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Name the Author Quiz: novel (and year)


  1. Wolf Hall (2009)
  2. War and Peace (1867)
  3. A Tale of Two Cities (1859)
  4. I, Claudius (1934)
  5. Memoirs of a Geisha (1997)
  6. The Last of the Mohicans (1826)
  7. Kidnapped (1866)
  8. The Pillars of the Earth (1989)






  9. Barnaby Rudge (1841)
  10. Waverley (1814)
  11. Westward Ho! (1855)
  12. The Trumpet-Major (1880)
  13. The Betrothed (1827)
  14. The Scarlet Letter (1850)
  15. Girl With a Pearl Earring (1999)
  16. The English Patient (1992)
  17. Gone with the Wind (1936)
  18. Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
  19. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926)
  20. The Kite Runner (2003)


Answers: novel - author



  1. Wolf Hall (2009) - Hilary Mantel
  2. War and Peace (1867) - Leo Tolstoy
  3. A Tale of Two Cities (1859) - Charles Dickens
  4. I, Claudius (1934) - Robert Graves
  5. Memoirs of a Geisha (1997) - Arthur Golden
  6. The Last of the Mohicans (1826) - James Fenimore Cooper
  7. Kidnapped (1866) - Robert Louis Stevenson
  8. The Pillars of the Earth (1989) - Ken Follett
  9. Barnaby Rudge (1841) - Charles Dickens
  10. Waverley (1814) - Walter Scott
  11. Westward Ho! (1855) - Charles Kingsley
  12. The Trumpet-Major (1880) - Thomas Hardy
  13. The Betrothed (1827) - Alessandro Manzoni
  14. The Scarlet Letter (1850) - Nathaniel Hawthorne
  15. Girl With a Pearl Earring (1999) - Tracy Chevalier
  16. The English Patient (1992) - Michael Ondaatje
  17. Gone with the Wind (1936) - Margaret Mitchell
  18. Absalom, Absalom! (1936) - William Faulkner
  19. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926) - T.E. Lawrence
  20. The Kite Runner (2003) - Khaled Hosseini