Analyzing the Content of Twentieth-Century Fiction

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The American author who wrote a series of novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawtha County, Mississippi was __________.

2

The novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison uses the main character's invisibility as an allegory for __________.

3

Which of the following books is the William Faulkner novel about a family attempting to bury their deceased mother?

4

What is the science fiction novel that discusses a dystopian future where all books are outlawed?

5

The novels of John Updike are marked by all of the following EXCEPT __________.

6

May Welland, Newland Archer, and Ellen Olenska, are all characters in which novel?

7

The 1946 novel All the King’s Men, loosely based on the political career of Louisiana Governor Huey P. Long, was written by __________.

8

The author Raymond Chandler's style was marked by all of the following EXCEPT __________.

9

Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis (1915) tells the tale of __________.

10

Which fantasy author created the realm known as "Middle Earth"?

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