The Magical Gabriel García Márquez Quiz
One of the most important writers of the 20th century, Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014). was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist who popularized magical realism. Test your knowledge with our Magical Gabriel García Márquez Quiz.
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The Magical Gabriel García Márquez Quiz
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#1. The General in His Labyrinth is a fictionalized account of which famous leader?
Unlucky! Simón Bolívar is the subject of the novel
#2. What was the name of the family in One Hundred Years of Solitude?
Unlucky! it is the Buendía family
#3. Complete the title of the short story Sleeping Beauty and the …….
Unlucky! Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane is the title
#4. In which year did he win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Unlucky! He won it in 1982.
#5. What was the title of the first volume of his autobiography?
Unlucky! Published in 2002 its title is Living to Tell the Tale
#6. The fictional town of Macondo first appears in which work?
Unlucky! Macondo first appeared in Leaf Storm, published in 1955
#7. Which of these was not a short story collection?
Unlucky! Light is Like Water is the odd one out
#8. Gabriel García Márquez worked in what profession before his writing career?
Unlucky! He was a Journalist
#9. The Ghosts of August is set in which European country?
Unlucky! It was set in Italy
#10. Gabriel García Márquez had a long running feud with which writer?
Unlucky! He had a feud with Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa
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