The miniseries Roots is based on a book by which author?

The miniseries Roots is based on a book by which author?

• A. Alex Haley
• B. Toni Morrison
• C. James Baldwin
• D. Richard Wright

Answer: (A)

Roots centers on a book written by Alex Haley, published in 1976 as Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Haley weaves a multigenerational narrative tracing enslaved ancestors and their descendants, which the 1977 miniseries adapts for television. The other authors listed are renowned for different works—Toni Morrison for novels like Beloved, James Baldwin for essays and novels such as Go Tell It on the Mountain, and Richard Wright for Native Son or other 20th-century works—so they aren’t the authors behind Roots.

Roots centers on a book written by Alex Haley, published in 1976 as Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Haley weaves a multigenerational narrative tracing enslaved ancestors and their descendants, which the 1977 miniseries adapts for television. The other authors listed are renowned for different works—Toni Morrison for novels like Beloved, James Baldwin for essays and novels such as Go Tell It on the Mountain, and Richard Wright for Native Son or other 20th-century works—so they aren’t the authors behind Roots.