A novella is a book of fiction, shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word “novella” derives from the Italian novella meaning a short story related to true facts. Test your knowledge with our Wonderful Novella Literature Quiz!
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The Wonderful Novella Literature Quiz
Results
#1. Who wrote the 2002 novella Train Dreams?
Unlucky! Denis Johnson wrote it. Originally published in 2002 in a slightly different form than it’s later 2011 release.
#2. Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was first published in what year?
Unlucky! This Gothic Horror novella was published in 1886.
#3. José Ybarra-Jaegar appears in which 1958 novella?
Unlucky! José Ybarra-Jaegar is a Brazilian politician in Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote
#4. In which US State is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck set?
Unlucky! It is set in California during the Great Depression
#5. Who wrote the 1948 novella No Longer Human?
Unlucky! Also translated as A Shameful Life, No Longer Human was written by Osamu Dazai
#6. The Love Child by Edith Olivier was first published in which year?
Unlucky! It was her first novel, written in her 50’s and published in 1927
#7. Which of these titles was not part of Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy?
Unlucky! Baumgartner is the odd one out
#8. Western Lane by Chetna Maroo was nominated and shortlisted for which literary prize in 2023?
Unlucky! Her debut novel was shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize.
#9. Who wrote the 1961 novella No Signposts in the Sea?
Unlucky! Her last work, Vita Sackville-West wrote No Signposts in the Sea
#10. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is set in which city?
Unlucky! Notes from Underground takes place in the 1840s and the 1860s in St. Petersburg, Russia
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