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  Who owns the house that the friends live in together in the book Tortilla Flat New Longman Literature Steinbeck by John Steinbeck?

Tortilla Flat
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Answered: 258 times
Correct: 129 times (23.6%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 129 times (23.6%)
Skipped: 288 times (52.7%)
  John Steinbeck wrote a book entitled "Of Mice and Men." This phrase originally comes from a poem written by which poet? see if you know the answer
Answered: 5251 times
Correct: 2127 times (32.9%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 3124 times (48.3%)
Skipped: 1217 times (18.8%)
  In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, who ends up dying? see if you know the answer
Answered: 425 times
Correct: 334 times (60.8%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 91 times (16.6%)
Skipped: 124 times (22.6%)
  For which novel did John Steinbeck win the Pulitzer Prize? see if you know the answer
Answered: 1680 times
Correct: 923 times (49.7%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 757 times (40.8%)
Skipped: 177 times (9.5%)
  Which of these novels by John Steinbeck is/are NOT (primarily) set in California? see if you know the answer
Answered: 381 times
Correct: 71 times (13.2%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 310 times (57.5%)
Skipped: 158 times (29.3%)
  Which of these book titles by John Steinbeck is/are based on lines from plays by William Shakespeare?

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Answered: 883 times
Correct: 232 times (21.2%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 651 times (59.5%)
Skipped: 212 times (19.4%)
  What biblical story does John Steinbeck's East of Eden parallel? see if you know the answer
Answered: 7418 times
Correct: 5459 times (64.0%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 1959 times (23.0%)
Skipped: 1110 times (13.0%)
  In Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck, who is Charley?


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Answered: 17526 times
Correct: 15935 times (66.1%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 1591 times (6.6%)
Skipped: 6589 times (27.3%)
  John Steinbeck lost the first draft of The Red Pony, and had to start over. Later, he found the original. How different were the two drafts?
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Answered: 9078 times
Correct: 6573 times (46.6%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 2505 times (17.7%)
Skipped: 5041 times (35.7%)
  Which book wasn't written by John Steinbeck? see if you know the answer
Answered: 3488 times
Correct: 2599 times (70.6%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 889 times (24.2%)
Skipped: 191 times (5.2%)
  Many of John Steinbeck's novels take place in or around ____. see if you know the answer
Answered: 5911 times
Correct: 3947 times (60.0%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 1964 times (29.9%)
Skipped: 664 times (10.1%)
  In John Steinbeck's 1937 novel Of Mice and Men, to whom does Lennie say "George says I ain't to have nothing to do with you- talk to you or nothing." see if you know the answer
Answered: 4925 times
Correct: 3961 times (59.8%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 964 times (14.6%)
Skipped: 1698 times (25.6%)
  Which of these famous authors has not received the Nobel Prize in Literature?

William GoldingSeamus HeaneyRudyard KiplingGeorge OrwellAleksandr I. SolzhenitsynJohn Steinbeck
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Answered: 248 times
Correct: 96 times (31.6%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 152 times (50.0%)
Skipped: 56 times (18.4%)
  Which of the following authors won the Nobel Prize for literature first? see if you know the answer
Answered: 994 times
Correct: 734 times (54.6%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 260 times (19.3%)
Skipped: 350 times (26.0%)
  Which of these authors helped to re-write the screenplay of the 1959 film Ben-Hur? see if you know the answer
Answered: 158 times
Correct: 52 times (22.1%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 106 times (45.1%)
Skipped: 77 times (32.8%)
  The musical play Hello Dolly was based on a non-musical play by which famous American writer? see if you know the answer
Answered: 1519 times
Correct: 832 times (34.6%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 687 times (28.5%)
Skipped: 889 times (36.9%)
  Which of these is NOT by John Steinbeck... see if you know the answer
Answered: 3882 times
Correct: 2161 times (45.0%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 1721 times (35.8%)
Skipped: 924 times (19.2%)
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In "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck, what was Kino's son's name?

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Answered: 1975 times
Correct: 943 times (28.5%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 1032 times (31.2%)
Skipped: 1334 times (40.3%)
  Which of the following writers died after swallowing a piece of a toothpick? see if you know the answer
Answered: 226 times
Correct: 80 times (19.4%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 146 times (35.4%)
Skipped: 187 times (45.3%)
  Which novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1935, was the fourth of his novels but the one which first drew serious attention to him? see if you know the answer
Answered: 202 times
Correct: 42 times (16.3%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 160 times (62.3%)
Skipped: 55 times (21.4%)
  In The Red Pony by John Steinbeck, the pony is named after which mountain range? see if you know the answer
Answered: 156 times
Correct: 63 times (23.9%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 93 times (35.2%)
Skipped: 108 times (40.9%)
  In John Steinbeck's novel In Dubious Battle, what political ideology do the main characters promote and fight for? see if you know the answer
Answered: 99 times
Correct: 59 times (36.9%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 40 times (25.0%)
Skipped: 61 times (38.1%)
  Who wrote "The Red Pony"? see if you know the answer
Answered: 1486 times
Correct: 1193 times (66.7%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 293 times (16.4%)
Skipped: 302 times (16.9%)
  In East of Eden by John Steinbeck, what nationality is the Trask family's cook? see if you know the answer
Answered: 293 times
Correct: 227 times (62.5%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 66 times (18.2%)
Skipped: 70 times (19.3%)
  In which geographic location are most of John Steinbeck's novels set?

John Steinbeck
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Answered: 128 times
Correct: 106 times (76.8%)
Difficulty: easy
Incorrect: 22 times (15.9%)
Skipped: 10 times (7.2%)
  John Steinbeck obtained the title of his The Grapes of Wrath from what source? see if you know the answer
Answered: 225 times
Correct: 126 times (50.6%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 99 times (39.8%)
Skipped: 24 times (9.6%)
  All of these writers except one were either born in California, lived a significant part of their lives in California, or both. Who is the exception? see if you know the answer
Answered: 203 times
Correct: 87 times (21.5%)
Difficulty: difficult
Incorrect: 116 times (28.6%)
Skipped: 202 times (49.9%)
  In East of Eden by John Steinbeck, which fictional character does Kate identify with? see if you know the answer
Answered: 569 times
Correct: 142 times (15.3%)
Difficulty: very difficult
Incorrect: 427 times (45.9%)
Skipped: 361 times (38.8%)
  Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy was inspired by ... see if you know the answer
Answered: 277 times
Correct: 53 times (9.9%)
Difficulty: really really difficult
Incorrect: 224 times (41.6%)
Skipped: 261 times (48.5%)
  What was the name of the main family portrayed in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath? see if you know the answer
Answered: 1186 times
Correct: 956 times (67.2%)
Difficulty: medium
Incorrect: 230 times (16.2%)
Skipped: 236 times (16.6%)
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