Thursday, September 29, 2011

Check It Out! -- 9/30/11

Banned Books Week 2011






Banned Books Trivia Challenge -- Last Day!



Thursday's answers: Twelfth Night and Richelle Mead



Friday's Questions:



What popular non-fiction book was challenged for promoting “economic fallacies” and “…offensive references to Christianity, and biased portrayal of capitalism”?
a. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Enrich
b. Das Kapital by Karl Marx
c. Guinness Book of World Records by Antonia Cunningham, ed.
d. Handbook for Conscientious Objectors by Robert Seeley

Which of the following banned/challenged titles is a collection of 100 novellas, written in 14th century Italy and banned in the U.S. until 1931?
a. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
b. Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales by Vance Randolph
c. The Decameron by Giovanni Boccacio
d. Arabian Nights by Anonymous

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