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Pen Names
By Solomon Golomb '51

1. What are the noms de plume by which these authors are better known?

a. François Arouet, Le Jeune
b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens
c. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
d. Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
e. Mary Ann Evans
f. Tendor J.K. Korzeniowski
g. Hector Hugh Munro
h. Jean Baptiste Poquelin
i. William Sidney Porter
j. Alexei Maksimovich Pyeshkov
k. Solomon Rabinowitz

2. What pseudonyms did these authors use for some of their writings?

a. Charles Dickens
b. L. Ron Hubbard (for science fiction)
c. Charles Lamb (for essays)

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