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literature	What novel by Jane Austen was originally titled Elinor and Marianne?	[ "Persuasion", "Emma", "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" ]	Sense and Sensibility
literature	What was the title of Dorothy Parkers first poetry collection?	[ "The Fan", "Resume", "Enough Rope", "Death Taxes" ]	Enough Rope
literature	Dorothy Parker was a recluse all her life.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
literature	Dorothy Parker wrote the script for what famous 1937 movie starring Janet Gaynor?	[ "Rebecca", "The Awful Truth", "Meet The Press", "A Star Is Born" ]	A Star Is Born
literature	Martin Rothschild was Dorothy Parkers uncle.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	What was Dorthy Parkers last film project?	[ "Ziegfied Follies - 1946", "A Star Is Born - 1937", "The Fan - 1949", "Saboteur - 1940" ]	The Fan - 1949
literature	Dorothy Parker never married.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	Dorothy Parker grew up in an extremely close family.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	Dorothy Parker had an affair with F. Scott Fitzgerald.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	When was Dorothy Parker born?	[ "September 1900", "August 1893", "January 1899", "June 1897" ]	August 1893
literature	Dorothy Parker worked for 4 magazines. Which list shows the correct order in which she worked for them?	[ "Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire", "Vanity Fair, Esquire, Vogue, The New Yorker", "Esquire, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue", "The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Esquire" ]	Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire
literature	Dorothy Parker wrote movie reviews for which magazine?	[ "The New Yorker", "Vanity Fair", "Vogue", "Esquire" ]	Vanity Fair
literature	What is the name of the town, where Eragon from the self-titled book lives, until he becomes a dragon rider and makes his journey to the Varden?	[ "Tarnag", "Teirm", "Therinsford", "Carvahall" ]	Carvahall
literature	Which of these cities, described by fantasy fiction writer Christopher Paolini, is not located in Du Weldenvarden?	[ "Silthrim", "Kirtan", "Buragh", "Nadindel" ]	Buragh
literature	Which of these words/phrases of the ancient language, featured in the books Eragon and Eldest, is not paired with its correct meaning?	[ "jierda - break/ hit", "blothr - stop", "adurna - the morning star", "the varden - the warders" ]	adurna - the morning star
literature	In the books Eragon and Eldest, wierda is the ancient language word meaning fate.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	In the novels Eragon and Eldest, zarroc is the ancient language word translated as misery. What else does the word refer to?	[ "a dragon", "a dragon rider", "a place", "a sword" ]	a sword
literature	The first word in the novel Eragon is a proper noun (excluding the prologue).	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	The books Eragon and Eldest are from which book series?	[ "None of these", "Legacy Trilogy", "Ancient Trilogy", "Inheritance Trilogy" ]	Inheritance Trilogy
literature	In the novel Left Behind, character Rayford Steele is a pilot for Pan-American Airways.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	What is the name given to the mysterious disappearance of millions of people worldwide by Nicolae Carpathia in the Christian fiction book Left Behind?	[ "The Vanishings", "Doomsday", "The Great Disappearance", "The Rupture" ]	The Vanishings
literature	In the Christian-themed novel Left Behind, Cameron Buck Williams is senior writer for which news magazine?	[ "Newsweek", "The World Today", "Global Weekly", "Time" ]	Global Weekly
literature	Joshua Todd-Cothran is the head of what financial institution from the novel Left Behind?	[ "The World Stock Exchange", "The London Stock Market", "The New York Stock Exchange", "The London Stock Exchange" ]	The London Stock Exchange
literature	In the book Left Behind, Chaim Rozenzweig was a botanist who developed The Eden Formula, that caused the deserts of Israel to bloom.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	In the Christian-themed novel Left Behind, charter pilot Ken Ritz had his own theory on the vanishings. He thought they were caused by aliens abducting the millions of missing people.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	Did Rayford Steele ever have an affair with senior flight attendant Hattie Durham in the novel Left Behind?	[ "Yes", "No" ]	No
literature	Left Behind character Buck Williams is drawn into a murder mystery when an old friend of his is mysteriously killed by a sniper.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
literature	In the Christian fiction book Left Behind, Rayford and eventually Buck believe Nicolae Carpathia is the Antichrist described in several books of the New Testament.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	According to Pastor Bruce Barnes from the novel Left Behind, the Tribulation will begin when the Anti-Christ makes a peace treaty between which countries?	[ "The United States and the West European countries", "Israel and all of its enemies", "The United States and Russia", "Russia and Israel" ]	Israel and all of its enemies
literature	Left Behind character Bruce Barnes believes The Tribulation would last how many years?	[ "7", "5", "6", "3 and a half" ]	7
literature	Lord Byron was the lusty, adventurous poet of revolt. He wrote once, âI awoke one morning and found myself famous.â What widely popular travel poem did this bohemian baron write which garnered the fame to which he referred?	[ "So Weâll Go No More A Roving", "Childe Haroldâs Pilgrimage", "Stanzas for Music", "Don Juan" ]	Childe Haroldâs Pilgrimage
literature	This nature lover felt that poetry should reflect the simple tongue of the common man and that poetry is basically âemotion recollected in tranquility.â Which renowned poet penned âTintern Abbeyâ and âI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.â	[ "William Wordsworth", "Samuel Taylor Coleridge", "Charles Lamb", "William Blake" ]	William Wordsworth
literature	What was Lord Byronâs original name?	[ "Byron Thomas Hood", "George Gordon", "William Byron James", "James Manchester" ]	George Gordon
literature	Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth all resided in the Lake Country of England near Grasmere. What were these three referred to as?	[ "The Grasmere Poets", "The Lake Poets", "The Nature Poets", "The Country Poets" ]	The Lake Poets
literature	Who wrote the book Running with Scissors?	[ "Augusten Burroughs", "David Sedaris", "William S. Burroughs", "Ann Coulter" ]	Augusten Burroughs
literature	Barack Obamas first memoir is entitled Dreams from My Father.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
literature	What is the title of William S. Burroughs semi-autobiographical novel depicting the lifestyle of heroin addicts?	[ "Junky", "Requiem for a Dream", "Crack", "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" ]	Junky
literature	David Sedaris wrote the book Dry which details his life.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	Queer was a memoir penned by Allen Ginsberg.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	This actress, who won an Oscar at the age of 10, wrote a scathing memoir titled A Paper Life.	[ "Angelica Huston", "Murial Hemingway", "Drew Barrymore", "Tatum ONeal" ]	Tatum ONeal
literature	Which Hollywood legends daughter penned the memoir Mommy Dearest?	[ "Joan Crawford", "Judy Garland", "Katherine Hepburn", "Betty Davis" ]	Joan Crawford
literature	Eli Weisels book Night is about the Holocaust.	[ "False", "True" ]	True
literature	Manfred Bloor is a character from which novel?	[ "Midnight for Charlie Bone", "Charmed Life", "Shadowmancer", "Mattimeo" ]	Midnight for Charlie Bone
literature	Which novel features the characters King Swishbert and Queen Olympia?	[ "Once upon a Marigold?", "The Star of Kazan", "Dragons breath", "The Frog Princess" ]	Once upon a Marigold?
literature	In which novel does the character Dustfinger appear?	[ "The Purple Emperor", "Inkheart", "The Sphere of Secrets", "The Amulet of Samarkand" ]	Inkheart
literature	Name the first novel of a popular series which has a main character named Twig.	[ "Pure dead magic", "Wizard of Earthsea, A", "Moorchild, The", "Beyond the Deep Woods" ]	Beyond the Deep Woods
literature	Luke is the main character in which of the following books?	[ "Turnabout", "Double identity", "Among the Hidden", "Running out of Time" ]	Among the Hidden
literature	Which novel features the fictional Herdman family?	[ "The Imp That Ate My Homework", "Loser", "Rules", "The Best Halloween Ever" ]	The Best Halloween Ever
literature	Soren is a fictional character depicted in which book??	[ "The Capture", "Poppy", "Redwall", "The Field Guide" ]	The Capture
literature	In which popular hockey novel does the character Nish appear?	[ "The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup", "Penalty shot", "The Million dollar goal", "Woodsie" ]	The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup
literature	Parvana is the protagonist of this Canadian novel.	[ "The Minstrels Daughter", "Prisoner in the Promised Land", "Still There Clare", "The Breadwinner" ]	The Breadwinner
literature	Mrs. Granger is a popular teacher who appears in this novel.	[ "My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian", "Frindle", "Superfudge", "The Best School Year Ever" ]	Frindle
literature	Shona Silkfin becomes friends with the title character of which novel?	[ "Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon", "Aquamarine", "The Tail of Emily Windsnap", "Sirena" ]	The Tail of Emily Windsnap
literature	Rocky is the best friend of the protagonist in which novel?	[ "Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism", "The wall and the wing", "The Book of Lies", "Peter the Starcatchers" ]	Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism
literature	Who wrote the collection of stories titled The Canterbury Tales?	[ "Edward Spenser", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "Geoffrey Chaucer", "Christopher Marlowe" ]	Geoffrey Chaucer
literature	Who wrote the poems titled Epithalamion (a song in celebration of a wedding) and Amoretti?	[ "Geoffrey Chaucer", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "Edward Spenser", "John Milton" ]	Edward Spenser
literature	Who wrote The Passionate Sheppard to His Love in 1600?	[ "John Milton", "Alexander Pope", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "Christopher Marlowe" ]	Christopher Marlowe
literature	What poet wrote Farewell False Love and The Nymphs Reply to the Sheppard?	[ "Edward Spenser", "Christopher Marlowe", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "John Milton" ]	Sir Walter Raleigh
literature	Which poet wrote the poems LAllegro and il Penseroso in 1631?	[ "William Blake", "Christopher Marlowe", "John Milton", "Alexander Pope" ]	John Milton
literature	Who wrote the epic poem The Rape of the Lock in 1714?	[ "John Milton", "Alexander Pope", "William Wordsworth", "William Blake" ]	Alexander Pope
literature	What poem was written by William Blake in 1794?	[ "Khubla Khan", "L Allegro", "Amoretti", "The Tyger" ]	The Tyger
literature	In what year did William Wordsworth write the poem Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood?	[ "1800", "1810", "1803", "1799" ]	1803
literature	Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem She Was a Phantom of Delight in 1803.	[ "False", "True" ]	False
literature	Which of these poems was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?	[ "Khubla Khan in 1798", "The Tyger in 1794", "She Walks in Beauty in 1814", "Ode to the West Wind in 1819" ]	Khubla Khan in 1798
literature	Ironically, the essay Areopagitica, which dealt with censorship, was banned in England. Who wrote this essay?	[ "Dr. William Bowlder", "John Milton", "Phillip Marlowe", "Felton Edward Lewis" ]	John Milton
literature	In 1931 the Province of Hunan, China banned this book.	[ "1984", "Go Ask Alice", "Alices Adventures in Wonderland", "Alices Restaurant" ]	Alices Adventures in Wonderland
literature	This famous anti-war novel by Erik Marie Remarque was banned in Nazi Germany.	[ "To Hell and Back", "1984", "Dr. Caligari", "All Quiet on the Western Front" ]	All Quiet on the Western Front
literature	Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature but many of her works were banned in her native country. What is her native country?	[ "Romania", "Belgium", "The Soviet Union", "The Union of South Africa" ]	The Union of South Africa
literature	Who wrote the novel Dr. Zhivago which was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988?	[ "Ivan Gogol", "Boris Pasternak", "William F. Buckley", "Leon Trotsky" ]	Boris Pasternak
literature	Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, a book which was banned in most of the southern United States?	[ "Clara Barton", "Harriet Beecher Stowe", "Thaddeus Stevens", "Ambroise Beirce" ]	Harriet Beecher Stowe
literature	In Seinfeld, Jerry was accused of having this book overdue at the New York Public Library for over 15 years. It was banned in the USA from the 1930s until the 1950s.	[ "Lady Chatterleys Lover", "Moll Flanders", "O", "The Tropic of Cancer" ]	The Tropic of Cancer
literature	This book, which was in part the basis for the play Pippin, was banned in the USA for obscenity.	[ "O", "Madame Was Not a Lady", "Candide", "Madame Bovary" ]	Candide
literature	Who wrote the novel The Satanic Verses which was banned in Bangladesh, Iran, Singapore and Indonesia?	[ "Sameer Mousheff", "Kharam Patel", "David Beck", "Salmon Rushdie" ]	Salmon Rushdie
literature	Many communities in California banned this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and labeled it communist propaganda.	[ "The Old Man and the Sea", "The Pearl", "L.A. Land", "The Grapes of Wrath" ]	The Grapes of Wrath
literature	This book by D. H. Lawrence was banned in the USA, the UK and Australia.	[ "The Great Gatsby", "Lady Chatterleys Lover", "The Sun Also Rises", "The Day of the Locust" ]	Lady Chatterleys Lover
literature	During the missile crisis of the 1960s, this book was banned in the USA and the UK.	[ "The Lotus Eaters", "1984", "Brave New World", "Down and Out in London and Paris" ]	1984
literature	When the Nazis came to power they banned this short novel by Franz Kafka.	[ "The Metamorphosis", "The Rights of All men", "The Satanic Verses", "All Quiet on the Western Front" ]	The Metamorphosis
literature	This work was banned in Lebanon for showing Jews, Zionism, and Israel in a favorable light.	[ "The Grapes of Wrath", "The Diary of a Young Girl", "The Kite Runner", "The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam" ]	The Diary of a Young Girl
literature	This 18th century erotic novel is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history.	[ "O", "Stella Dallas", "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure", "I Was Curious Yellow" ]	Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
literature	Which of these poems was written by Lord George Gordon Byron?	[ "Ode To A Grecian Urn", "My Lost Youth", "She Was A Phantom Of Delight", "She Walks In Beauty" ]	She Walks In Beauty
literature	In what year did Edgar Allan Poe write the poem The City in the Sea?	[ "Edgar Allan Poe never wrote The City in the Sea", "1825", "1831", "1829" ]	1831
literature	Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote The Chambered Nautilus and The Deacons Masterpiece in the same year.	[ "True", "False" ]	True
literature	Who is the author of the poems Meeting at Midnight and Parting in Morning?	[ "Emily Bronte", "Walt Whitman", "Robert Browning", "Elizabeth Browning" ]	Robert Browning
literature	Which poet wrote the poem beginning with the words-Success is counted sweetest...?	[ "Elizabeth Browning", "Carol Channing", "Emily Bronte", "Emily Dickinson" ]	Emily Dickinson
literature	Which of these poems was written by Lord Alfred Tennyson?	[ "A Musical Instrument", "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater", "Ulysses", "Calvary Crossing A Ford" ]	Ulysses
literature	Who wrote the poem Break, Break, Break?	[ "Emily Bronte", "Oliver Wendell Holmes", "Elizabeth Browning", "Alfred, Lord Tennyson" ]	Alfred, Lord Tennyson
literature	Victorian poets Elizabeth Browning and Robert Browning were brother and sister.	[ "True", "False" ]	False
literature	Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805. What was his nationality?	[ "Swiss", "German", "Flemish", "Danish" ]	Danish
literature	What kind of literary works did Hans Christian Andersen enjoy reading when he was a child?	[ "Love stories", "Gothic novels", "Dramatic works", "Poems" ]	Dramatic works
literature	What was the name of Hans Christian Andersens first story which was published in 1822?	[ "The Tinder Box", "A Journey on Foot from Holmens Canal to the East Point of Amager", "The Ghost at Palnatokes Grave", "The Princess and the Pea" ]	The Ghost at Palnatokes Grave
literature	Which of these statements is true about the childhood of Hans Christian Andersen?	[ "He wasnt a very good student.", "He suffered from dyslexia.", "He was often abused.", "All of these" ]	All of these
literature	What present did Hans Christian Andersen receive from King Frederick VI in 1833?	[ "A scholarship", "A mansion", "A traveling grant", "A boat" ]	A traveling grant
literature	Which of these fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen starts with a woman who longs to have a child and is given a magic seed by a witch?	[ "The Angel", "The Wild Swans", "The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina" ]	Thumbelina
literature	From which Hans Christian Andersens fairy tale are the characters Kai and Gerda?	[ "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Snow Queen" ]	The Snow Queen
literature	What unforgettable character from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is believed to be based on Hans Christian Andersens personality and appearance?	[ "Edward Murdstone", "David Copperfield", "James Steerforth", "Uriah Heep" ]	Uriah Heep
literature	Which of these fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen ends with the death of a poor girl in the streets?	[ "The Little Match Girl", "The Shadow", "The Happy Family", "The Story of a Mother" ]	The Little Match Girl
literature	In the harbor of Copenhagen there is a statue of this enchanting character created by Hans Christian Andersen.	[ "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Snow Queen" ]	The Little Mermaid
literature	Name the headstrong and sharp-tongued woman whose feisty spirit is tamed by Petruccio in Shakespeares comedy The Taming of the Shrew?	[ "Ophelia", "Bianca", "Cordelia", "Katherina (Kate)" ]	Katherina (Kate)
literature	What Shakespearean character, who is the epitome of honesty and loyalty, is disinherited by her father, King Lear?	[ "Goneril", "Regan", "Cordelia", "MIranda" ]	Cordelia
literature	What Shakespearean heroine elopes with a man of a different race and later becomes an innocent victim of his wrath?	[ "Imogen", "Ophelia", "Anne", "Desdemona" ]	Desdemona

literature

What novel by Jane Austen was originally titled Elinor and Marianne?

[ "Persuasion", "Emma", "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" ]

Sense and Sensibility

literature

What was the title of Dorothy Parkers first poetry collection?

[ "The Fan", "Resume", "Enough Rope", "Death Taxes" ]

Enough Rope

literature

Dorothy Parker was a recluse all her life.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

literature

Dorothy Parker wrote the script for what famous 1937 movie starring Janet Gaynor?

[ "Rebecca", "The Awful Truth", "Meet The Press", "A Star Is Born" ]

A Star Is Born

literature

Martin Rothschild was Dorothy Parkers uncle.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

literature

What was Dorthy Parkers last film project?

[ "Ziegfied Follies - 1946", "A Star Is Born - 1937", "The Fan - 1949", "Saboteur - 1940" ]

The Fan - 1949

literature

Dorothy Parker never married.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

Dorothy Parker grew up in an extremely close family.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

Dorothy Parker had an affair with F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

literature

When was Dorothy Parker born?

[ "September 1900", "August 1893", "January 1899", "June 1897" ]

August 1893

literature

Dorothy Parker worked for 4 magazines. Which list shows the correct order in which she worked for them?

[ "Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire", "Vanity Fair, Esquire, Vogue, The New Yorker", "Esquire, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue", "The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Esquire" ]

Vogue, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire

literature

Dorothy Parker wrote movie reviews for which magazine?

[ "The New Yorker", "Vanity Fair", "Vogue", "Esquire" ]

Vanity Fair

literature

What is the name of the town, where Eragon from the self-titled book lives, until he becomes a dragon rider and makes his journey to the Varden?

[ "Tarnag", "Teirm", "Therinsford", "Carvahall" ]

Carvahall

literature

Which of these cities, described by fantasy fiction writer Christopher Paolini, is not located in Du Weldenvarden?

[ "Silthrim", "Kirtan", "Buragh", "Nadindel" ]

Buragh

literature

Which of these words/phrases of the ancient language, featured in the books Eragon and Eldest, is not paired with its correct meaning?

[ "jierda - break/ hit", "blothr - stop", "adurna - the morning star", "the varden - the warders" ]

adurna - the morning star

literature

In the books Eragon and Eldest, wierda is the ancient language word meaning fate.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

In the novels Eragon and Eldest, zarroc is the ancient language word translated as misery. What else does the word refer to?

[ "a dragon", "a dragon rider", "a place", "a sword" ]

a sword

literature

The first word in the novel Eragon is a proper noun (excluding the prologue).

[ "True", "False" ]

True

literature

The books Eragon and Eldest are from which book series?

[ "None of these", "Legacy Trilogy", "Ancient Trilogy", "Inheritance Trilogy" ]

Inheritance Trilogy

literature

In the novel Left Behind, character Rayford Steele is a pilot for Pan-American Airways.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

What is the name given to the mysterious disappearance of millions of people worldwide by Nicolae Carpathia in the Christian fiction book Left Behind?

[ "The Vanishings", "Doomsday", "The Great Disappearance", "The Rupture" ]

The Vanishings

literature

In the Christian-themed novel Left Behind, Cameron Buck Williams is senior writer for which news magazine?

[ "Newsweek", "The World Today", "Global Weekly", "Time" ]

Global Weekly

literature

Joshua Todd-Cothran is the head of what financial institution from the novel Left Behind?

[ "The World Stock Exchange", "The London Stock Market", "The New York Stock Exchange", "The London Stock Exchange" ]

The London Stock Exchange

literature

In the book Left Behind, Chaim Rozenzweig was a botanist who developed The Eden Formula, that caused the deserts of Israel to bloom.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

literature

In the Christian-themed novel Left Behind, charter pilot Ken Ritz had his own theory on the vanishings. He thought they were caused by aliens abducting the millions of missing people.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

literature

Did Rayford Steele ever have an affair with senior flight attendant Hattie Durham in the novel Left Behind?

[ "Yes", "No" ]

No

literature

Left Behind character Buck Williams is drawn into a murder mystery when an old friend of his is mysteriously killed by a sniper.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

literature

In the Christian fiction book Left Behind, Rayford and eventually Buck believe Nicolae Carpathia is the Antichrist described in several books of the New Testament.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

literature

According to Pastor Bruce Barnes from the novel Left Behind, the Tribulation will begin when the Anti-Christ makes a peace treaty between which countries?

[ "The United States and the West European countries", "Israel and all of its enemies", "The United States and Russia", "Russia and Israel" ]

Israel and all of its enemies

literature

Left Behind character Bruce Barnes believes The Tribulation would last how many years?

[ "7", "5", "6", "3 and a half" ]

7

literature

Lord Byron was the lusty, adventurous poet of revolt. He wrote once, âI awoke one morning and found myself famous.â What widely popular travel poem did this bohemian baron write which garnered the fame to which he referred?

[ "So Weâll Go No More A Roving", "Childe Haroldâs Pilgrimage", "Stanzas for Music", "Don Juan" ]

Childe Haroldâs Pilgrimage

literature

This nature lover felt that poetry should reflect the simple tongue of the common man and that poetry is basically âemotion recollected in tranquility.â Which renowned poet penned âTintern Abbeyâ and âI Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.â

[ "William Wordsworth", "Samuel Taylor Coleridge", "Charles Lamb", "William Blake" ]

William Wordsworth

literature

What was Lord Byronâs original name?

[ "Byron Thomas Hood", "George Gordon", "William Byron James", "James Manchester" ]

George Gordon

literature

Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth all resided in the Lake Country of England near Grasmere. What were these three referred to as?

[ "The Grasmere Poets", "The Lake Poets", "The Nature Poets", "The Country Poets" ]

The Lake Poets

literature

Who wrote the book Running with Scissors?

[ "Augusten Burroughs", "David Sedaris", "William S. Burroughs", "Ann Coulter" ]

Augusten Burroughs

literature

Barack Obamas first memoir is entitled Dreams from My Father.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

literature

What is the title of William S. Burroughs semi-autobiographical novel depicting the lifestyle of heroin addicts?

[ "Junky", "Requiem for a Dream", "Crack", "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs" ]

Junky

literature

David Sedaris wrote the book Dry which details his life.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

Queer was a memoir penned by Allen Ginsberg.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

This actress, who won an Oscar at the age of 10, wrote a scathing memoir titled A Paper Life.

[ "Angelica Huston", "Murial Hemingway", "Drew Barrymore", "Tatum ONeal" ]

Tatum ONeal

literature

Which Hollywood legends daughter penned the memoir Mommy Dearest?

[ "Joan Crawford", "Judy Garland", "Katherine Hepburn", "Betty Davis" ]

Joan Crawford

literature

Eli Weisels book Night is about the Holocaust.

[ "False", "True" ]

True

literature

Manfred Bloor is a character from which novel?

[ "Midnight for Charlie Bone", "Charmed Life", "Shadowmancer", "Mattimeo" ]

Midnight for Charlie Bone

literature

Which novel features the characters King Swishbert and Queen Olympia?

[ "Once upon a Marigold?", "The Star of Kazan", "Dragons breath", "The Frog Princess" ]

Once upon a Marigold?

literature

In which novel does the character Dustfinger appear?

[ "The Purple Emperor", "Inkheart", "The Sphere of Secrets", "The Amulet of Samarkand" ]

Inkheart

literature

Name the first novel of a popular series which has a main character named Twig.

[ "Pure dead magic", "Wizard of Earthsea, A", "Moorchild, The", "Beyond the Deep Woods" ]

Beyond the Deep Woods

literature

Luke is the main character in which of the following books?

[ "Turnabout", "Double identity", "Among the Hidden", "Running out of Time" ]

Among the Hidden

literature

Which novel features the fictional Herdman family?

[ "The Imp That Ate My Homework", "Loser", "Rules", "The Best Halloween Ever" ]

The Best Halloween Ever

literature

Soren is a fictional character depicted in which book??

[ "The Capture", "Poppy", "Redwall", "The Field Guide" ]

The Capture

literature

In which popular hockey novel does the character Nish appear?

[ "The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup", "Penalty shot", "The Million dollar goal", "Woodsie" ]

The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup

literature

Parvana is the protagonist of this Canadian novel.

[ "The Minstrels Daughter", "Prisoner in the Promised Land", "Still There Clare", "The Breadwinner" ]

The Breadwinner

literature

Mrs. Granger is a popular teacher who appears in this novel.

[ "My Life as a Fifth-Grade Comedian", "Frindle", "Superfudge", "The Best School Year Ever" ]

Frindle

literature

Shona Silkfin becomes friends with the title character of which novel?

[ "Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon", "Aquamarine", "The Tail of Emily Windsnap", "Sirena" ]

The Tail of Emily Windsnap

literature

Rocky is the best friend of the protagonist in which novel?

[ "Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism", "The wall and the wing", "The Book of Lies", "Peter the Starcatchers" ]

Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism

literature

Who wrote the collection of stories titled The Canterbury Tales?

[ "Edward Spenser", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "Geoffrey Chaucer", "Christopher Marlowe" ]

Geoffrey Chaucer

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Who wrote the poems titled Epithalamion (a song in celebration of a wedding) and Amoretti?

[ "Geoffrey Chaucer", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "Edward Spenser", "John Milton" ]

Edward Spenser

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Who wrote The Passionate Sheppard to His Love in 1600?

[ "John Milton", "Alexander Pope", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "Christopher Marlowe" ]

Christopher Marlowe

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What poet wrote Farewell False Love and The Nymphs Reply to the Sheppard?

[ "Edward Spenser", "Christopher Marlowe", "Sir Walter Raleigh", "John Milton" ]

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Which poet wrote the poems LAllegro and il Penseroso in 1631?

[ "William Blake", "Christopher Marlowe", "John Milton", "Alexander Pope" ]

John Milton

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Who wrote the epic poem The Rape of the Lock in 1714?

[ "John Milton", "Alexander Pope", "William Wordsworth", "William Blake" ]

Alexander Pope

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What poem was written by William Blake in 1794?

[ "Khubla Khan", "L Allegro", "Amoretti", "The Tyger" ]

The Tyger

literature

In what year did William Wordsworth write the poem Ode, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood?

[ "1800", "1810", "1803", "1799" ]

1803

literature

Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the poem She Was a Phantom of Delight in 1803.

[ "False", "True" ]

False

literature

Which of these poems was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

[ "Khubla Khan in 1798", "The Tyger in 1794", "She Walks in Beauty in 1814", "Ode to the West Wind in 1819" ]

Khubla Khan in 1798

literature

Ironically, the essay Areopagitica, which dealt with censorship, was banned in England. Who wrote this essay?

[ "Dr. William Bowlder", "John Milton", "Phillip Marlowe", "Felton Edward Lewis" ]

John Milton

literature

In 1931 the Province of Hunan, China banned this book.

[ "1984", "Go Ask Alice", "Alices Adventures in Wonderland", "Alices Restaurant" ]

Alices Adventures in Wonderland

literature

This famous anti-war novel by Erik Marie Remarque was banned in Nazi Germany.

[ "To Hell and Back", "1984", "Dr. Caligari", "All Quiet on the Western Front" ]

All Quiet on the Western Front

literature

Nadine Gordimer won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature but many of her works were banned in her native country. What is her native country?

[ "Romania", "Belgium", "The Soviet Union", "The Union of South Africa" ]

The Union of South Africa

literature

Who wrote the novel Dr. Zhivago which was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988?

[ "Ivan Gogol", "Boris Pasternak", "William F. Buckley", "Leon Trotsky" ]

Boris Pasternak

literature

Who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin, a book which was banned in most of the southern United States?

[ "Clara Barton", "Harriet Beecher Stowe", "Thaddeus Stevens", "Ambroise Beirce" ]

Harriet Beecher Stowe

literature

In Seinfeld, Jerry was accused of having this book overdue at the New York Public Library for over 15 years. It was banned in the USA from the 1930s until the 1950s.

[ "Lady Chatterleys Lover", "Moll Flanders", "O", "The Tropic of Cancer" ]

The Tropic of Cancer

literature

This book, which was in part the basis for the play Pippin, was banned in the USA for obscenity.

[ "O", "Madame Was Not a Lady", "Candide", "Madame Bovary" ]

Candide

literature

Who wrote the novel The Satanic Verses which was banned in Bangladesh, Iran, Singapore and Indonesia?

[ "Sameer Mousheff", "Kharam Patel", "David Beck", "Salmon Rushdie" ]

Salmon Rushdie

literature

Many communities in California banned this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and labeled it communist propaganda.

[ "The Old Man and the Sea", "The Pearl", "L.A. Land", "The Grapes of Wrath" ]

The Grapes of Wrath

literature

This book by D. H. Lawrence was banned in the USA, the UK and Australia.

[ "The Great Gatsby", "Lady Chatterleys Lover", "The Sun Also Rises", "The Day of the Locust" ]

Lady Chatterleys Lover

literature

During the missile crisis of the 1960s, this book was banned in the USA and the UK.

[ "The Lotus Eaters", "1984", "Brave New World", "Down and Out in London and Paris" ]

1984

literature

When the Nazis came to power they banned this short novel by Franz Kafka.

[ "The Metamorphosis", "The Rights of All men", "The Satanic Verses", "All Quiet on the Western Front" ]

The Metamorphosis

literature

This work was banned in Lebanon for showing Jews, Zionism, and Israel in a favorable light.

[ "The Grapes of Wrath", "The Diary of a Young Girl", "The Kite Runner", "The Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam" ]

The Diary of a Young Girl

literature

This 18th century erotic novel is one of the most prosecuted and banned books in history.

[ "O", "Stella Dallas", "Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure", "I Was Curious Yellow" ]

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure

literature

Which of these poems was written by Lord George Gordon Byron?

[ "Ode To A Grecian Urn", "My Lost Youth", "She Was A Phantom Of Delight", "She Walks In Beauty" ]

She Walks In Beauty

literature

In what year did Edgar Allan Poe write the poem The City in the Sea?

[ "Edgar Allan Poe never wrote The City in the Sea", "1825", "1831", "1829" ]

1831

literature

Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote The Chambered Nautilus and The Deacons Masterpiece in the same year.

[ "True", "False" ]

True

literature

Who is the author of the poems Meeting at Midnight and Parting in Morning?

[ "Emily Bronte", "Walt Whitman", "Robert Browning", "Elizabeth Browning" ]

Robert Browning

literature

Which poet wrote the poem beginning with the words-Success is counted sweetest...?

[ "Elizabeth Browning", "Carol Channing", "Emily Bronte", "Emily Dickinson" ]

Emily Dickinson

literature

Which of these poems was written by Lord Alfred Tennyson?

[ "A Musical Instrument", "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater", "Ulysses", "Calvary Crossing A Ford" ]

Ulysses

literature

Who wrote the poem Break, Break, Break?

[ "Emily Bronte", "Oliver Wendell Holmes", "Elizabeth Browning", "Alfred, Lord Tennyson" ]

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

literature

Victorian poets Elizabeth Browning and Robert Browning were brother and sister.

[ "True", "False" ]

False

literature

Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805. What was his nationality?

[ "Swiss", "German", "Flemish", "Danish" ]

Danish

literature

What kind of literary works did Hans Christian Andersen enjoy reading when he was a child?

[ "Love stories", "Gothic novels", "Dramatic works", "Poems" ]

Dramatic works

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What was the name of Hans Christian Andersens first story which was published in 1822?

[ "The Tinder Box", "A Journey on Foot from Holmens Canal to the East Point of Amager", "The Ghost at Palnatokes Grave", "The Princess and the Pea" ]

The Ghost at Palnatokes Grave

literature

Which of these statements is true about the childhood of Hans Christian Andersen?

[ "He wasnt a very good student.", "He suffered from dyslexia.", "He was often abused.", "All of these" ]

All of these

literature

What present did Hans Christian Andersen receive from King Frederick VI in 1833?

[ "A scholarship", "A mansion", "A traveling grant", "A boat" ]

A traveling grant

literature

Which of these fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen starts with a woman who longs to have a child and is given a magic seed by a witch?

[ "The Angel", "The Wild Swans", "The Princess and the Pea", "Thumbelina" ]

Thumbelina

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From which Hans Christian Andersens fairy tale are the characters Kai and Gerda?

[ "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Snow Queen" ]

The Snow Queen

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What unforgettable character from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens is believed to be based on Hans Christian Andersens personality and appearance?

[ "Edward Murdstone", "David Copperfield", "James Steerforth", "Uriah Heep" ]

Uriah Heep

literature

Which of these fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen ends with the death of a poor girl in the streets?

[ "The Little Match Girl", "The Shadow", "The Happy Family", "The Story of a Mother" ]

The Little Match Girl

literature

In the harbor of Copenhagen there is a statue of this enchanting character created by Hans Christian Andersen.

[ "The Little Mermaid", "The Little Match Girl", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Snow Queen" ]

The Little Mermaid

literature

Name the headstrong and sharp-tongued woman whose feisty spirit is tamed by Petruccio in Shakespeares comedy The Taming of the Shrew?

[ "Ophelia", "Bianca", "Cordelia", "Katherina (Kate)" ]

Katherina (Kate)

literature

What Shakespearean character, who is the epitome of honesty and loyalty, is disinherited by her father, King Lear?

[ "Goneril", "Regan", "Cordelia", "MIranda" ]

Cordelia

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What Shakespearean heroine elopes with a man of a different race and later becomes an innocent victim of his wrath?

[ "Imogen", "Ophelia", "Anne", "Desdemona" ]

Desdemona