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Memoirs of Literary Giants

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Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"A Moveable Feast\")?

  1. Ernest Hemingway

  2. F. Scott Fitzgerald

  3. James Joyce

  4. Virginia Woolf


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ernest Hemingway's (\"A Moveable Feast\") is a memoir of his time in Paris in the 1920s.

Who wrote the memoir (\"The Education of Henry Adams\")?

  1. Henry James

  2. Mark Twain

  3. Henry Adams

  4. Edith Wharton


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Henry Adams' (\"The Education of Henry Adams\") is a memoir of his life and education in the 19th century.

Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas\")?

  1. Alice B. Toklas

  2. Gertrude Stein

  3. Ernest Hemingway

  4. F. Scott Fitzgerald


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Gertrude Stein's (\"The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas\") is a memoir of her life and relationship with Alice B. Toklas.

Who wrote the memoir (\"My Life and Hard Times\")?

  1. James Thurber

  2. E.B. White

  3. Dorothy Parker

  4. Robert Benchley


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

James Thurber's (\"My Life and Hard Times\") is a memoir of his childhood and early adulthood.

Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"The Story of My Life\")?

  1. Helen Keller

  2. Mark Twain

  3. Frederick Douglass

  4. Harriet Tubman


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Helen Keller's (\"The Story of My Life\") is a memoir of her life and experiences as a deaf and blind person.

Who wrote the memoir (\"The Glass Castle\")?

  1. Jeannette Walls

  2. Maya Angelou

  3. James Baldwin

  4. Richard Wright


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jeannette Walls' (\"The Glass Castle\") is a memoir of her childhood and upbringing in a nomadic and dysfunctional family.

Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"Angela's Ashes\")?

  1. Frank McCourt

  2. James Joyce

  3. William Butler Yeats

  4. Oscar Wilde


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Frank McCourt's (\"Angela's Ashes\") is a memoir of his childhood in poverty in Ireland.

Who wrote the memoir (\"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\")?

  1. Maya Angelou

  2. James Baldwin

  3. Richard Wright

  4. Toni Morrison


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Maya Angelou's (\"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\") is a memoir of her childhood and experiences as a young African American woman.

Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"The Autobiography of Malcolm X\")?

  1. Malcolm X

  2. Martin Luther King, Jr.

  3. James Baldwin

  4. Richard Wright


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Malcolm X's (\"The Autobiography of Malcolm X\") is a memoir of his life and experiences as a black nationalist and civil rights activist.

Who wrote the memoir (\"The Fire Next Time\")?

  1. James Baldwin

  2. Richard Wright

  3. Toni Morrison

  4. Maya Angelou


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

James Baldwin's (\"The Fire Next Time\") is a memoir of his experiences as a black man in America.

Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"The Color Purple\")?

  1. Alice Walker

  2. Toni Morrison

  3. Maya Angelou

  4. James Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alice Walker's (\"The Color Purple\") is a memoir of her experiences as a black woman in the rural South.

Who wrote the memoir (\"Beloved\")?

  1. Toni Morrison

  2. Alice Walker

  3. Maya Angelou

  4. James Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Toni Morrison's (\"Beloved\") is a memoir of her experiences as a black woman in America.

Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"Song of Solomon\")?

  1. Toni Morrison

  2. Alice Walker

  3. Maya Angelou

  4. James Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Toni Morrison's (\"Song of Solomon\") is a memoir of her experiences as a black woman in America.

Who wrote the memoir (\"Jazz\")?

  1. Toni Morrison

  2. Alice Walker

  3. Maya Angelou

  4. James Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Toni Morrison's (\"Jazz\") is a memoir of her experiences as a black woman in America.

Which literary giant wrote the memoir (\"Paradise\")?

  1. Toni Morrison

  2. Alice Walker

  3. Maya Angelou

  4. James Baldwin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Toni Morrison's (\"Paradise\") is a memoir of her experiences as a black woman in America.

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