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Quiz Bee: Philip Roth

Authored by Ken Dy

English

10th - 12th Grade

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 Quiz Bee: Philip Roth
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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What is Philip Roth's full name?

Philip Milton Roth

Philip Milan Roth

Philip Melvin Roth

Philip Malcom Roth

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Where did Philip Roth receive his M.A. (Master of Arts) degree?

University of Pennsylvania

Harvard University

University of Toronto

University of Chicago

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What is Philip Roth's first book?

The Plot Against America

Operation Shylock

Portnoy's Complaint

Goodbye, Columbus

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What novel won Philip Roth the Pulitzer Prize?

The Human Stain

American Pastoral

The Idiot

War and Peace

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What was Philip Roth's final novel?

Nemesis

Deception

Indignation

The Dying Animal

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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In "An Open Letter to Wikipedia", he wrote because of a serious misstatement in an entry discussing his book "Nemesis".

True

False

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It was actually "The Human Stain".

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7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Roth's novel "The Human Stain", was inspired by Melvin Tumin.

True

False

Answer explanation

In "An Open Letter to Wikipedia", Roth writes that there was a serious misstatement in a Wikipedia entry discussing that it was Anatole Broyard which inspired Roth to write "The Human Stain".

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