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!
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1. Walker Percy lived from 1916-1990. | |
2. Walker Percy wrote six novels during his writing career. | |
3. Walker Percy was originally trained as a medical doctor. | |
4. Love in the Ruins was Walker Percy's first novel, and it received the 1962 National Book Award. | |
5. Walker Percy's readings of 19th century Danish existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard influenced his fiction writings. | |
6. Walker Percy is often referred to as a "novelist-of-ideas," as opposed to an author of "thrillers." | |
7. Walker Percy only wrote fiction, and not non-fiction. | |
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. | |
9. Walker Percy had a philosophical fascination with the nature of language. | |
10. Walker Percy spent the majority of his writing career in Mississippi. | |
11. Walker Percy combined art, philosophy, and scientific understanding in a unique approach to understanding human experience. | |
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. |
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