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Virginia Woolf quiz

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Who wrote the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Who won an Oscar for playing Woolf?

    Answer: Nicole Kidman

    Why: Kidman wore a prosthetic nose for the part in The Hours, and fitting it took hours each morning.

  2. 2 Medium

    How did the young Woolf position herself to write?

    Answer: Standing up

    Why: The desk itself, a sloping oak stand, survives in Duke University's library in North Carolina.

  3. 3 Hard

    Which warship did Woolf trick her way aboard in 1910?

    Answer: HMS Dreadnought

    Why: At the time, Dreadnought was the flagship of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet.

  4. 4 Easy

    How does Woolf take readers inside her characters' minds?

    Answer: Stream of consciousness

    Why: Psychologist William James popularized the phrase in 1890 to describe the flow of thought.

  5. 5 Medium

    Who played Orlando in the 1992 film?

    Answer: Tilda Swinton

    Why: In the same film, Queen Elizabeth I is played by a man, the writer Quentin Crisp.

  6. 6 Hard

    What turns out to be the mark in The Mark on the Wall?

    Answer: A snail

    Why: It appeared in 1917 in Two Stories, a book the Hogarth Press printed by hand in about 150 copies.

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