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LITERATURE AND THE ARTS
77. Biographies of the winter included all but one of these:
1. Balzac—Stefan Zweig.
2. Brandeis—Alpheus Thomas Mason.
3. H. G. Wells—Emil Ludwig.
4. Raffles of Singapore—Emily Hahn.
5. The Lowells and Their Seven Worlds—Ferris Greenslet.
78. And another in the long line of appraisals of F.D.R.
(The Roosevelt I Knew) was written by:
1. Eleanor Roosevelt. 4. Henry Wallace.
2. Frances Perkins. 5. Winston Churchill.
3. Harry Hopkins;
79. Arthur Derounian, author of Under Cover, took another crack at U.S. extremists in his new book, The Plotters, written under his pen name of:
1. "John Roy Carlson." 4. "Jan Valtin."
2. "Franklin Carter." 5. "Ethel Vance."
3. "Carter Dickson."
80. In Thieves in the Night, hard-hitting Arthur Koestler tackled the subject of:
1. A Latin American country and its dictator.
2. Germany under Hitler.
3. Palestine and the Jews who claim it as home.
4. The colonization of South Africa.
5. The U.S. under the Harding administration.
81. Kenneth Roberts wrote a new historical novel whose leading character is called:
1. Holdfast Gaines. 3. Mr. Adam. 5. Mr. Roberts.
2. Lydia Bailey. 4. Mr. Blandings.
82. And Pulitzer Prize Novelist John P. Marquand produced a new novel that differs from his other best-sellers in that it:
1. Abandons his usual well-bred irony.
2. Comes to grips with the problem of race relations.
3. Has a woman for its principal character.
4. Is a historical novel set in Scotland in the days of the Stuarts.
5. Takes place on the West Coast rather than New York or Washington. 83. A major event in the theater was Eugene O'Neill's new play, The Iceman Cometh, whose message is that:
1. Every man's fate is bound up with that of mankind as a whole.
2. The evil men do results only in good.
3. Man cannot go on living without illusions.
4. Only through sacrifice can one achieve happiness.
5. There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
84. And well-received by the critics was Joan of Lorraine, which brought to> Broadway the combined talents of:
1. Frances Farmer and Noel Coward.
2. Helen Hayes and Ben Hecht.
3. Ingrid Bergman and Maxwell Anderson.
4. Joan Crawford and William Saroyan.
5. Katharine Cornell and Shakespeare.
85. Perhaps with an eye on Porgy and Bess, Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes wrote music and lyrics for the Elmer Rice play:
1. Counsellor—at-Law. 4. On Trial.
2. Judgment Day. 5. Street Scene.
3. The Left Bank.
86. After glancing over 1946's crop of movies, Manhattan critics announced lists of "ten best" significant for the large number of:
1. Film biographies. 3. Movies about horseracing.
2. Foreign-made films. 4. "Whodunits."
5. Pictures made from famous short stories.
87. With a script by Robert E. Sherwood and able direction by William Wyler, the movies told a powerful story of soldiers' readjustment to civilian life in:
1. Happy Birthday. 2. Home Again Train.
3. Over Here.
4. The Best Years of Our Lives.