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Quiz: How Great Is Your Love of All Things Literary?

AARP

Published February 17, 2023

7 Questions

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Test your knowledge of books and authors

Quiz: How Great Is Your Love of All Things Literary?

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  "question" : "Which of these was the most-bought book in 2022?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Run, Rose, Run” by Dolly Parton and James Patterson",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins Reid",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The title enjoyed a first print run of 2.5 million copies.",
  "hint" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "What’s the largest independent bookstore in the United States?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Bart’s Books in Ojai, California",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "John K. King Used and Rare Books in Detroit, Michigan",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, Oregon",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Strand in New York City ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Occupying an entire city block, Powell’s might as well have its own zip code. The store is home to more than 1 million new, used and rare tomes.",
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}, {
  "question" : "As of 2020, what was the best-selling children’s book of all time? ",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone” by J.K. Rowling",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by C.S. Lewis",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "“The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Published in the United States in 1943, “The Little Prince” has sold 140 million copies worldwide. “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s (Sorcerer’s) Stone” comes in second, with 120 million copies sold.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which of these authors did not win a Pulitzer Prize for his or her work? ",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Charles Dickens",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Ernest Hemingway",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "John Steinbeck",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Edith Wharton",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Dickens died in 1870; the first Pulitzers were not awarded until 1917.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature? ",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Maya Angelou",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Octavia E. Butler",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Toni Morrison",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Alice Walker ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize in 1993. Her notable works include “Jazz,” “Home” and “Beloved,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "As of 2021, this was the richest author in the world, according to CEOWorld magazine.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "John Grisham",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Stephen King",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "J.K. Rowling ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Elisabeth Badinter",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "This question is a little tricky: Badinter, an extensively published French philosopher and historian, “is a billionaire, thanks to an inheritance from advertising and public relations giant Publicis Groupe,” the magazine reports. It estimated her net worth at $1.3 billion.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "What AARP benefit gets you worthy new books at low prices?\n\n",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Publishers Weekly ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "The Girlfriend Book Club ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "New York Public Library ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Book of the Month",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The benefit for AARP members also offers free shipping, a free bookmark, reading tracker and reading guide.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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