20th-Century Autobiographies

Description: This quiz tests your knowledge of 20th-century autobiographies, including their authors, themes, and styles.
Number of Questions: 15
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Which author wrote the autobiography (\"The Education of Henry Adams\")?

  1. Henry James

  2. Henry Adams

  3. Mark Twain

  4. Theodore Roosevelt


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Henry Adams was an American historian and writer who wrote (\"The Education of Henry Adams\") in 1907.

Who wrote the autobiography (\"Up from Slavery\")?

  1. Frederick Douglass

  2. Booker T. Washington

  3. W.E.B. Du Bois

  4. Ida B. Wells-Barnett


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Booker T. Washington was an African American educator, author, and civil rights activist who wrote (\"Up from Slavery\") in 1901.

Which author wrote the autobiography (\"The Autobiography of Malcolm X\")?

  1. Malcolm X

  2. Alex Haley

  3. Martin Luther King Jr.

  4. James Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Malcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who wrote (\"The Autobiography of Malcolm X\") with Alex Haley in 1965.

Who wrote the autobiography (\"The Story of My Life\")?

  1. Helen Keller

  2. Anne Sullivan Macy

  3. Alexander Graham Bell

  4. Mark Twain


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer who wrote (\"The Story of My Life\") in 1903.

Which author wrote the autobiography (\"My Experiments with Truth\")?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Jawaharlal Nehru

  3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  4. Subhas Chandra Bose


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who wrote (\"My Experiments with Truth\") in 1927.

Who wrote the autobiography (\"Long Walk to Freedom\")?

  1. Nelson Mandela

  2. Winnie Mandela

  3. Thabo Mbeki

  4. Desmond Tutu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who wrote (\"Long Walk to Freedom\") in 1994.

Which author wrote the autobiography (\"The Diary of a Young Girl\")?

  1. Anne Frank

  2. Otto Frank

  3. Edith Frank

  4. Margot Frank


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Anne Frank was a German-born Jewish girl who wrote (\"The Diary of a Young Girl\") while hiding from the Nazis during World War II.

Who wrote the autobiography (\"Night\")?

  1. Elie Wiesel

  2. Viktor Frankl

  3. Primo Levi

  4. Imre Kertész


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor who wrote (\"Night\") in 1958.

Which author wrote the autobiography (\"The Gulag Archipelago\")?

  1. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  2. Varlam Shalamov

  3. Yevgenia Ginzburg

  4. Nadezhda Mandelstam


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian writer and historian who wrote (\"The Gulag Archipelago\") in 1973.

Who wrote the autobiography (\"The Joy of Cooking\")?

  1. Irma S. Rombauer

  2. Marion Rombauer Becker

  3. Ethan Becker

  4. John Becker


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Irma S. Rombauer was an American cookbook author who wrote (\"The Joy of Cooking\") in 1931.

Which author wrote the autobiography (\"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin\")?

  1. Benjamin Franklin

  2. John Adams

  3. Thomas Jefferson

  4. Alexander Hamilton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who wrote (\"The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin\") in 1791.

Who wrote the autobiography (\"The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau\")?

  1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  2. Voltaire

  3. Denis Diderot

  4. Montesquieu


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer who wrote (\"The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau\") in 1782.

Which author wrote the autobiography (\"The Life of Samuel Johnson\")?

  1. James Boswell

  2. Samuel Johnson

  3. Edmund Burke

  4. Oliver Goldsmith


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

James Boswell was a Scottish biographer who wrote (\"The Life of Samuel Johnson\") in 1791.

Who wrote the autobiography (\"The Memoirs of Catherine the Great\")?

  1. Catherine the Great

  2. Grigory Potemkin

  3. Platon Zubov

  4. Alexander Bezborodko


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Catherine the Great was a Russian empress who wrote (\"The Memoirs of Catherine the Great\") in 1796.

Which author wrote the autobiography (\"The Autobiography of Malcolm X\")?

  1. Malcolm X

  2. Alex Haley

  3. Martin Luther King Jr.

  4. James Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Malcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who wrote (\"The Autobiography of Malcolm X\") with Alex Haley in 1965.

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