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Question 1 of 8
1. Question
Which of these names is not a pseudonym used by Ben Franklin?
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Answer: b. Michael Wigglesworth was a seventeenth-century preacher and poet who lived in colonial New England. His best-known work is The Day of Doom; or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgement.
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Answer: b. Michael Wigglesworth was a seventeenth-century preacher and poet who lived in colonial New England. His best-known work is The Day of Doom; or, A Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgement.
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Question 2 of 8
2. Question
Which pseudonymous George is not English?
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Answer: b. George Sand was the nom de plume of the nineteenth-century French novelist born Amandine Lucie Aurore Dupin. George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, George Eliot was the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, and Boy George was born George Alan O’Dowd.
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Answer: b. George Sand was the nom de plume of the nineteenth-century French novelist born Amandine Lucie Aurore Dupin. George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, George Eliot was the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, and Boy George was born George Alan O’Dowd.
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Question 3 of 8
3. Question
Which of the following names is a pseudonym?
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Answer: d. While these authors’ names all appear in lowercase in their published works, only bell hooks is a pseudonym. She was born Gloria Jean Watkins and derived her pseudonym from the name of her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.
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Answer: d. While these authors’ names all appear in lowercase in their published works, only bell hooks is a pseudonym. She was born Gloria Jean Watkins and derived her pseudonym from the name of her maternal great-grandmother, Bell Blair Hooks.
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Question 4 of 8
4. Question
Which pseudonymous author is not a writer of books for children or young adults?
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Answer: c. Isaac Bickerstaff was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift when he wrote an almanac spoofing astrology called Predictions for the Year 1708. Eric Affabee is a pseudonym of R. L. Stine’s, Lemony Snicket is Daniel Handler’s pen name, and Dr. Seuss is the pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel.
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Answer: c. Isaac Bickerstaff was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift when he wrote an almanac spoofing astrology called Predictions for the Year 1708. Eric Affabee is a pseudonym of R. L. Stine’s, Lemony Snicket is Daniel Handler’s pen name, and Dr. Seuss is the pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel.
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Question 5 of 8
5. Question
Which of the following is the birth name of Guillaume Apollinaire?
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Answer: b. The French poet Guillaume Apollinaire was of Polish descent. He was born and raised in Italy before moving to France.
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Answer: b. The French poet Guillaume Apollinaire was of Polish descent. He was born and raised in Italy before moving to France.
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Question 6 of 8
6. Question
Which of the following pseudonyms was adopted by the English author Edith Maude Eaton?
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Answer: a. Eaton’s mother was a Chinese tightrope dancer, and her father was an English merchant. Sui Sin Far is the Cantonese word for the narcissus flower. Jin Yong is the pseudonym of Louis Cha Leung-yung, Lu Xun of Zhou Shuren, and Mao Dun of Shen Dehong.
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Answer: a. Eaton’s mother was a Chinese tightrope dancer, and her father was an English merchant. Sui Sin Far is the Cantonese word for the narcissus flower. Jin Yong is the pseudonym of Louis Cha Leung-yung, Lu Xun of Zhou Shuren, and Mao Dun of Shen Dehong.
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Question 7 of 8
7. Question
Which author wrote a best-selling novel, later adapted into an Academy Award–winning film, in the Writers Room above the old MLA headquarters on Astor Place in the 1990s?
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Answer: d. Sapphire, born Ramona Lofton, published the novel Push in 1996, when the MLA was located in the same building as the Writers Room, at 10 Astor Place. Her novel was later made into the movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Novalis is the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, Ouida of Marie Louise de la Ramée, Premchand of Dhanpat Rai Srivastav, and Hergé of Georges Remi.
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Answer: d. Sapphire, born Ramona Lofton, published the novel Push in 1996, when the MLA was located in the same building as the Writers Room, at 10 Astor Place. Her novel was later made into the movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. Novalis is the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg, Ouida of Marie Louise de la Ramée, Premchand of Dhanpat Rai Srivastav, and Hergé of Georges Remi.
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Question 8 of 8
8. Question
Some authors have used anagrams of their names as pseudonyms. Three of the following four anagrams were used as pseudonyms. Which anagram of an author’s name was not used as a pseudonym?
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Answer: b. Kamila Pealeswisher is an anagram of William Shakespeare, but it was never used as a nom de plume. Alcofribas Nasier is François Rabelais, Partenio Etiro is Pietro Aretino, and Regera Dowdy is Edward Gorey.
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Answer: b. Kamila Pealeswisher is an anagram of William Shakespeare, but it was never used as a nom de plume. Alcofribas Nasier is François Rabelais, Partenio Etiro is Pietro Aretino, and Regera Dowdy is Edward Gorey.