Multiple choice general knowledge The Grapes of Wrath is written by Leo Tolstoy. True False Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself B Correct answer Explanation 'The Grapes of Wrath' was written by John Steinbeck (1939), not Leo Tolstoy. Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows the Joad family during the Great Depression. Tolstoy was a 19th-century Russian author.