What is the name of Charles Bukowski's fictional alter-ego?

Literature Trivia / December 20, 2025

Henry Chinaski. Henry Chinaski was played by Mickey Rourke in the film "Barfly".

What is the profession of Danny Meyer, author of the 2006 book "Setting the Table"?

Literature Trivia / December 20, 2025

Restaurateur. Danny Meyer is the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group.

In Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet's parents want her to marry which suitor?

Literature Trivia / December 19, 2025

Paris. In Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet's father wanted Paris to wait two years before marrying her, because she wasn't yet fourteen.

Who wrote "The House of Seven Gables"?

Literature Trivia / December 19, 2025

Nathaniel Hawthorne. "The House of Seven Gables" is about the Pyncheon family, who were the ancestors of novelist Thomas Pynchon.

Who is the author of the book "The Deep"?

Literature Trivia / December 18, 2025

Peter Benchley. Peter Benchley published "The Deep" in 1976.

Who is Carrie's first acquaintance on her way to Chicago in Dreiser's "Sister Carrie"?

Literature Trivia / December 18, 2025

Drouet. Carrie meets traveling salesman, Charles Drouet on a train to Chicago.