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Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

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Edith Wharton

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Multiple Choice: Which of the following authors won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the 20th century? A) Ernest Hemingway B) Mark Twain C) F. Scott Fitzgerald D) John Steinbeck

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A) Ernest Hemingway

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What year was the first Pulitzer Prize awarded?

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1917

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Which American author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 for ‘The Grapes of Wrath’?

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John Steinbeck

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Fill in the blank: The _____ Prize for Fiction is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

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William Dean Howells

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Which author won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature?

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Saul Bellow

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Multiple Choice: Which of the following books won the National Book Award in 1960? A) ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ B) ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ C) ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad’ D) ‘The Old Man and the Sea’

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A) ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

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What prestigious award did Toni Morrison win in 1993?

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Nobel Prize in Literature

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Which American author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1976 for ‘Gravity’s Rainbow’?

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Thomas Pynchon

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Multiple Choice: Who was awarded the National Book Award for Fiction in 1985? A) Don DeLillo B) Alice Walker C) Philip Roth D) John Updike

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B) Alice Walker

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Fill in the blank: The _____ Prize is awarded to authors for their contributions to American literature, focusing on a specific genre.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Which author received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1993 for ‘A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain’?

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Robert Olen Butler

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Fill in the blank: The _____ Prize is awarded for excellence in American poetry.

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Frost

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What is the name of the novel that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988?

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Beloved

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Which work won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949?

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Death of a Salesman

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Multiple Choice: Who wrote ‘A Visit from the Goon Squad,’ which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011? A) Jennifer Egan, B) Jonathan Franzen, C) Junot Díaz, D) Donna Tartt.

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A) Jennifer Egan

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True or False: The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry was first awarded in 1922.

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True

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Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1998?

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Yusef Komunyakaa

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Multiple Choice: Which of the following authors has NOT won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature? A) Ernest Hemingway, B) F. Scott Fitzgerald, C) Toni Morrison, D) William Faulkner.

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B) F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Who is the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

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Gwendolyn Brooks

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Multiple Choice: Which novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961? A) To Kill a Mockingbird, B) The Old Man and the Sea, C) A Farewell to Arms, D) The Catcher in the Rye.

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A) To Kill a Mockingbird

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Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016?

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Viet Thanh Nguyen

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What is Stephen Sondheim famous for?

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He is famous for being a composer and lyricist known for his contributions to musical theatre.

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Name one musical written by Stephen Sondheim.

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‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’

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Multiple Choice: Which of the following plays was NOT written by Arthur Miller? A) 'All My Sons' B) 'West Side Story' C) 'A View from the Bridge'
B) 'West Side Story'
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True or False: Sondheim wrote the lyrics for 'West Side Story'.
True
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Multiple Choice: Which of the following is a Sondheim musical? A) 'Oklahoma!' B) 'Into the Woods' C) 'Annie'
B) 'Into the Woods'
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What is the significance of the character Joe Keller in 'All My Sons'?
He represents the moral dilemmas of capitalism and personal responsibility.
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Multiple Choice: Which musical features the song 'Send in the Clowns'? A) 'Gypsy' B) 'A Little Night Music' C) 'Company'
B) 'A Little Night Music'
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Who did Arthur Miller marry in 1956?
Marilyn Monroe
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Multiple Choice: In which of the following plays does the character Abigail Williams appear? A) 'Death of a Salesman' B) 'The Crucible' C) 'A View from the Bridge'
B) 'The Crucible'
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Who won the Tony Award for Best Play in 2020?
The Inheritance
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Which musical features the song 'Defying Gravity'?
Wicked
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Which actor won a Tony Award for their performance in 'The Glass Menagerie'?
Cherry Jones
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Who wrote the musical 'Rent'?
Jonathan Larson
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Fill in the blank: _______ won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 2016.
Hamilton
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Which actress won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 2018?
Katrina Lenk
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Who is known for the play 'The Shape of Things'?
Neil LaBute
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True or False: 'Cats' is based on a book of poems by T.S. Eliot.
True
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Which playwright wrote 'The Vagina Monologues'?
Eve Ensler
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Name the musical that features the character Elphaba.
Wicked
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Who won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2021?
Aaron Tveit
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Fill in the blank: _______ wrote the play 'Angels in America'.
Tony Kushner
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Which musical is set in the 1980s and features a rock score?
Rock of Ages
45
What play did Edward Albee write that includes the characters George and Martha?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Which actress is known for her role in 'Hello, Dolly!'?
Bette Midler
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Who is the composer of 'The Phantom of the Opera'?
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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Fill in the blank: _______ is a prominent playwright known for 'Fences'.
August Wilson
49
Which musical features a character named Jean Valjean?
Les Misérables
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Who directed the original production of 'Hamilton'?
Thomas Kail
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Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961?
Harper Lee for 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
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Which author received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962?
John Steinbeck
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Fill in the blank: The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1981 was awarded to _____ for 'A Confederacy of Dunces'.
John Kennedy Toole
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Who is the Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1976?
Saul Bellow
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Which novel by Toni Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988?
Beloved
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What year did Gabriel García Márquez win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
1982
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Who wrote 'The Color Purple', which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1983?
Alice Walker
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True or False: The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was first awarded in 1918.
True
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Which author won both the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize in the 1980s?
Toni Morrison
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What is the title of the novel by Philip Roth that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998?
American Pastoral
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Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?
Toni Morrison
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Fill in the blank: In 1960, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to _____ for 'Advise and Consent'.
Allen Drury
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Which author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1978 with 'Gravity's Rainbow'?
Thomas Pynchon
64
Who wrote 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay', which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001?
Michael Chabon
65
Which novel by Michael Ondaatje won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993?
The English Patient
66
Fill in the blank: _____ won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.
Wole Soyinka
67
Who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1991 for 'A Thousand Acres'?
Jane Smiley
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Which author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974?
Eugene O'Neill
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Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1988?
Naguib Mahfouz
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Name one notable winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from the 1990s.
Michael Ondaatje
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Which author won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?
Toni Morrison
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Fill in the blank: The novel 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in _____.
2007
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What is the title of the 1994 novel by Michael Cunningham that won the Pulitzer Prize?
The Hours
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Who is the author of 'A Visit from the Goon Squad', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2011?
Jennifer Egan
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Which author won both the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
Toni Morrison
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Multiple Choice: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1999? A) Jhumpa Lahiri B) Michael Chabon C) Anne Tyler
B) Michael Chabon
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What year did the novel 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' win the Pulitzer Prize?
2001
78
True or False: Alice Walker won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
False
79
Which 2016 novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?
The Sympathizer
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Fill in the blank: The novel 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in _____.
2014
81
Who wrote 'The Underground Railroad', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2017?
Colson Whitehead
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Multiple Choice: Which of the following authors won the Nobel Prize in Literature in the 2000s? A) Orhan Pamuk B) Bob Dylan C) Kazuo Ishiguro
A) Orhan Pamuk
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What is the title of the novel by Edward P. Jones that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2004?
The Known World
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Who is the author of 'The Road', which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2007?
Cormac McCarthy
85
Fill in the blank: 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' is set in the Dominican Republic and was published in _____.
2007
86
Which author received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013?
Alice Munro
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What year did Toni Morrison win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
1993
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Multiple Choice: Which of the following novels did not win a Pulitzer Prize? A) Beloved B) The Goldfinch C) Infinite Jest
C) Infinite Jest
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True or False: The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded for a collection of short stories.
False
90
What is the title of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Jhumpa Lahiri?
Interpreter of Maladies
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Fill in the blank: The author of 'The Sympathizer' is _____.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Which novel by Colson Whitehead won the Pulitzer Prize in 2017?
The Underground Railroad
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Multiple Choice: Who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2010? A) Jennifer Egan B) Paul Auster C) Richard Ford
A) Jennifer Egan

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