Quiz 3 Literature Answers

Robert B. Parker, author of the “Spenser” detective series, served as professor of English from 1976-1979 at which university? Northeastern University (Literature Resource Center)

On what date was John Grisham interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered program about his novel, A Painted House? February 6, 2001 (Literature Resource Center)

What poem did Roy Cohn question Langston Hughes about on March 24, 1953, before the Senate Committee on Government Operations' Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations? (First couple of words in the poem are the title.) “Good Morning Revolution” (Literature Resource Center)

Which short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about Perseus (from Greek mythology) and his mother Danae? “The Gorgon’s Head” (Bloom’s)

English teachers in which U.S. state considered George Orwell’s Animal Farm to be a “problem book” because “Orwell was a communist?” New York (Bloom’s)

Which novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley retells the legend of the rise and fall of King Arthur? The Mists of Avalon (Bloom’s)

Although T.S. Eliot was born in St. Louis, MO, he is largely considered to be a British writer because he settled in which British city after his marriage toVivienne Haigh-Wood in 1915? London (Literature Resource Center)

According to People Magazine, which novel was Terry McMillan working on when her mother died? A Day Late and a Dollar Short (Literature Resource Center)

The term beat of Beat Poetry was coined during a discussion between Jack Kerouac and what other writer? John Clellon Holmes (Bloom’s)

Although examples of literary impressionism can be detected even earlier than the movement in art, its great period is from what year until World War I? 1875 (Bloom’s)