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Quiz: Which Author Are You?

Wallace Yovetich

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Wallace Yovetich grew up in a home where reading was preferred to TV, playing outside was actually fun, and she was thrilled when her older brothers weren’t home so she could have a turn on the Atari. Now-a-days she watches a bit more TV, and considers sitting on the porch swing (with her laptop) “playing outside”. She still thinks reading is preferable to most things, though she’d really like to find out where her mom put that old Atari (Frogger addicts die hard). She runs a series of Read-a-Longs throughout the year (as well as posting fun bookish tidbits throughout the week) on her blog, Unputdownables. After teaching for seven years, Wallace is now an aspiring writer. Blog: Unputdownables Twitter: @WallaceYovetich

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1.

a) Aside from reading and writing, you take pleasure in aesthetics and could see yourself as a tastemaker.

b) You are passionate about your beliefs, whatever they may be (political, philosophical, etc.).
c) You come from a family that values education – and you carried on that legacy by taking your studies seriously.
d) At some point in your life you may have had a “you-leave-me-alone-or-I’ll-bite-you complex.”

2.

a) You have to have a partner that is your intellectual equal – otherwise the relationship won’t last.

b) You plan to marry (or have already married) someone with the same political beliefs as you.
c) You love children so much you wouldn’t mind having seven (biological or adopted).
d) You would be ok with never marrying.

3.

a) You enjoy irony and don’t mind being made fun of.

b) You like to read and/or write pieces that create the discussion rather than just the entertainment.
c) You believe in using humor, even in hopeless situations.
d) The grotesque does not bother you.

4.

a) You know a lot of important people, and you don’t mind criticizing them (as much as you don’t mind criticizing people you don’t know).
b) It’s possible you might become obsessive about certain things and overdo them.
c) You consider smoking a “classy way to commit suicide.”
d) You enjoy maintaining a wide correspondence, even if you rarely see the people to whom you are writing.

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If you chose mostly a’s you are Edith Wharton
If you chose mostly b’s you are Richard Wright
If you chose mostly c’s you are Kurt Vonnegut
If you chose mostly d’s you are Flannery O’Connor