Picaresque novel - Quiz
Picaresque novel
  • 1. Who authored the novel Kvachi Kvachantiradze?
A) Saul Bellow
B) Mikheil Javakhishvili
C) Umberto Eco
D) Ilya Ilf
  • 2. In what year was Kvachi Kvachantiradze published?
A) 1924
B) 1928
C) 1953
D) 1942
  • 3. Which novel's protagonist is described as a swindler and a Georgian Felix Krull?
A) Kvachi Kvachantiradze
B) The Twelve Chairs
C) Baudolino
D) The Tin Drum
  • 4. Who wrote The Twelve Chairs and The Little Golden Calf?
A) John Barth
B) Sánchez Ferlosio
C) Ilf and Petrov
D) Thomas Mann
  • 5. In what year was The Little Golden Calf published?
A) 1960
B) 1931
C) 1928
D) 1954
  • 6. Who wrote The Projects and Wanderings of Alfanhui?
A) Luis Zapata
B) Arto Paasilinna
C) Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio
D) Camilo José Cela
  • 7. In what year was The Projects and Wanderings of Alfanhui published?
A) 1943
B) 1965
C) 1975
D) 1953
  • 8. Who authored The Family of Pascual Duarte?
A) Ralph Ellison
B) Camilo José Cela
C) John A. Lee
D) Saul Bellow
  • 9. In what year was The Family of Pascual Duarte published?
A) 1960
B) 1942
C) 1952
D) 1954
  • 10. Who wrote Invisible Man?
A) Ralph Ellison
B) William S. Burroughs
C) John Barth
D) Saul Bellow
  • 11. In what year was Invisible Man published?
A) 1953
B) 1952
C) 1965
D) 1944s
  • 12. Who is the author of The Adventures of Augie March?
A) Iris Murdoch
B) Günter Grass
C) Saul Bellow
D) Jerzy Kosinski
  • 13. Who wrote Shining with the Shiner?
A) John A. Lee
B) Thomas Mann
C) Umberto Eco
D) John Kennedy Toole
  • 14. What is the name of the New Zealand folk hero featured in Shining with the Shiner?
A) Baudolino
B) Ned Slattery
C) Ignatius J. Reilly
D) Ivan Chonkin
  • 15. What are the birth and death years of Ned Slattery as mentioned in the text?
A) 1860–1940
B) 1830–1915
C) 1850–1930
D) 1840–1927
  • 16. Who wrote Confessions of Felix Krull?
A) Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio
B) Mikheil Javakhishvili
C) Arto Paasilinna
D) Thomas Mann
  • 17. In what year was Confessions of Felix Krull published?
A) 1954
B) 1964
C) 1974
D) 1944
  • 18. Who wrote Under the Net?
A) John Barth
B) Iris Murdoch
C) Vladimir Voinovich
D) Günter Grass
  • 19. Who wrote the German picaresque novel The Tin Drum?
A) Günter Grass
B) Thomas Mann
C) Jerzy Kosinski
D) Umberto Eco
  • 20. In what year was The Tin Drum published?
A) 1959
B) 1953
C) 1960
D) 1969
  • 21. Who authored The Sot-Weed Factor?
A) John Kennedy Toole
B) John Barth
C) William S. Burroughs
D) Aravind Adiga
  • 22. In what year was The Sot-Weed Factor published?
A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1980
D) 1950
  • 23. Who wrote The Painted Bird?
A) Luis Zapata
B) Vladimir Voinovich
C) Jerzy Kosinski
D) Arto Paasilinna
  • 24. In what year was The Painted Bird published?
A) 1965
B) 1975
C) 1969
D) 1980
  • 25. Who wrote The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin?
A) Arto Paasilinna
B) Vladimir Voinovich
C) Mikheil Javakhishvili
D) José Baroja
  • 26. In what year was The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin published?
A) 1965
B) 1980
C) 1975
D) 1969
  • 27. Who wrote The Year of the Hare?
A) Aravind Adiga
B) John Kennedy Toole
C) Umberto Eco
D) Arto Paasilinna
  • 28. In what year was The Year of the Hare published?
A) 1980
B) 1969
C) 1975
D) 1965
  • 29. Who authored A Confederacy of Dunces?
A) Jerzy Kosinski
B) John Barth
C) John Kennedy Toole
D) Thomas Nashe
  • 30. In what year was A Confederacy of Dunces published?
A) 1980
B) 1979
C) 2000
D) 1981
  • 31. What award did A Confederacy of Dunces win in 1981?
A) Booker Prize
B) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
C) Nobel Prize in Literature
D) National Book Award
  • 32. What is the name of the protagonist in A Confederacy of Dunces?
A) Ivan Chonkin
B) Ignatius J. Reilly
C) Baudolino
D) Kvachi Kvachantiradze
  • 33. Who wrote the novel Baudolino?
A) Joaquín Edwards
B) Manuel Rojas
C) Umberto Eco
D) Aravind Adiga
  • 34. In what year was Baudolino published?
A) 2008
B) 2000
C) 1975
D) 1980
  • 35. Who wrote The White Tiger?
A) Luis Zapata
B) Elena Poniatowska
C) Umberto Eco
D) Aravind Adiga
  • 36. What prestigious award did The White Tiger win in 2008?
A) Nobel Prize
B) National Book Award
C) Booker Prize
D) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
  • 37. Where did William S. Burroughs give a series of lectures on picaresque novels in 1979?
A) Sorbonne University
B) Harvard University
C) Oxford University
D) Naropa University in Colorado
  • 38. According to William S. Burroughs, what is impossible to separate from the picaresque novel?
A) The tragic ending
B) The romantic interest
C) The historical setting
D) The anti-hero
  • 39. According to William S. Burroughs, what are protagonists in picaresque novels by their nature?
A) Scholars
B) Warriors
C) Outsiders
D) Aristocrats
  • 40. Who wrote the ancient novel Satyricon included in Burroughs' list?
A) Denton Welch
B) Petronius
C) Thomas Nashe
D) Jane Bowles
  • 41. What are the estimated dates for Petronius' novel Satyricon as given in the text?
A) 1936 AD
B) 1943 AD
C) 1594 AD
D) 54–68 AD
  • 42. Who wrote The Unfortunate Traveller in 1594?
A) Thomas Nashe
B) Petronius
C) Louis-Ferdinand Céline
D) Manuel Rojas
  • 43. Who wrote Maiden Voyage (1943) and A Voice Through a Cloud (1950)?
A) Louis-Ferdinand Céline
B) Denton Welch
C) José Baroja
D) Jane Bowles
  • 44. Who wrote Two Serious Ladies (1943)?
A) Denton Welch
B) Iris Murdoch
C) Elena Poniatowska
D) Jane Bowles
  • 45. Who wrote Death on Credit (1936)?
A) Louis-Ferdinand Céline
B) Petronius
C) William S. Burroughs
D) Thomas Nashe
  • 46. Who authored Hijo de ladrón (1951)?
A) Luis Zapata
B) José Baroja
C) Joaquín Edwards
D) Manuel Rojas
  • 47. Who wrote El roto (1968)?
A) Joaquín Edwards
B) Elena Poniatowska
C) Manuel Rojas
D) Luis Zapata
  • 48. Who wrote Hasta no verte Jesús mío (1969)?
A) Joaquín Edwards
B) Elena Poniatowska
C) Manuel Rojas
D) Luis Zapata
  • 49. Who wrote Las aventuras, desventuras y sueños de Adonis García, el vampiro de la colonia Roma (1978)?
A) Elena Poniatowska
B) Manuel Rojas
C) José Baroja
D) Luis Zapata
  • 50. Who wrote Un hijo de perra (2017)?
A) José Baroja
B) Joaquín Edwards
C) Luis Zapata
D) Elena Poniatowska
  • 51. What kind of social class does a typical picaresque hero belong to?
A) Low social class
B) High clergy
C) Wealthy merchant class
D) Aristocratic nobility
  • 52. How does a picaresque hero generally survive in a corrupt society?
A) Through inherited wealth
B) By his wits
C) Through manual labor
D) By holding a steady office
  • 53. What narrative form do picaresque novels typically adopt?
A) Epistolary verse
B) Allegorical fable
C) Strictly unified dramatic plot
D) Episodic prose narrative
  • 54. Which Spanish novel is credited with beginning the picaresque genre?
A) El Buscón
B) Guzmán de Alfarache
C) Don Quixote
D) Lazarillo de Tormes
  • 55. In what year was Lazarillo de Tormes published?
A) 1504
B) 1554
C) 1626
D) 1599
  • 56. Why was Lazarillo de Tormes published anonymously?
A) Because the author forgot to sign it
B) Because of its anticlerical content
C) Because the author was illiterate
D) Because the publisher stole the manuscript
  • 57. During which historical period was Lazarillo de Tormes published?
A) Victorian Era
B) Spanish Golden Age
C) Middle Ages
D) The Enlightenment
  • 58. Who wrote The Golden Ass?
A) Petronius
B) Apuleius
C) Mateo Alemán
D) Francisco de Quevedo
  • 59. According to scholars like F.W. Chandler and A. Marasso, which work remains the primary antecedent influence for the picaresque genre?
A) The Golden Ass
B) Lazarillo de Tormes
C) El Buscón
D) Satyricon
  • 60. Who wrote El Buscón?
A) Apuleius
B) Francisco de Quevedo
C) Mateo Alemán
D) Petronius
  • 61. For how many years did the picaresque genre flourish throughout Europe following the Spanish example?
A) More than 200 years
B) Less than 20 years
C) Exactly 50 years
D) Exactly 100 years
  • 62. According to the traditional view of Thrall and Hibbard published in 1936, how many qualities distinguish the picaresque narrative form?
A) Five
B) Seven
C) Ten
D) Three
  • 63. In what person is a picaresque narrative usually written?
A) Third person limited
B) Third person omniscient
C) Second person
D) First person
  • 64. What is true about character development in the main character of a picaresque novel?
A) The character learns selflessness and humility
B) There is little if any character development
C) The character transforms from a rogue into a king
D) The character undergoes a profound moral redemption
  • 65. What style of language is used to tell the pícaro's story?
A) Obscure allegorical symbolism
B) Metaphorical romanticism
C) Plainness of language or realism
D) High ornate poetic verse
  • 66. How does the behavior of a picaresque protagonist relate to criminality?
A) It always involves violent felonies
B) It is completely law-abiding and virtuous
C) It stops just short of criminality
D) It is strictly governed by state laws
  • 67. How does carefree or immoral rascality position the picaresque hero in society?
A) As an influential political leader
B) As a sympathetic outsider untouched by false rules
C) As a respected pillar of the community
D) As a universally hated criminal locked in prison
  • 68. In the English-speaking world, how is the term picaresque often used loosely?
A) To mean any tragic romance
B) To refer to novels containing some elements, like adventures on the road
C) To refer exclusively to 19th-century poetry
D) To describe strict historical biographies
  • 69. Which work by Miguel de Cervantes is sometimes described as containing elements of the picaresque genre?
A) Persiles y Sigismunda
B) La Galatea
C) Novelas Ejemplares
D) Don Quixote
  • 70. Which work by Charles Dickens is sometimes used to describe works containing some picaresque elements?
A) The Pickwick Papers
B) A Tale of Two Cities
C) Oliver Twist
D) Great Expectations
  • 71. In what year did the word pícaro first start to appear in Spain with its current meaning?
A) 1810
B) 1599
C) 1554
D) 1545
  • 72. Did the word pícaro appear in Lazarillo de Tormes?
A) Yes
B) No
C) Only in the final chapter
D) Only in the title
  • 73. In what year was the expression picaresque novel coined?
A) 1936
B) 1810
C) 1545
D) 1626
  • 74. What did contemporaries call Guzmán de Alfarache?
A) El pícaro andaluz
B) El libro del pícaro
C) La historia del pícaro
D) Las aventuras de Guzmán
  • 75. Outside of Spain, in which city under Spanish rule was Lazarillo de Tormes also published in 1554?
A) Rome
B) Paris
C) Antwerp
D) Lisbon
  • 76. What is the name of the protagonist in Lazarillo de Tormes?
A) Guzmán
B) Don Quixote
C) Pablos
D) Lázaro
  • 77. What kind of country does Lázaro live in that is full of hypocrisy?
A) An industrialized nation
B) A wealthy and generous empire
C) An impoverished country
D) A purely egalitarian utopia
  • 78. What Spanish word does Lázaro use to describe the deception and falsehood he overcomes?
A) Al-Andalus
B) Pícaro
C) Engaño
D) Maqāmāt
  • 79. Which character from Petronius's Satyricon shares some traits with Lázaro?
A) Giton
B) Trimalchio
C) Encolpius
D) Ascyltus
  • 80. What was Encolpius's former profession in Satyricon?
A) Priest
B) King
C) Gladiator
D) Merchant
  • 81. From whose comedies does Lazarillo borrow the figure of the parasite and the supple slave?
A) Plautus
B) Apuleius
C) Petronius
D) Chaucer
  • 82. What popular genre in the classical world do Satyricon and The Golden Ass belong to?
A) Milesian tale
B) Pastoral romance
C) Epic poetry
D) Tragic drama
  • 83. Upon what are the principal episodes of Lazarillo based?
A) Nordic myths
B) Slavic fairy tales
C) Arabic folktales
D) Celtic legends
  • 84. What influence may account for the negative portrayal of priests and church officials in Lazarillo?
A) Slavic influence
B) Roman influence
C) Arabic influence
D) English influence
  • 85. Who is credited with inventing the literary genre of maqāmāt?
A) Ibn al-Astarkuwi
B) Hanna Diyab
C) Antoine Galland
D) Al-Hamadhani
  • 86. Where was Al-Hamadhani from?
A) Hamadhan, Iran
B) Burgos, Spain
C) Rome, Italy
D) Antwerp, Belgium
  • 87. Who, along with Al-Hamadhani, wrote in the maqāmāt genre comparable to later European picaresque?
A) Charles Perrault
B) Petronius
C) Plautus
D) Ibn al-Astarkuwi
  • 88. During which century did Islamic picaresque tales find renewed popularity in Western Europe?
A) 15th century
B) 13th century
C) 19th century
D) 17th century
  • 89. Which character from The One Thousand and One Nights is mentioned as a roguish and cunning protagonist?
A) Hercules
B) Sinbad the Sailor
C) Don Quixote
D) Encolpius
  • 90. Which female character from The One Thousand and One Nights is noted for succeeding by subverting social conventions and guile?
A) Madame d'Aulnoy
B) Morgiana the Slave-Girl
C) Scheherazade
D) Madame de Staël
  • 91. The new popularity of The Thousand and One Nights coincided with the development of what genre?
A) Scientific treatise
B) Gothic horror
C) Epic poetry
D) Fairy tale
  • 92. What type of loanwords in the text of Lazarillo suggests the influence of medieval Slavic tales?
A) Greek loanwords
B) Russian loanwords
C) German loanwords
D) Arabic loanwords
  • 93. Under which emperor were diplomatic ties established between Germany and Spain, allowing Slavic tales to be read in Italian translations?
A) Augustus Caesar
B) Charles V
C) Charlemagne
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 94. What Catholic Revival doctrine clashed with the idea of determinism used to cast the pícaro as a victim?
A) Original sin
B) Free will
C) Predestination
D) Divine right
  • 95. In what year was Guzmán de Alfarache published?
A) 1699
B) 1599
C) 1604
D) 1613
  • 96. According to Francisco Rico, in what year was El Buscón written?
A) 1604
B) 1613
C) 1599
D) 1715
  • 97. Who considers El Buscón to be the absolute masterpiece of the genre because of its baroque style and study of delinquent psychology?
A) Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
B) A. A. Parker
C) M. H. Abrams
D) Francisco Rico
  • 98. Who described Don Quixote as a "quasi-picaresque narrative"?
A) A. A. Parker
B) Francisco Rico
C) M. H. Abrams
D) Mateo Alemán
  • 99. In Don Quixote, who is the hero instead of a rogue?
A) A German soldier
B) A foolish knight
C) A court page
D) A delinquent
  • 100. What historical group's circumstances are essential to understand the development of Spanish picaresque novels?
A) Foreign merchants
B) Aristocrats
C) Monks
D) Conversos
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