appears in each of the 12 chapters of the magic realism novel "Like Water for Chocolate", a 1989 novel by what Mexican author? Her 2018 novel "El diario de Tita" is a followup of the main character of the original novel, Tita de la Garza.
6. "Rocket Summer", "Ylla", "The Summer Night", and "The Earth Men" are the first four entries in what work, first published in 1950?
7. "Spiritual Couplets" is the translation of what collection, the most famous work by the poet Rumi? This work begins with "The Reed Flute's Song".
8. Stating that women have been separated from their libido, thus being castrated, the 1970 book "The Female Eunuch" is a work by what Australian feminist author? That work features the line "women have very little idea of how much men hate them".
9. What Pakistani author is the author of 2007's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist", 2013's "Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia", and 2017's "Exit West"?
10. The Kenyan village of Ilmorog and the burning of Wanja's brothel are featured in the novel "Petals of Blood" by what author who also wrote "A Grain of What"?
11. Pre-dating the muckrakers, what poet and writer wrote about the plights of the Native Americans in her non-fiction work "A Century of Dishonor" (1881)? She also wrote the novel "Ramona".
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1. The 1966 bestseller "Valley of the Dolls", about Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara, and Jennifer North's experiences living in New York City, is by what author? Jacqueline Susann
2. According to the title of an Emily Dickinson poem, what is "counted Sweetest"? Success
3. What novel by Theodore Dreiser features a scene where the protagonist Clyde Griffiths murders his girlfriend Roberta Alden on a canoe trip? An American Tragedy
4. "The Man in the Iron Mask" is the third part of the novel "The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later", an 1847 work by what author? Alexandre Dumas
5. A recipe appears in each of the 12 chapters of the magic realism novel "Like Water for Chocolate", a 1989 novel by what Mexican author? Her 2018 novel "El diario de Tita" is a followup of the main character of the original novel, Tita de la Garza. Laura Esquivel
6. "Rocket Summer", "Ylla", "The Summer Night", and "The Earth Men" are the first four entries in what work, first published in 1950? The Martian Chronicles
7. "Spiritual Couplets" is the translation of what collection, the most famous work by the poet Rumi? This work begins with "The Reed Flute's Song". Masnavi
8. Stating that women have been separated from their libido, thus being castrated, the 1970 book "The Female Eunuch" is a work by what Australian feminist author? That work features the line "women have very little idea of how much men hate them". Germaine Greer
9. What Pakistani author is the author of 2007's "The Reluctant Fundamentalist", 2013's "Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia", and 2017's "Exit West"? Mohsin Hamid
10. The Kenyan village of Ilmorog and the burning of Wanja's brothel are featured in the novel "Petals of Blood" by what author who also wrote "A Grain of Wheat"? Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
11. Pre-dating the muckrakers, what poet and writer wrote about the plights of the Native Americans in her non-fiction work "A Century of Dishonor" (1881)? She also wrote the novel "Ramona". Helen Hunt Jackson