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by Cormac McCarthy

The Road Quiz 1

1. What was McCarthy's given name at birth?

  • John McCarthy
  • Charles McCarthy
  • Cormac McCarthy
  • Cullen McCarthy

2. Which of the following works does not belong in the Border Trilogy?

  • All the Pretty Horses
  • Suttree
  • Cities of the Plain
  • The Crossing

3. Which of the following works has not been adapted to film?

  • No Country for Old Men
  • The Road
  • Child of God
  • All the Pretty Horses

4. For which novel was McCarthy awarded a Pulitzer Prize?

  • The Road
  • Blood Meridian
  • Suttree
  • The Crossing

5. Where was Cormac McCarthy born?

  • Tennessee
  • Ireland
  • Rhode Island
  • Texas

6. McCarthy's editor for I[The Orchard Keeper] was also the editor for which author?

  • William Faulkner
  • Marcel Proust
  • Ernest Hemingway
  • Henry James

7. The name "Cormac" means:

  • son of John
  • son of Charles
  • John
  • Charles

8. In which of the following genres have McCarthy's works NOT been seriously classified?

  • romance
  • Western
  • crime thriller
  • science fiction

9. To whom is The Road dedicated?

  • Jennifer Winkley
  • John Francis McCarthy
  • Albert Erskine
  • Cullen McCarthy

10. With whom did McCarthy give his first televised interview?

  • Larry King
  • Oprah Winfrey
  • Bil O'Reilly
  • Barbara Walters

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