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1
What novel by that same writer are we going to read next semester?
The Beautiful and the Damned
Tender is the Night
This Side of Paradise
The Great Gatsby
2
What percent of books published in the U.S. never sell more than 100 copies?
65%
50%
78%
90%
3
What is the most popular E-reader in the U.S.?
Kobo
Book
Kindle
Nook
4
How many books does the average American read per year?
6
37
21
12
5
What was the pen name of William Sidney Porter?
Vernon Lee
Amanda Cross
O Henry
Saki
6
The average American spends how much time reading a day?
24 minutes
19 minutes
5 minutes
2 minutes
7
People who identify as avid readers report reading anywhere from
15-25 books
25-50 books
100-300 books
50-100 books
8
What percent of U.S. public school students read below grade level?
60 %
70 %
50 %
40 %
9
Which of these writers was rediscovered in the late 1900s because of because of her concerns about the freedom of women?
Amy Tan
Alice Walker
Willa Cather
Kate Chopin
10
Who wrote
Life Among the Piutes
, released in 1883 and among the few works by Native Americans published at that time?
Metacom
Sherman Alexie
Paula Gunn Allen
Sarah Winnemucca
11
Adults over the age of 65 tend to read more books than any other age group.
True
False
12
Setting a goal for how many books to read each year can help increase reading frequency and enjoyment.
False
True
13
Which group of Americans read the most?
Females
They read an equal amount.
Wrong Answer
Males
14
Who is the main character of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel
The Scarlet Letter
?
Roger Chillingworth
Arthur Dimmesdale
Hester Prynne
Pearl
15
Who wrote the children’s classic
Where the Wild Things Are
?
Raymond Carver
Edward Gorey
Maurice Sendak
Maxine Hong Kingston
16
The title of a novel published in 1961 entered the English language as a reference to an impossible situation.
Nineteen Eight-Four
Fish or Cut Bait
The Tommyknockers
Catch-22
17
What format of books are most read by Americans?
Wrong Answer
E-books
Audiobooks
Print books
18
Who created the amateur detective Ezekiel (“Easy”) Rawlins?
Walter Mosely
Ralph Ellison
Sue Grafton
Patricia Highsmith
19
Who was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Sinclair Lewis
Pearl S. Buck
Toni Morrison
William Faulkner
20
What percent of Americans read for pleasure EVERY DAY?
10%
40%
20%
30%
21
Which novelist is known for his depiction of the Jazz Age?
Henry James
Sandra Cisneros
F. Scott Fitzgerald
William Faulkner
22
Who wrote the novel
The Bell Jar
?
Sylvia Plath
William Carlos Williams
Henry Miller
Gwendolyn Brooks
23
What biochemist wrote The Foundation trilogy?
Ursula K. Le Guin
Robert A. Heinlein
Octavia Butler
Isaac Asimov
24
Reading can increase empathy and emotional intelligence.
True
False
25
Who wrote the short story “The Legend of Sleep Hollow”?
Robert Penn Warren
Jose Marti
Washington Irving
Phillis Wheatley
26
In which work by J.D. Salinger is Holden Caulfield a character?
Raise High the Roof, Carpenters
The Catcher in the Rye
Seymour: An Introduction
Franny and Zooey
27
Which river in North America is the setting for the novel
Huckleberry Finn
?
Arkansas River
Monongahela River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
28
Reading for just 6 minutes can help reduce stress levels by
22%
68%
35%
50%
29
Reading can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
True
False
30
What percent of American's surveyed said they haven't read any books in over a year?
12.5 %
48.5 %
29 %
71 %
31
Who wrote a series of books about her Midwestern childhood, notably
Little House on the Prairie
?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Louisa May Alcott
Toni Morrison
32
Who wrote the autobiographical volumes
Tropic of Cancer
and
Tropic of Capricorn
?
James Baldwin
Henry Miller
Stephen King
Emily Dickinson
33
How many books has Ms. Fanshier finished this year (SO FAR)?
28
39
46
63
34
Which age group recorded the highest number of audiobook listeners?
18-24
45-54
25-34
35-44
35
Who wrote
Leaves of Grass
?
Walt Whitman
Louise Erdich
Robert Frost
Phillis Wheatley
36
Which American writer is considered the originator of the modern detective story?
Herman Melville
Mark Twain
Edgar Allen Poe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
37
On average, readers who use an e-reader tend to read for longer periods of time compared to those who read print books.
True
False
38
The Bluest Eye
,
Song of Solomon
, and
Beloved
are novels by which writer?
Herman Melville
Toni Morrison
Ernest Hemingway
Zora Neale Hurston