Princeton Literary Quiz

Eighty-three readers took our Princeton Literary Quiz, part of our first Princeton Books email alert, and just five answered all three questions correctly. Congratulations to Chris Cheung ’12, Janie Hermann of the Princeton Public Library, Jacquie Nesbit ’12, Neil Ulman ’60, and Alice Yeh ’07. Winners receive a book of their choice from among the correct responses to the quiz — four of the five requested F. Scott Fitzgerald 1917’s This Side of Paradise.

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1. Who was inspired to apply to Princeton after reading F. Scott Fitzgerald 1917’s This Side of Paradise?

A. Brooke Shields ’87

B. George Kennan ’25

C. John McPhee ’53

D. Ellie Kemper ’02

2. Which book, described by NPR as “a big knockout of a novel” about American dreams and the power of first love, has a main character who holds a fellowship at Princeton?

A. My Education, by Susan Choi

B. Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

C. The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides

3. Who wrote the novel that was selected in 2006 as “the single best work of American fiction published in the last 25 years” by a panel of literary experts assembled by The New York Times?

A. Richard Ford

B. Joyce Carol Oates

C. Toni Morrison

D. William Goldman

Answers:

1. B.; 2. B.; 3. C.