All the King’s Men Quizzes

All the King's Men Quiz 1

By Justin T. Cass · Edited by Adam Kissel · Last reviewed August 26, 2006

1 In what year was All the King's Men first published?

1936

1949

1946

1929
2 Robert Penn Warren was involved in the formation of what new mode of literary analysis?

Structuralism

New Criticism

Post-structuralism

Deconstructionism
3 What is the term for a work of fiction in which characters and plot moves loosely represent real-life persons and events?

in medias res

incluing

deus ex machina

roman à clef
4 The character of Willie Stark is loosely based on which Southern governor?

Huey P. Long

George Wallace

James A. Noe

James E. Folsom
5 The setting of All the King's Men is based on which state?

Alabama

Texas

Florida

Louisiana
6 How did the Southern governor on whose life Willie Stark is loosely based die in real life?

was shot by a doctor

was assassinated by an anarchist

died of old age

died in an auto accident
7 In what year did All the King's Men win the Pulitzer Prize?

1948

1951

1946

1949
8 Who attempts to split the "cocklebur vote" by tricking Willie into running in the gubernatorial race?

Hugh Miller

Sam MacMurfee

Byram B. White

Joe Harrison
9 What ex-governor becomes a figurehead for opposition to Willie in the state legislature?

Dolph Pillsbury

Joel Stanton

Joe Harrison

Sam MacMurfee
10 What is the name of Adam's and Anne's late father, the former governor of the state?

William Stanton

Mark Stanton

Joel Stanton

Hugh Stanton
11 Who is Jack's mother's first husband?

Theodore Murrell

Ellis Burden

Montague Irwin

Marvin Frey
12 What is Jack's cynical nickname for Jack's mother's first husband?

the Count

the Tycoon

the Young Executive

the Scholarly Attorney
13 What is Jack's cynical nickname for his mother's last husband?

the Scholarly Attorney

the Tycoon

the Count

the Young Executive
14 Who is Jack's mother's last husband?

Theodore Murrell

Joel Stanton

Ellis Burden

Montague Irwin
15 What is Jack's mother's first name?

Marie

Christine

Anne

It is not revealed.
16 In what decade does Stanton serve as governor?

1930s

1920s

1940s

1910s
17 In what decade does Willie Stark serve as governor?

1950s

1920s

1940s

1930s
18 From which year is Jack narrating the events of the story?

1946

1949

1939

1936
19 In what year do the primary events of the first chapter take place?

1935

1938

1936

1934
20 Who is Governor Stanton's attorney general?

Montague Irwin

Hugh Miller

Byram B. White

Willie Stark
21 Who is Willie Stark's first attorney general?

Hugh Miller

Jack Burden

Tiny Duffy

Byram B. White
22 Who is Willie Stark's lieutenant-governor during his second term?

Byram B. White

Hugh Miller

Tiny Duffy

Sam MacMurfee
23 Which pairing of character and eventual fate in the novel is NOT correct?

Willie Stark - is murdered

Byram B. White - is impeached

Sam MacMurfee - loses governorship to Willie

Hugh Miller - resigns
24 Which pairing of character and eventual fate in the novel is NOT correct?

Tiny Duffy - becomes governor

Anne Stanton - marries Jack Burden

Adam Stanton - takes own life

Judge Irwin - takes own life
25 Who of the following was never governor of the state?

Tiny Duffy

Sam MacMurfee

Joe Harrison

Hugh Miller

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