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Autobiographies of Artists and Musicians

This quiz tests your knowledge about the autobiographies of famous artists and musicians.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which artist's autobiography is titled "The Agony and the Ecstasy"?

  1. Vincent van Gogh
  2. Michelangelo
  3. Leonardo da Vinci
  4. Pablo Picasso
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In his autobiography, "The Story of My Life", which musician famously wrote, "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything"?

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven
  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Frédéric Chopin
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musician's autobiography begins with the line, "I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my passions. Music almost as important as breathing"?

  1. Bob Dylan
  2. Jimi Hendrix
  3. John Lennon
  4. Elvis Presley
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which artist's autobiography is titled "My Life, My Art"?

  1. Salvador Dalí
  2. Frida Kahlo
  3. Georgia O'Keeffe
  4. Andy Warhol
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In his autobiography, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X", Malcolm X famously wrote, "I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as a human being I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole"?

  1. Martin Luther King Jr.
  2. Nelson Mandela
  3. Rosa Parks
  4. Malcolm X
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musician's autobiography is titled "Moonwalk"?

  1. Michael Jackson
  2. Prince
  3. Madonna
  4. Whitney Houston
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In her autobiography, "The Meaning of Mariah Carey", Mariah Carey famously wrote, "I think the most important thing is to live your life with integrity and to be true to yourself"?

  1. Beyoncé
  2. Rihanna
  3. Adele
  4. Mariah Carey
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which artist's autobiography is titled "The World According to Garp"?

  1. John Irving
  2. Kurt Vonnegut
  3. Philip Roth
  4. Saul Bellow
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In his autobiography, "The Education of a WASP", J.D. Salinger famously wrote, "All I wanted to do was write. I was crazy to write"?

  1. J.D. Salinger
  2. Ernest Hemingway
  3. F. Scott Fitzgerald
  4. William Faulkner
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musician's autobiography is titled "Chronicles: Volume One"?

  1. Bob Dylan
  2. Bruce Springsteen
  3. Neil Young
  4. Tom Petty
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In her autobiography, "Just Kids", Patti Smith famously wrote, "I believe in the kindness of strangers"?

  1. Patti Smith
  2. Joan Jett
  3. Debbie Harry
  4. Chrissie Hynde
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which artist's autobiography is titled "The Passion of Artemisia"?

  1. Artemisia Gentileschi
  2. Caravaggio
  3. Giotto di Bondone
  4. Sandro Botticelli
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In his autobiography, "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin", Benjamin Franklin famously wrote, "I have always set a greater value on the approbation of a single wise man than on the applause of a million fools"?

  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. Thomas Jefferson
  3. George Washington
  4. John Adams
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which musician's autobiography is titled "The Dirt"?

  1. Mötley Crüe
  2. Guns N' Roses
  3. Poison
  4. Def Leppard
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In her autobiography, "My Story", Elizabeth Taylor famously wrote, "I've lived a lot of lives. I've been married eight times, I've had four children, I've made over 50 movies, and I've written five books"?

  1. Elizabeth Taylor
  2. Marilyn Monroe
  3. Audrey Hepburn
  4. Grace Kelly
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