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True-False Quiz About Walker Percy

A True-False Learning Quiz After Reading "A Walker Percy Primer"

INSTRUCTIONS: This True-False Quiz tests your knowledge after reading The Project's A Walker Percy Primer. Click True or False one question at a time. A small pop-up window will confirm the answer. If you're correct, you'll get further details as a reward. When you finish, click "How many answers did you get right?" to see your final score. Good luck!

Important Note: This quiz is best taken on a tablet-size or larger screen. To close the results pop-up window, click in the Questions window or on the Close Button to return to the quiz page for the next question. Only one pop-up window will appear at a time.

1. Walker Percy lived from 1916-1990.
True False
2. Walker Percy wrote six novels during his writing career.
True False
3. Walker Percy was originally trained as a medical doctor.
True False
4. Love in the Ruins was Walker Percy's first novel, and it received the 1962 National Book Award.
True False
5. Walker Percy's readings of 19th century Danish existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard influenced his fiction writings.
True False
6. Walker Percy is often referred to as a "novelist-of-ideas," as opposed to an author of "thrillers."
True False
7. Walker Percy only wrote fiction, and not non-fiction.
True False
8. Walker Percy's novels are often concerned with individuals on a search for a more authentic and meaningful existence within an increasing banal world.
True False
9. Walker Percy had a philosophical fascination with the nature of language.
True False
10. Walker Percy spent the majority of his writing career in Mississippi.
True False
11. Walker Percy combined art, philosophy, and scientific understanding in a unique approach to understanding human experience.
True False
12. Walker Percy received the Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities, the highest award offered by the U.S. Government for outstanding work in the humanities.
True False

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