Can you name the novels from these protagonists?

Protagonist	Novel
Holden Caulfield
Howard Roark
Scout Finch
Hiroaki 'Hiro' Protagonist
Hester Prynne
Leopold Bloom
Philip Pirrip (Pip)
Winston Smith
Scarlett O'Hara
Bigger Thomas
Randle Patrick McMurphy
Oskar Matzerath
Heathcliff

Protagonist	Novel
Josephine March (Jo)
Ishmael
Isabel Archer
Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov
Ignatius J. Reilly
Buck
Esther Greenwood
Billy Pilgrim
Meursault
Becky Sharp
Captain Nemo
Mowgli
Dean Moriarty

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Novel by Protagonist Quiz

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Published: February 6th, 2009
Category: Literature
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	newniki:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 20:41 GMT	6 points
	I LOVED this quizz!

	jessek:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 20:46 GMT	1 point
	nice quiz, got all the ones i'd actually read.

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	Kris:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 20:55 GMT	-2 points
	I only got 5. I need to read more!

	Fawkes:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 20:57 GMT	0 points
	Got 13. Can't believe I missed Winston Smith. He's from one of my favorite books!

	darinfic:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 21:06 GMT	5 points
	got 19, should have had 20 but i blanked on moriarty. i kept typing in arthur conan doyle novels, uggg!

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	peanut4:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 21:14 GMT	0 points
	A massive 4! Though, I was surprised by how few people got Leopold Bloom.

	[Deleted]:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 21:36 GMT	-1 points
	Cool, i got 23. I've heard of the other three books, but I never would have guessed them.

	thefinestmuffins:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 21:36 GMT	11 points
	Hmm, I'd say that Scout Finch is really the protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus might be the hero, but it's her story. And thank you to Benjamin Linus on LOST for your help with "Dean Moriarty."

	enough:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 21:46 GMT	5 points
	i'd have to agree with muffins Scout is more of a protagonist than Atticus

	Lilybert:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 21:49 GMT	3 points
	Love literature quizzes!!

	dbcint:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 21:53 GMT	7 points
	@Paul, I missed Leopold Bloom because I was thinking of Leo Bloom from The Producers. That thoroughly confused me

	Booger:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 22:09 GMT	10 points
	Hester Prynne reminds me of a funny cartoon I once saw. A bunch of women walk around dejectedly with "A"s marked on their lapels. On the side is a smiling woman with a buxom chest. She is marked with an "A+".

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	Nezu_Chiza:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 22:47 GMT	1 point
	I really don't think that Ishmael works as the protagonist for Moby Dick. Ahab is the protagonist, Ishmael doesn't drive any of the actions, he really just reports what happened. I also agree that Scout, not Atticus, is the protagonist who should be listed for To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus is merely A protagonist, while Scout is THE protagonist.

	davidr:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 22:48 GMT	-2 points
	@Lyn: Yes, it's really spelt `Randle', as is easily verified with your favourite search engine or online encyclopaedia.

	davidr:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 22:50 GMT	4 points
	Wow. This is the 19th comment and there hasn't been a single `How could you miss Some Guy from ``Some Novel''?'

	qwertasdfg:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 23:09 GMT	2 points
	Great quiz, although I think the original titles should be accepted as well, like 'Die Blechtrommel' or just 'Blechtrommel' for 'The Tin Drum'.

	Peter:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT	2 points
	@qwertasdfg i agree - l'étranger should be acceptable for camus' work too!

	Jeremy:	Feb 6th, 2009 at 23:53 GMT	-2 points
	Great quiz! Somehow missed Pilgrim and Smith even though I've read both those. I agree with the Scout and Ahab comments. I'd never really thought about Heathcliff as the protagonist because he's such a sociopath but I guess he does drive most of the plot. If you're going to choose Ismael though, you might as well have chosen Lockwood instead of Heathcliff.

	snoozyJ:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 01:47 GMT	-4 points
	Poor Becky Sharp, the looser in any popularity contest.

	CarpeDiem:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 01:51 GMT	1 point
	Sporcle rocks!!

	DerKomissar:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 02:00 GMT	0 points
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the best book ever.

	Edge:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 02:44 GMT	-1 points
	I feel a lot better about getting 8 after reading some of the comments :P Many of the ones I didn't get kind of tickled my brain as familiar, but I couldn't place them with anything.

	hydra351:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 03:22 GMT	3 points
	I hate to be nitpicky about this, but On the Road is one of my favorite books and although Dean Moriarty is a central and essential character, I wouldn't say that he's the protagonist. There are large portions of the book where he is absent. I would instead consider the lead role to be Sal Paradise.

	sarzthewonderdog:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	2 points
	I agree with hydra. I'm actually in the middle of On the Road right now and Sal is DEFINITELY the protagonist. Dean is referred to as "Dean" and Sal is referred to as "I"

	debbiedoesnothin:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 06:16 GMT	3 points
	@ davidr - They left out Tom Joad from The Grapes of Wrath. ;)

	Lilybert:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 08:20 GMT	3 points
	"The Portrait of a Lady" is wonderful novel and I love Isabel Archer.

	Jinxo:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 09:06 GMT	0 points
	First time on Sporcle that I got the least guessed answer but didn't get the top answer. Very nice quiz, nonetheless.

	Mongoose1:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 09:32 GMT	1 point
	No Yossarian?! Shame on you Sporcle/davidr :-)

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	davidr:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 10:25 GMT	2 points
	@Mongoose: Yossarian? What the hell kind of name is Yossarian?

	iamthedancefloor:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 17:33 GMT	-2 points
	I tried 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' with numbers; surely that should be allowed?

	Nezu_Chiza:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 20:20 GMT	2 points
	@Beks, 1984 works, I used that yesterday to answer and tested again today to make sure. Still works today.

	Trevor:	Feb 7th, 2009 at 21:49 GMT	9 points
	Erm, the protagonist in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" isn't Randall P. McMurphy in the book, it's the Chief. McMurphy's just the most recognizable character and is the protagonist in the film. Not that it's that important.

	pr:	Feb 8th, 2009 at 00:51 GMT	6 points
	Captain Nemo is not the protagonist in 20,000 Leagues. The protagonist is Professor Aronnax. The story is told from his first person perspective and details his adventure. Nemo is a main character but not THE protagonist.

	Statto2:	Feb 8th, 2009 at 10:25 GMT	0 points
	@DerKomissar: I presume you've read all the books!

	Mongoose1:	Feb 8th, 2009 at 12:29 GMT	3 points
	@davidr: I think its Assyrian :-) . Either way that comment made me chuckle and hence made up for its absence. Nice one!