Author By Character Quiz

Characters	Author
Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ariadne Oliver
Raskolnikov, Dmitri Karamazov, Lyov Nikolayevich Myshkin
Clarissa Dalloway, James Ramsay, Katharine Hilbery
Guy Montag, G. M. Dark, Roy Holdstrom
Jacob Marley, Samuel Pickwick, The Artful Dodger
Homer Wells, John Wheelwright, Jenny Fields
Jack Torrance, Ben Mears, Annie Wilkes
Clarice Starling, Jack Crawford, Michael Lander
Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Dirk Gently
Lyra Silvertongue, Will Parry, Sally Lockhart

Characters	Author
Simon Wheeler, Becky Thatcher, Aunt Polly
Jo March, John Brooke, Polly Milton
Jeremy Stone, Alan Grant, Tom Sanders
Katniss Everdeen, Luxa, Peeta Mellark
Darby Shaw, Rudy Baylor, Mark Sway
Philip Marlowe, Arthur Gwynn Geiger, Derace Kingsley
Howard Roark, Dagny Taggart, John Galt
George Milton, Lennie Small, Tom Joad
Felix Hoenikker, Billy Pilgrim, Kilgore Trout
Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky, Sonya Rostova, Pierre Bezukhov

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Author By Character Quiz

by SporcleAdmin

Created Dec 21, 2009 in Literature
Featured Dec 30, 2009
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	crashedferrari:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 16:12 GMT	4 points
	It's Poirot, not Poiroy.

	Dorkus Malorkus:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 16:14 GMT	2 points
	Poiroy?

	totebags:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 16:22 GMT	4 points
	"Chandler" should be acceptable for Raymond Chandler.

	buppyspek:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 16:25 GMT	8 points
	Needs more leeway on the spelling of Dostoyevsky. I only got it when I changed the last "y" to an "i." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky

	springmom:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 16:28 GMT	4 points
	I've never seen Dostoyevsky spelled that way. Please allow more spellings...

	mrgenova:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 16:50 GMT	28 points
	Did you know the original title for "War and Peace" was "War: What Is It Good For"?

	multislack:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 17:01 GMT	6 points
	mrgenova, I hope the sequel is called "absolutely nothing" Edwin Starr would surely enjoy it.

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	randomhandle:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 17:58 GMT	14 points
	@hollabackitsobi: Perhaps people haven't read said books?

	akbackstreetgirl:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 18:52 GMT	6 points
	It's really a shame that most people don't know about the Hunger Games yet. That series is great.

	Rackie:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 19:11 GMT	1 point
	Shame, I thought I might have some luck typing in Bronte!

	shanz818:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT	3 points
	At least I'm happy to say that I knew Dickens and Alcott, considering I just came out of an English Lit final that had Oliver Twist and Little Women on it! :)

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	laminator11:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 19:52 GMT	2 points
	Why is Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov the only character who's only mentioned by his last name?

	gurl94:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 20:36 GMT	3 points
	so happy to see Hunger Games included!

	OutdatedReference:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 20:41 GMT	23 points
	I was happy that my ignorant approach of "if you see a Russian character name guess 'Dostoyevsky' or 'Tolstoy'" paid off not once but twice in this quiz.

	kagomeshuko:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 21:19 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz. I didn't know most of these at all. @OudatedReference What about Nabokov or am I getting mixed up with what he did again?

	steeltown:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 21:42 GMT	4 points
	@OutdatedReference: Or Chekhov, with the occasional Pasternak...

	chikka2:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 21:45 GMT	3 points
	I got about half the ones I got through my own reading; the rest, I confess, through movies based on the books...shift from hot to cool medium

	ZapRowsdower:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 22:03 GMT	4 points
	A mere 25% know Douglas Adams and the Hitchhikers Guide? OMG!

	Robert_Seth:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 23:02 GMT	7 points
	Who is John Galt?

	Chikara:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 23:47 GMT	3 points
	I must say that these characters have some of the most interesting and unusual names. Maybe that's the key to becoming a great writer? Being able to come up with great names?

	jlinstantkarma:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 00:25 GMT	2 points
	WOW, I thought Irving would be answered far more frequently. Strange.

	nushney:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 02:13 GMT	5 points
	YES! Great to see the Hunger Games. Love those books!

	wearsredsox:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 04:29 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz- I like the mix of old (or well known) and new authors/books. And as previously stated- yay for including Suzanne Collins! I spent the last three days reading The Hunger Games and Catching Fire :)

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	jaycee4141:	Dec 31st, 2009 at 21:10 GMT	0 points
	I can't believe I missed Billy Pilgrim and Kilgore Trout. I just read SH5.

	sporcyou:	Jan 1st, 2010 at 09:35 GMT	2 points
	yeah, vote me down all you want, but if english classes are reading "the pelican brief" 20 years from now, this country has more problems than my little comment on sporcle.

	stefa41:	Jan 1st, 2010 at 15:47 GMT	1 point
	nice idea but a sequel would be good - possibly including names such as Dorothy L Sayers, the Brontes...?

	Jeremy:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 20:40 GMT	0 points
	Great quiz, except who the hell is Suzanne Collins? Only one I've never read one or more novels by and I've also never heard of her.

	TimeAndTide:	Jan 5th, 2010 at 15:12 GMT	6 points
	Very nice quiz! I like the mix of classics, rising stars, and pure pop. @sporcyou: You're right that Grisham, Crichton, King, and others probably won't make it into "english classes" of the future. But so what? The word "literature" can mean "written works" in a broad sense, not just the narrow (dare I say snooty?) sense of "written works considered of superior or lasting merit". Besides, sporcle is about fun, and for better or worse, books by Grisham, Crichton, King, etc. are fun -- and if not to you or me, then certainly to lots and lots of others. So cheers to the quiz creator for including them in what was a very fun quiz (with hopefully a sequel to follow)! 5/5

	jasonc_22:	Jan 5th, 2010 at 18:38 GMT	1 point
	I didn't read the clue "John Galt" until after I'd run out of time...I wanted to shake the moniter.

	Kestrad:	Jan 6th, 2010 at 01:10 GMT	1 point
	@laminator11: perhaps because he's referred to by both names multiple times in the book

	sporcyou:	Jan 9th, 2010 at 20:12 GMT	-1 points
	@timeandtide: yeah, i know. just can't resist taking a jab at grisham.

	laughing_girl:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 23:55 GMT	2 points
	go hunger games!!!! yes, cant believe it was on here!

	SmilieFace:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 23:52 GMT	1 point
	Hunger Games RULE!! The third book comes out in August. It's called "The Victors". I can't wait!

	Retracto:	Mar 19th, 2010 at 23:07 GMT	1 point
	Oh, that Alan Grant! I wish you'd have chosen Ian Malcolm, I would've gotten it.

	wonderland01:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 06:09 GMT	2 points
	Woo Hunger Games! (Book three is actually called Mockingjay, not The Victors)