Books and Authors question: In a comparison beginning with Doctor Zhivago, which of the following book–author pairs is incorrectly matched?

The verified answer to “Books and Authors question: In a comparison beginning with Doctor Zhivago, which of the following book–author pairs is incorrectly matched?” is Doctor Zhivago — Virginia Woolf, option B. The source-backed, question-specific record explains: Doctor Zhivago is correctly associated with Boris Pasternak. These three details—title, author, and language—form the decisive bibliographical combination required here. The distractor set (A Room of One's Own — Virginia Woolf; The Feminine Mystique — Betty Friedan; The Tale of Genji — Murasaki Shikibu) must therefore be tested as complete statements: one true fragment cannot make an entire option correct. A common examination trap is to confuse an author’s nationality with the language of composition, or a translation date with first publication. Revision takeaway: remember the compact chain “Doctor Zhivago — Boris Pasternak — Russian — 1957,” and connect it with My Sister, Life for stronger recall. This evidence establishes the bibliographic relationship required in this Books and Authors item. A correct solution must preserve the exact title, author, publication context, language, award or comparison requested by the stem. Similar periods, genres or national traditions do not make two book–author pairs interchangeable. Option B gives Doctor Zhivago — Virginia Woolf and satisfies the wording of the question. The remaining choices—A Room of One's Own — Virginia Woolf, The Feminine Mystique — Betty Friedan and The Tale of Genji — Murasaki Shikibu—do not satisfy the complete requirement. Depending on the stem, a distractor may name a real writer but attach the wrong title, use a related work by another author, reverse a correct association, or present a correct pair when the question specifically asks for the incorrect match. The reliable checking method is to identify the reference title first, recall or verify its credited author, and then read qualifiers such as “both works,” “original.