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The Turtles in Literature and Film quiz
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Turtles appear in many books and films. Test your knowledge -- see if you can correctly match a literary work to the turtle (or turtles) s that play a part in them.
In John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, what turtle symbolizes the hero’s ability to survive against high odds?
The Grapes of Wrath
Common snapper
Box turtle
Hawksbille sea turtle
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Which of the following turtle species are mentioned in the book My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell?
My family and other animals. Con Audiocassetta.
Yellow mud turtle and big-headed turtle
leatherback sea turtle and desert tortoise
Greek tortoise and green sea turtle
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Lillian Helman’s Pentimento contains a story about the difficulty of killing what kind of turtle?
Pentimento
Alligator snapper
Common snapper
Loggerhead musk turtle
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The aristocrats of 1870s New York society portrayed in Edith Wharton’s novel, The Age of Innocence, (which was made into a movie in 1993), loved to dine on what kind of turtle?
The Age of Innocence
Diamondback terrapin
Map turtle
Red eared slider turtle
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In the movie, Babette's Feast, based on a story by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen), what kind of turtle soup does Babette cook?
Babette's Feast
Snapping turtle soup
Green turtle soup
Terrapin soup
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The 1951 classic children’s book, Minn of the Mississippi, is about what kind of turtle?
Box turtle
Swanee cooter
Snapping turtle
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In the movie The China Syndrome (1979), Jane Fonda, playing a TV reporter, kept what kind of pet?
Gopher tortoise
Desert tortoise
Leopard tortoise
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