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Banned and Challenged Classic Books Quiz

Name the Top Novels Considered Classics That Have Also Been Challenged/ Banned The Most.
Challenged by schools, librarians, parents, organisations etc.
Not all necessarily banned, but all have been challenged in some form
Most challenges/bans described are American based
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Last updated: April 4, 2014
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"Language and sexual references"
The Great Gatsby
"Undermines morality"
The Catcher in the Rye
"Take the Lord's name in vain"
The Grapes of Wrath
"Contains racial slurs"
To Kill a Mockingbird
"Sexual and social explicitness"
The Colour Purple
Banned in England; Burned in the US
Ulysses
Topics of Bestiality, Racism and Sex
Beloved
"Implies that man is little more then an animal"
The Lord of the Flies
"Pro-communist"
1984
"Unsuitable for minors"
Lolita
"Anti-Business Attitude"
Of Mice and Men
Refers to "whores"
Catch-22
"Makes sex look like fun"
Brave New World
"Masses will revolt"
Animal Farm
"Referring to Abortion"
As I Lay Dying
Burned in Nazi Bonfires (1933)
The Sun Also Rises
Banned in Italy for illustrating Italian retreat
A Farwell To Arms
"Sexual explicitness"
Their Eyes Were Watching God
"Images of Violence"
Invisible Man
"Repulsive"
Song of Solomon
Banned in classrooms for use of racial slurs
Gone With The Wind
"Unnecessarily violent"
Native Son
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Promotes "secular humanism"
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
"Depiction of torture"
Slaughterhouse-Five
Turkish editors arrested for "spreading propaganda"
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Banned in Italy, Yugoslavia and Nazi Germany
The Call of the Wild
Themes of masturbation
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Burned for being satanic
The Lord of the Rings
Banned in East Germany for being facist; Burned in Nazi Germany for being Socalist
The Jungle
Banned by US Customs, Australia, Japan, India, Poland, China, Ireland
Lady Chatterley's Lover
"Objectionable"
A Clockwork Orange
Published in 1899, banished for decades
The Awakening
Homosexual themes
In Cold Blood
Five people died in riots over this book in Pakistan
Satanic Verses
Banned in South Africa 1979
Sophie's Choice
Dubbed "Smutmobile"
Sons and Lovers
Challenged in US District Court in 1976
Cat's Cradle
"Filthy, trashy sex novel"
A Separate Peace
Found obscene in US Superior Court (1965)
Naked Lunch
Caused legislation to be put forward to ban "library materials that promote the gay lifestyle"
Brideshead Revisited
Banned in Canada and Australia in 1949
The Naked and Dead
Banned from US Customs in 1934
Tropic of Cancer
"Deals with low love affairs"
An American Tragedy
Restricted to High School students with parental permission due to "promiscuity"
Rabbit, Run
Historyman0
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Level 38
Dec 14, 2020
what is this quiz!?
englishsystem
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Level 68
Nov 9, 2022
This quiz should be banned for promoting the pursuit of the questioned.
Prucsok
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Level 69
Nov 9, 2022
I like such quizzes. I started typing in titles of today's required readings, and got a result far above average. I don't have the faintest idea why. :)

I suggest some changes, though. "Referring to Abortion" or "Repulsive" could refer to lots of books, which makes it extremely difficult to guess these titles. Wouldn't it be possible to give other hints as well?

sumokitty
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Level 82
Nov 10, 2022
Maybe allow some variation in the titles (eg, "Farewell to Arms" or "Slaughterhouse 5") or, if not, at least make sure what you've listed is correct (should be "The Satanic Verses").
LemonyLamda
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Level 22
May 3, 2023
lord of the rings being banned for being satanic is nuts! although all of these are
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