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Obituaries Current Affairs Quiz

Review notable personalities whose deaths have been reported in recent current affairs.

17 Questions
30 min Duration
40% To pass
1.00 Marks / correct

Instructions

  • This quiz has 17 questions.
  • You have 30 minutes. The quiz submits automatically when time runs out.
  • You need 40% to pass.
  • There is no negative marking.
  • You can mark questions for review and return to them before submitting.
  • Correct answers and explanations are shown after you submit.

Sample Questions & Answers

A preview of 12 questions from this quiz, each with the correct answer and a written explanation. Attempt the full, timed quiz to be scored and earn XP.

  1. Question 1

    Who wrote Taiwan Travelogue?

    • Yiyun Li
    • Lin King
    • Yáng Shuāng-zǐ Correct answer
    • Natasha Brown
    Explanation: Taiwan Travelogue was written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ.
  2. Question 2

    Taiwan Travelogue became the first International Booker-winning book translated from which language?

    • Taiwanese Mandarin Correct answer
    • Japanese
    • Vietnamese
    • Korean
    Explanation: It was the first winner translated from Taiwanese Mandarin.
  3. Question 3

    Who won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction?

    • Katie Kitamura
    • Daniel Kraus Correct answer
    • Torrey Peters
    • Jill Lepore
    Explanation: Daniel Kraus won the 2026 Pulitzer for Fiction for Angel Down.
  4. Question 4

    What was Daniel Kraus's 2026 Pulitzer-winning book?

    • Liberation
    • Angel Down Correct answer
    • Audition
    • Stag Dance: A Quartet
    Explanation: Angel Down won the Pulitzer for Fiction.
  5. Question 5

    Who wrote Audition, a 2026 Pulitzer Fiction finalist?

    • Katie Kitamura Correct answer
    • Daniel Kraus
    • Torrey Peters
    • Bess Wohl
    Explanation: Katie Kitamura wrote Audition.
  6. Question 6

    Who wrote Stag Dance: A Quartet, a 2026 Pulitzer Fiction finalist?

    • Torrey Peters Correct answer
    • Daniel Kraus
    • Katie Kitamura
    • Yiyun Li
    Explanation: Torrey Peters wrote Stag Dance: A Quartet.
  7. Question 7

    What is the title of Jill Lepore's 2026 Pulitzer-winning history book?

    • We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution Correct answer
    • There Is No Place for Us
    • Angel Down
    • Pride and Pleasure
    Explanation: We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution won the History Pulitzer.
  8. Question 8

    Who wrote Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution?

    • Jill Lepore
    • Amanda Vaill Correct answer
    • Yiyun Li
    • Haley Cohen Gilliland
    Explanation: Amanda Vaill wrote the Pulitzer-winning biography.
  9. Question 9

    Which author won the 2026 Pulitzer for Memoir or Autobiography?

    • Yiyun Li Correct answer
    • Juliana Spahr
    • Amanda Vaill
    • Brian Goldstone
    Explanation: Yiyun Li won for Things in Nature Merely Grow.
  10. Question 10

    What book won the 2026 Pulitzer for Memoir or Autobiography?

    • Things in Nature Merely Grow Correct answer
    • Ars Poeticas
    • Picaflor: A Future Myth
    • There Is No Place for Us
    Explanation: Things in Nature Merely Grow won the memoir category.
  11. Question 11

    Who wrote Ars Poeticas, the 2026 Pulitzer-winning poetry collection?

    • Juliana Spahr Correct answer
    • Douglas Kearney
    • Gabriela Lena Frank
    • Patricia Smith
    Explanation: Juliana Spahr wrote Ars Poeticas.
  12. Question 12

    Who wrote There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America?

    • Brian Goldstone Correct answer
    • Kevin Sack
    • Scott Anderson
    • Haley Cohen Gilliland
    Explanation: Brian Goldstone wrote the Pulitzer-winning general nonfiction book.

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