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Joyce Carol Oates Quiz

How much do you know about the author of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"? Take the Joyce Carol Oates quiz from eNotes to find out! Contains ten questions about the prolific American author.

  1. Which book does Oates call "the great treasure of my childhood, and the most profound literary influence of my life"?

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  2. Which of Oates' early novels won the National Book Award for Fiction?

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  3. In what sport has Oates long been an avid participant?

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  4. At which university has Oates taught since 1978?

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  5. Oates was given a scholarship to which college?

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  6. Oates was the first in her family to do what?

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  7. Under which pen name has Oates written mystery novels?

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  8. True or False: Oates is an atheist

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  9. True or False: Oates has never won the Nobel Prize for Literature

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  10. Oates' most popular short story is dedicated to which rocker?

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Maniac Magee

by Jerry Spinelli

Holes

by Louis Sachar

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen

The Cay

by Theodore Taylor

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson