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humanities | The nominal clauses are finite dependent clauses that fulfill the functions of Subject, Object and Complement in clause structure. There are four main types: wh-nominal relative, dependent exclamative, wh-interrogative and what other type? | [
"circumstantial clause as in As soon as I got home, I phoned him.",
"relative clause as in Ann bought the red coat that had black buttons.",
"that-clause as in He saw that the bottles were empty.",
"comparative clause as in Paul won more money than he had expected."
] | that-clause as in He saw that the bottles were empty. |
humanities | Where do we have an example of code, one of the NICE constructions (negation, inversion, code and emphasis)? | [
"Please, stay!",
"I do want to stay.",
"I will stay, if you will.",
"I dont want to stay."
] | I will stay, if you will. |
humanities | In what sentence is there a modifier in the Adverbial Phrase? | [
"The French have come to sigh the contract.",
"They left for good.",
"I will find the person responsible.",
"My shoes are bright red."
] | My shoes are bright red. |
humanities | Of what kind is the coordination between the clauses in the sentence You should neither ask him for money nor accept it if he offers? | [
"Addition",
"Variation",
"Explanation",
"Alternation"
] | Alternation |
humanities | Complete this line from a song, featured in the movie Cannibal! The Musical: | [
"e sky is blue and all the leaves are green. The airs as warm as ...",
"a baked potato",
"a toaster oven",
"an apple pie",
"a furnace"
] | a baked potato |
literature | What does the word cretin refer to? | [
"Cyst on the brain stem",
"None of these",
"An idiot",
"Swelling of the cerebrum caused by spinal fluid"
] | An idiot |
literature | Leaves of Grass | [
"Carl Sandberg",
"T.S. Eliot",
"Robert Frost",
"Walt Whitman"
] | Walt Whitman |
literature | At The Mountains of Madness | [
"H.P. Lovecraft",
"Peter Straub",
"Edgar Allan Poe",
"C.S. Lewis"
] | H.P. Lovecraft |
literature | Ape and Essance; Eyeless in Gaza; Point Counter Point | [
"J.D. Salinger",
"Aldous Huxley",
"Maya Angelou",
"William Butler Yeatts"
] | Aldous Huxley |
literature | 1984; Animal Farm | [
"Herman Hesse",
"Rudyard Kipling",
"George Orwell",
"Aldous Huxley"
] | George Orwell |
literature | Return of the Native; Jude the Obscure; Far From the Madding Crowd | [
"Thomas Hardy",
"William Faulkner",
"Rudyard Kipling",
"James Dickey"
] | Thomas Hardy |
literature | The Antichrist; The Gay Science; Beyond Good and Evil; Thus Spoke Zarathustra | [
"none of these",
"Frederick Nietzche",
"Amari Baraka",
"Stephen King"
] | Frederick Nietzche |
literature | What language can Harry Potter speak? | [
"Goblin",
"English",
"Mermish",
"Parseltounge"
] | Parseltounge |
literature | Cornelia Fudge is the Minister of Magic. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
literature | Hermione was supposed to turn into this person after drinking the Polyjuice Potion. | [
"Millicent Bulstrode",
"Crabbe",
"Millie Vanilli",
"Pansy Parkins"
] | Millicent Bulstrode |
literature | What was Hagrid buying in Knockturn Alley? | [
"Flesh-Eating Slug Attractor",
"Fresh-Skin Slug Repellent",
"Flesh-Eating Ant Repellent",
"Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent"
] | Flesh-Eating Slug Repellent |
literature | This book by James Joyce was forbidden by the US authorities for 15 years, because it was considered obsene. The ban was lifted in 1933. | [
"Ulysses",
"Portrait of the Artist",
"Dubliners",
"Fanny Hill"
] | Ulysses |
literature | This book about the life of a prostitute was written by John Cleland. It has been banned in the past due to frank sexual descriptions. | [
"Candide",
"Lysistrata",
"Fanny Hill",
"Decameron"
] | Fanny Hill |
literature | This book tells the story of two women who meet and fall in love with each other. They openly declare their homosexuality to family and friends. Thats why the Kansas school system ordered the removal of all copies of this book from high school libraries. | [
"Daddys Roommate",
"Andersonville",
"Annie on My Mind",
"Catch 22"
] | Annie on My Mind |
literature | This book led Austin Miles to the courts in 1992. Miles was sued because his book was ...a vitriolic attack upon organized Christianity. | [
"Leaves of Grass",
"Dictionary of American Slang",
"Jerusalem Delivered",
"Dont Call Me Brother"
] | Dont Call Me Brother |
literature | This book by Judy Blume was censored as it discussed adolescent sexuality in too much detail. | [
"Grapes of Wrath",
"Lolita",
"Freedom and Order",
"Forever"
] | Forever |
literature | This book by George Orwell was banned as it was pro-communist. | [
"The Sun Also Rises",
"Coming Up for Air",
"1984",
"Deliverance"
] | 1984 |
literature | This Lewis Carrolls work was banned in China because in it humans and animals used the same language. | [
"Sylvie and Bruno",
"Alices Adventures in Wonderland",
"Through The Looking Glass",
"The Hunting of the Snark"
] | Alices Adventures in Wonderland |
literature | Its translation into local languages was forbidden in Burma. | [
"The Quran",
"The Cabala",
"Arabian Nights",
"The Bible"
] | The Bible |
literature | This book was censored in 1985 in Cairo, Egypt as it contained obscene passages which posed a threat to the countrys moral fabric. | [
"Arabian Nights",
"Don Quixote",
"Analects",
"Brave New World"
] | Arabian Nights |
literature | An edition of Miltons works was bound in: | [
"Human skin",
"Golden plates",
"Bears fur",
"Used newspapers"
] | Human skin |
literature | Binding books with human hide was a common practice once. Why? | [
"Because of lack of any other proper material",
"Because this sold the books more quickly than anything",
"Because the narrative in the book was about the story of the hides owner",
"Because it was fashionable at the time"
] | Because the narrative in the book was about the story of the hides owner |
literature | The name of Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians is meaningful because: | [
"She actually likes cats and not dogs",
"She is the owner of the dalmatians",
"She doesnt give them any food",
"She wants the puppies for their fur"
] | She wants the puppies for their fur |
literature | Who is the Shakespearean villain who had his own brother executed and innocent children killed because they were hindrances to his kingly ambition? | [
"Edmund",
"Richard III",
"Aaron the Moor",
"Othello"
] | Richard III |
literature | According to psychologists villains in fairy-tales actually have an important role for the childrens mind formation, namely: | [
"They help children decide what is bad",
"They make the story really funny",
"They are interesting models of behaviour",
"They always lose the battle"
] | They help children decide what is bad |
literature | The famous evil female Baba Yaga comes from: | [
"A Norse legend",
"An Uzbekistanian fairy-tale",
"A Moroccan song",
"Russian folklore"
] | Russian folklore |
literature | Harry Potter is concidered malicious literature by some, because: | [
"Most of its characters are strange beings",
"Its characters are mainly clad in black clothes",
"It comprises too many volulmes",
"It is about witchcraft"
] | It is about witchcraft |
literature | It turns out that people like reading about crime. The top-selling English-language author of all time is: | [
"Agatha Christie",
"Ben Johnson",
"Edgar-Allan Poe",
"Virginia Woolf"
] | Agatha Christie |
literature | Who wrote about the early whodunit archetype, inspector Auguste Dupin? | [
"Georges Sands",
"Edgar Allan Poe",
"Washington Irving",
"Nathaniel Hawthorne"
] | Edgar Allan Poe |
literature | Dr. Alex Delaware is the creation of which of these authors? | [
"Jonathan Kellerman",
"Kathy Reichs",
"Faye Kellerman",
"Ross McDonald"
] | Jonathan Kellerman |
literature | Robert B. Parker completed Raymond Chandlers unfinished final novel, Poodle Springs. | [
"False",
"True"
] | True |
literature | Kathy Reichs has written some great mysteries, where the primary character is Forensic Archaeologist, Kay Scarpetta. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
literature | What is the name of Colin Creevys brother, who appears in the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? | [
"Carson Creevy",
"Darian Creevy",
"Dennis Creevy",
"James Creevy"
] | Dennis Creevy |
literature | Why was Hagrid missing in the beginning of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? | [
"He went hunting unicorns.",
"He went looking for Dumbleodre.",
"He went looking for Sirius Black.",
"He went hunting giants."
] | He went hunting giants. |
literature | What did Hermione do to Ron before she stormed out of the charms classroom in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? | [
"She charmed a desk to fly over to Ron.",
"She charmed pencils to fly and poke Ron.",
"She charmed little yellow birds to fly at Ron and peck him.",
"She charmed a chair to fly across the room at Ron."
] | She charmed little yellow birds to fly at Ron and peck him. |
literature | Draco Malfoy cries in a book of the Harry Potter series. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
literature | Did Crabbe and Goyle ever become friends with Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Harry Potter books? | [
"Yes",
"No"
] | No |
literature | Harry liked Cho in the book Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. | [
"True",
"False"
] | False |
literature | In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, before Harry went to fight Professor Quirrel and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Hermione helped him with a task that involved what? | [
"A chess set by Professor Flitwick",
"An ancient textbook sent from Professor Binns",
"A set of potions sent from Professor Snape",
"A dragon sent from Hagrid"
] | A set of potions sent from Professor Snape |
literature | What was the name of the handsome, selfish teacher in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets? | [
"Professor Gilderoy Lockhart",
"Professor Godric Gryffindor",
"Professor Severus Snape",
"Professor Cedric Diggory"
] | Professor Gilderoy Lockhart |
literature | In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, what was the password to the Gryffindor tower during Halloween? | [
"Pig snout",
"Fairy lights",
"None of these",
"Zebras tail"
] | Pig snout |
literature | In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, who gave Nearly-Headless Nick the rejection letter from the Headless Hunt? | [
"Sir Delaney Patrick-Podmore",
"Sir Sturgis Podmore",
"Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore",
"Sir Bloody Baron"
] | Sir Patrick Delaney-Podmore |
literature | In the Harry Potter series, who created the Ravenclaw House when Hogwarts was built? | [
"Rowena Ravenclaw",
"Ronald Ravenclaw",
"Rowana Ravenclaw",
"Ricky Ravenclaw"
] | Rowena Ravenclaw |
literature | What was the name of the child who delivered Ron his parcels in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? | [
"Creevy",
"Dennis",
"Collin",
"Nigel"
] | Nigel |
literature | Filch is a wizard in the Harry Potter books. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
literature | Who took over the Fat Ladys job after she was scared out of her portrait in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban? | [
"Sir Cadogan",
"Trolls",
"Sirius Black",
"Sir Delaney Patrick-Podmore"
] | Sir Cadogan |
literature | Who lost the list of passwords for the Gryffindor tower in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban? | [
"Dean Thomas",
"Neville Longbottom",
"Ron Weasley",
"Padma Patil"
] | Neville Longbottom |
literature | In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, who was bitten by the werewolf Fenfir Greyback? | [
"Ron",
"Bill",
"Charlie",
"Percy"
] | Bill |
literature | Who killed Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? | [
"Professor Binns",
"Lucius Malfoy",
"Professor Snape",
"Bellatrix Lestrange"
] | Professor Snape |
literature | What is James Potter called by Lily Evans in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix? | [
"A bullying, selfish git",
"A big-headed git",
"A selfish, bullying toerag",
"An ignorant git"
] | A selfish, bullying toerag |
literature | What house was Cho Chang in, as explained in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Pheonix, and Goblet of Fire? | [
"Griffyndor",
"Slytherin",
"Hufflepuff",
"Ravenclaw"
] | Ravenclaw |
literature | Who gave Dudley a pigs tail using a pink umbrella in the book Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone? | [
"Draco Malfoy",
"Rubeus Hagrid",
"Vernon Dursley",
"Harry Potter"
] | Rubeus Hagrid |
literature | Does Harry arrive at Privet Drive with Dumbledore in the first book of the Harry Potter series? | [
"No",
"Yes"
] | No |
literature | In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, after getting off the Hogwarts Express, how did Harry and his fellow First Years get to the castle? | [
"by boat across the lake",
"on their broomsticks",
"in a flying car",
"walking"
] | by boat across the lake |
literature | Who saved Harry from Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest in the first volume of the Harry Potter series? | [
"Firenze",
"Fred and George Weasley",
"Albus Dumbledore",
"Hermione Granger"
] | Firenze |
literature | In Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, Severus Snape bewitches Harrys broom during the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Sytherin. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
literature | Why were Harry and Hermione at the top of the tallest astronomy tower when they were caught by Filch in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone? | [
"They were giving Norbert to Charlies friends.",
"They were having a meal.",
"They were fighting Death Eaters.",
"They were doing their homework."
] | They were giving Norbert to Charlies friends. |
literature | It is stated in the first book of the Harry Potter series that Harry received his first Nimbus Two Thousand broom in the second year of his education at Hogwarts. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
literature | What was Harry Potters first Famous Witch and Wizards card according to the first volume of the series? | [
"Godric Gryffindor",
"Albus Dumbledore",
"Helga Hufflepuff",
"Merlin"
] | Albus Dumbledore |
literature | Did Harry, Ron and Hermione encounter a Venomous Tentacula in the first book of the series, after dropping through the trapdoor that Fluffy was guarding? | [
"Yes",
"No"
] | No |
literature | Who gave Harry his invisibility cloak in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone? | [
"Dumbledore",
"Molly Weasley",
"Hermione",
"Hagrid"
] | Dumbledore |
literature | In which Stephen King story do we meet the evil Randall Flagg? | [
"Salems Lot",
"It",
"Rose Madder",
"The Stand"
] | The Stand |
literature | In which Stephen King story do we meet a banker from Maine named Andy Dufresne? | [
"Shawshank Redemption",
"Children of the Corn",
"Cujo",
"Needful Things"
] | Shawshank Redemption |
literature | Paul Edgecomb is a character in which Stephen King story? | [
"Misery",
"Dolores Claiborne",
"Graveyard Shift",
"The Green Mile"
] | The Green Mile |
literature | Jud Crandall and Louis Creed are characters in which Stephen King story? | [
"Christine",
"Pet Sematary",
"The Lawnmower Man",
"Night Shift"
] | Pet Sematary |
literature | In which Stephen King story do we meet a red-headed character named Malachai? | [
"Children of the Corn",
"The Tommyknockers",
"Firestarter",
"The Shining"
] | Children of the Corn |
literature | In which Stephen King story are we introduced to a recovering alcoholic named Jack Torrance? | [
"The Shining",
"Creepshow",
"The Boogeyman",
"Thinner"
] | The Shining |
literature | Billy Halleck, a rather rotund lawyer, is a character from which Stephen King story? | [
"Insomnia",
"Thinner",
"Rose Madder",
"Storm of the Century"
] | Thinner |
literature | The paraplegic Marty Coslaw is a character in which Stephen King story? | [
"The Stand",
"Bag of Bones",
"Night Shift",
"Silver Bullet"
] | Silver Bullet |
literature | In which Stephen King story to we meet the intriguing stranger Andre Linoge? | [
"Misery",
"Salems Lot",
"Carrie",
"Storm of the Century"
] | Storm of the Century |
literature | The former nurse Annie Wilkes is a character from which Stephen King story? | [
"Dolores Claiborne",
"Rose Madder",
"Firestarter",
"Misery"
] | Misery |
literature | Pennywise is introduced to us in a storm sewer from which Stephen King story? | [
"Creepshow",
"Pet Sematary",
"It",
"Needful Things"
] | It |
literature | Johnny Smith is a character that awakens from a coma in which Stephen King story? | [
"The Green Mile",
"The Dead Zone",
"The Tommyknockers",
"Graveyard Shift"
] | The Dead Zone |
literature | Arnie Cunninghams character is a nerdy high school student from which Stephen King story? | [
"Children of the Corn",
"Christine",
"Cujo",
"Carrie"
] | Christine |
literature | What fantasy series tells us first about a sword, then about the elfstones and finally about a wishsong? | [
"Shannara",
"Dragon Riders of Pern",
"Sword of Truth",
"Chronicles of Narnia"
] | Shannara |
literature | In this sci-fi story, a young boy is given advanced training and then tricked into destroying an invading an alien fleet. | [
"Enders Game",
"The Boat of a Million Years",
"Wisdom Beyond Fear",
"Harsh Reality"
] | Enders Game |
literature | Which author describes the worlds of the Belgariad and the Malloreon? | [
"David Eddings",
"Terry Goodkind",
"J. R. R. Tolkien",
"Robert Jordan"
] | David Eddings |
literature | The fictional spice-drug Melange has a central role in which Sci-fi epic? | [
"The Black Legion",
"The Pirates of Orion",
"War of the Worlds",
"DUNE"
] | DUNE |
literature | This fantasy series features channelers, who can control the One Power, a mighty force that comes from the True Source, and is separated into two halves: a male part -saidin, and a female one - saidar. | [
"The Wheel of Time",
"Running with the Demon",
"Ring World",
"Corinthia"
] | The Wheel of Time |
literature | This series depicts a unicorn-riding wizard, who is actually a contestant in a game show, in the futuristic world of Proton. | [
"Endless Recursion",
"Xanth",
"Apprentice Adept",
"The Divided Wolrd"
] | Apprentice Adept |
literature | This popular fantasy series tells the story of a small human-like character, sent on a mission to save the world. He has to destroy an item of dark and terrible power by casting it into the fires of the mountain, where it was made. | [
"The Wheel of Time",
"The Chronicles of Narnia",
"The Sword of Truth",
"Lord of the Rings"
] | Lord of the Rings |
literature | Which Fantasy Series tells the story of the War Wizard, Richard Rahl? | [
"The Wheel of Time",
"Greystone Trilogy",
"The Sword of Truth",
"Battle Mage Trilogy"
] | The Sword of Truth |
literature | Which sci-fi classic features the story of an alien invasion thwarted by earths microorganisms? | [
"Speaker for the Dead",
"Close Encounters",
"2001: Space Odyssey",
"War of the Worlds"
] | War of the Worlds |
literature | Which fantasy series by C.S. Lewis includes a book entitled The Voyage of the Dawn Treader? | [
"The Magic of Xanth",
"The Chronicles of Narnia",
"Lord of the Rings",
"The Pirates of Psion"
] | The Chronicles of Narnia |
literature | In the novel Gone with the Wind, what is Scarlett O Haras first name? | [
"Scarlett",
"Carreen",
"Melanie",
"Katie"
] | Katie |
literature | Which war is described in the novel Gone with the Wind? | [
"The war in Iraq",
"The war of 1812",
"The Revolutionary War",
"The Civil War"
] | The Civil War |
literature | In the novel Gone with the Wind, what was the name of Scarletts first house -- the house she had her childhood in and loved more than anything? | [
"Tara",
"Leps",
"Ward",
"Yern"
] | Tara |
literature | How many children did Scarlett have in the novel Gone with the Wind? | [
"3",
"4",
"1",
"6"
] | 3 |
literature | In the novel Gone with the Wind, what were the names of the two slaves Scarletts father bought, and what relationship did they have? | [
"Dilcey and Prissy, cousins",
"DIlcey and Prissy, mother and daughter",
"Mammie and Prissy, sisters",
"Mammie and Dilcey, best friends"
] | DIlcey and Prissy, mother and daughter |
literature | In the novel Gone with the Wind, Scarletts father bought two slaves from Raif Tarleton. | [
"False",
"True"
] | False |
literature | In the novel Gone with the Wind, Dilcey had two children. | [
"True",
"False"
] | True |
literature | Name the 19th century novel, which begins with the following sentence: âIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.â | [
"Sense and Sensibility",
"North and South",
"Pride and Prejudice",
"Vanity Fair"
] | Pride and Prejudice |
literature | This quote is from a novel which focuses on the myth of hedonism: âThe only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.â Name the novel. | [
"Lady Chatterleys Lover",
"The Picture of Dorian Gray",
"A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man",
"Ulysses"
] | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
literature | The following quote is from a novel which describes a society, characterized mainly by the lack of freedom: âFreedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.â Name the novel. | [
"A Good man in Africa",
"1984",
"Lord of the Flies",
"Heart of Darkness"
] | 1984 |
literature | The main character from this literary work by Philip Roth addresses the following words to his domineering and meticulous Jewish mother: âBecause to be bad, Mother, that is the real struggle: to be bad and to enjoy it. That is what makes men of us boys.â | [
"Portnoys Complaint",
"My Life As a Man",
"The Sun Also Rises",
"The Catcher in the Rye"
] | Portnoys Complaint |
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