Here are the answers to our Lewis quiz:
- In what 1960 film that won him an Oscar did Burt Lancaster
compare love to "the morning and the evening star"?
Elmer Gantry
- The site of Lewis's birth is now on an avenue named for
him.
Sauk Centre, Minnesota
- The wife of this Sinclair Lewis realtor calls him "Georgie
Boy."
George F. Babbitt
- This Sinclair Lewis title character became involved with
fellow religious hypocrite Sharon Falconer.
Elmer Gantry
- What 1930s novel of his did Lewis help adapt for the stage?
(Clue: He played the protagonist in summer stock.)
It Can't Happen Here
- This Sinclair Lewis title character studied medicine at
the University of Winnemac.
Arrowsmith
- Lewis refused the Pulitzer Prize for what novel?
Arrowsmith
- What fellow Pulitzer Prize winner did Lewis dedicate Babbitt
to?
Edith Wharton
- Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street is set
in the town of Gopher Praire in this state.
Minnesota
- Cass Timberlane and Kingsblood Royal are set
in what city?
Grand Republic
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