The Book Quiz: from page to screen and other puzzles

Think you know your film adaptations and literary references? Try the Irish Times quiz and find out at; http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-book-quiz-from-page-to-screen-and-other-puzzles-1.1836711

The 1970 film Flight of the Doves is adapted from the novel by which Irish writer?

•  Maurice Walsh
•  John B Keane
•  Walter Macken
•  Maeve Binchy

Who wrote the line: "Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars"?

•  Thomas Mann
•  Oscar Wilde
•  Gustave Flaubert
•  Jane Austen

More at: http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-book-quiz-from-page-to-screen-and-other-puzzles-1.1836711

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