Are you a fan of Martin Amis? Do you know everything about his life and works? Test your knowledge with The Amis Quiz! This quiz will challenge you with questions about the famous author and his literary achievements. Get ready to put your knowledge to the test and see how much you really know about Martin Amis!
What is the title of Martin Amis's debut novel, published in 1973?
The Rachel Papers
Dead Babies
Success
Money
Martin Amis was awarded the Booker Prize for his novel The Old Devils in which year?
1983
1985
1987
1989
Which of these novels by Martin Amis features a narrator who is a clone of Adolf Hitler?
London Fields
Yellow Dog
The Information
Time's Arrow
Which novel by Martin Amis was inspired by his own experience of having a tooth removed?
Other People
The Pregnant Widow
Night Train
Experience
Martin Amis is the son of which other famous writer?
Evelyn Waugh
Kingsley Amis
T.S. Eliot
Vladimir Nabokov
Which Martin Amis novel is a satire of American consumerism and obsession with physical beauty?
The Rachel Papers
Money
The Information
Lionel Asbo: State of England
What is the title of the Martin Amis novel about the Holocaust, which features a former concentration camp guard as its protagonist?
Time's Arrow
Dead Babies
The Zone of Interest
House of Meetings
In which year was Martin Amis awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Time's Arrow?
1991
1993
1995
1997
Martin Amis served as a Professor of Creative Writing at which American university?
Harvard
Columbia
University of California, Berkeley
University of Iowa
Which Martin Amis novel features a protagonist who is obsessed with the life and death of Princess Diana?
The Pregnant Widow
Lionel Asbo: State of England
Yellow Dog
The Information
Which Martin Amis novel features a protagonist who is a stand-up comedian?
The Rachel Papers
Success
London Fields
Night Train
Which Martin Amis novel features a protagonist who is a writer struggling to complete his latest book?
The Pregnant Widow
Other People
The Information
House of Meetings
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