Postmodern Literature: But is it Postmodern? Identifying Quotes Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Postmodern Literature? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. In which novel does one character say, "Once you've seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see the barn"?
Animal Farm
White Noise
Neuromancer
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
Q. When Vladimir Nabokov refers to "a princedom by the sea," he's referencing a poem by which famous writer?
Robert Browning
Lemony Snicket
William McGonagall
Edgar Allan Poe
Q. Take a look at this quote: "So here you are now, ready to attack the first lines of the first page. You prepare to recognize the unmistakable tone of the author. No. You don't recognize it at all. But now that you think about it, who ever said this author had an unmistakable tone?" Who wrote this?
Salman Rushdie
Kurt Vonnegut
Italo Calvino
Dr. Seuss
Q. Who believed that writers should stand up against "power, corporations, the state, and the whole system of consumption and of debilitating entertainments"?
Don DeLillo
Warren Buffett
Thomas Pynchon
Michael Moore
Q. In which novel does a character come to realize that "you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you"?
Generation X
Fight Club
Chicken Little
Infinite Jest