The Definitive Biography Book Quiz
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person’s life. Test your knowledge of famous bio’s with our Definitive Biography Book Quiz!
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#1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a 1969 autobiography by Maya Angelou. How many volumes did the full series have?
Unlucky! It was a seven part series.
#2. In The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, which European city was she hiding in?
Unlucky! Her family hid in Amsterdam for nearly two years during WWII.
#3. Who wrote the 1995 biography Mozart?
Unlucky! It was written by American writer and music producer Maynard Solomon
#4. Which Edmund Morris biography won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography?
Unlucky! The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt was the winner, the first of a trilogy of books he wrote about Roosevelt
#5. Studio of the South by Martin Bailey details the work of which famous artist?
Unlucky! Studio of the South tells the story of Van Gogh’s period in Provence in France.
#6. Traces of Enayat by Iman Mersal, uncovers the life of Enayat al-Zayyat, a famous Egyptian ….?
Unlucky! Enayat al-Zayyat was considered one of Egypt’s most prominent women writers
#7. Whose autobiography was titled The Fun of It?
Unlucky! Originally published in 1932, The Fun of It was Amelia Earhart’s autobiography.
#8. Published in 2010, who wrote the biography Cleopatra?
Unlucky! It was written by Stacy Schiff
#9. Wrapped in Rainbows by Valerie Boyd tells the story of which famous author?
Unlucky! Wrapped in Rainbows is a profile of one of the most intriguing cultural figures of the 20th century, Zora Neale Hurston
#10. The Lost City of Z by David Grann features the hunt for a lost city in which country?
Unlucky! It is the story of a British explorer who ventured into the Amazon (Brazil) jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned
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