Edith Wharton Quiz

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1	What was Edith Wharton's first published book?
		Verses
		The Greater Inclination
		The Touchstone
		The Decoration of Houses
		The House of Mirth

2	What famous American author was Edith Wharton's good friend and traveling companion?
		William Dean Howells
		Henry James
		Mark Twain
		Stephen Crane
		Willa Cather

3	At about what age did Edith Wharton publish her first book of short stories?
		25
		18
		45
		37
		15

4	Lily Bart is the heroine of which Wharton novel?
		The Fruit of the Tree
		The House of Mirth
		Ethan Frome
		The Age of Innocence
		The Custom of the Country

5	Published in 1917, this book set in the New England town of North Dormer featured a young heroine who falls in love with a visiting architect.
		Ethan Frome
		The Children
		The Age of Innocence
		Summer
		The Glimpses of the Moon

6	For which work did Edith Wharton win the Pulitzer Prize in 1921?
		The House of Mirth
		Ethan Frome
		The Custom of the Country
		The Buccaneers
		The Age of Innocence

7	Wharton edited The Book of the Homeless and wrote Fighting France: From Dunquerque to Belforte to provide relief for refugees during what war?
		World War I
		World War II
		Franco-Prussian War
		Spanish-American War
		None of the above

8	In 1923, Edith Wharton was honored as the first woman to receive an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from what university? (Hint: Her papers are now at this university's library.)
		Johns Hopkins
		Princeton
		Yale
		Harvard
		Oxford

9	Which Edith Wharton novel features the character Mattie Silver and a near-fatal sledding accident?
		The Reef
		Ethan Frome
		The Fruit of the Tree
		Hudson River Bracketed
		The Mother's Recompense

10	Although she traveled extensively before and after this time, after about 1913 Edith Wharton lived primarily in which country?
		United States
		Italy
		England
		Spain
		France