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1 of 10
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The device Chaucer employs in The Canterbury Tales of many characters gathered together,
each telling stories, was not new. The idea had been used by an Italian author in
a work probably begun sometime in the late 1340's. Who was this Italian poet? |
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2 of 10
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Anthony Burgess' last novel, published in 1993, is called A Dead Man in Deptford.
Who is its central character, to whom the title refers?
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3 of 10
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What is the name of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice?
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4 of 10
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Falstaff is considered one of Shakespeare's finest comic creations. In which of the
following plays does he not appear? |
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5 of 10
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In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet's forthcoming birthday is mentioned. How old will she
be?
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6 of 10
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How many times is Elizabeth Bennet proposed to in Jane Austen's
Pride and Prejudice?
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7 of 10
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Who wrote " His flashing eyes, his floating hair!/ Weave a circle around him thrice,
/ And close your eyes with holy dread, / For he on honey-dew hath fed, / And drunk
the milk of Paradise."?
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8 0f 10
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From which of Charles Dickens' novels does this first line come: "My father's name
being Pirrip, and my christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both nothing
longer or more explicit than Pip."? |
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9 of 10
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In James Joyce's short story "The Dead", what is Gretta reminded of when she hears
a guest at the party sing The Lass of Anghrim?
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10 of 10
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Who wrote "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons"?
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