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CANADIAN WRITING

Canada's literary reputation has grown hugely in recent decades. Test your knowledge of some of the country's best writing by taking our quiz. And if you need a prompt, all the answers can be found by selecting the 'World' and 'Canada' compasses. Good luck!

 

 Question 1.

In which of Michael Ondaatje's novels does a forensic anthropologist return to Sri Lanka to investigate the organised campaigns of murder engulfing the island?

The English Patient

Coming Through Slaughter

In the Skin of a Lion

Anil's Ghost

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 Question 2.

Which of Margaret Atwood's novels is set in the Republic of Gilead and centres on the character of Offred?

The Blind Assassin

Oryx and Crake

The Handmaid's Tale

Alias Grace

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 Question 3.
Which accomplished Canadian-born writer has written short stories about Paris, where she has lived for many years, as well as reflecting on her homeland in a collection entitled Varieties of Exile?

Mavis Gallant

Mavis Cheek

Mavis Riley

Mavis Davis

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 Question 4.

Which novelist, originally born in Bombay, emigrated to Canada in 1975 and worked as a bank clerk in Toronto before writing Family Matters, A Fine Balance and Such A Long Journey

Romesh Gunesekera

Rohinton Mistry

Rajeev Balasubramanyam

Salman Rushdie

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 Question 5.
What was the title of Anne Michaels' Orange Prize-winning novel, in which young Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud of a buried Polish city during World War II and taken to an island in Greece?

Small Island

When I Lived in Modern Times

Fugitive Pieces

The Idea of Perfection

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 Question 6.
Which Canadian short story writer, who grew up in Wingham, South West Ontario, has published more than a dozen collections since 1950, including, in 2001, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage?

Margaret Atwood

Carol Shields

Alice Munro

Grace Paley

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 Question 7.
Which Canadian Jewish writer won the 1990 Commonwealth Writers Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize with his comic novel Solomon Gursky Was Here?

Mordecai Richler

Howard Jacobson

Dannie Abse

Michael Horowitz

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 Question 8.
Many Canadian writers have turned their hand to both fiction and poetry. Which of the following has not published a poetry collection?

Margaret Atwood

Anne Michaels

Carol Shields

Jane Urquhart

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 Question 9.
Which novelist and poet, originally from Trinidad, has published books including At the Full and Change of the Moon, What We All Long For, and Thirsty?

Dionne Brand

Robert Antoni

Jeanette Armstrong

George Elliott Clarke

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 Question 10.

Which Orange prize-winning novel by Carol Shields traces a man's life from 1977 until 1997, exploring in the process how men have had to change, and how masculinity is defined in the post-feminist world?

Unless

Larry's Party

The Stone Diaries

Republic of Love

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