Literature: Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Criminals
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1. Wanted for: regicide, multiple homicides, conspiracy to kill. Prone to hallucination and delusions of invulnerability.
Richard III
Cassius
Macbeth
Alonzo
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Literature: Literature Before 1900: Great Literature Miscellany
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2. Charles Dickens died before completing this novel.
A Christmas Carol
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Great Expectations
A Tale of Two Cities
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Literature: Poetry: Name That Romantic Poem
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3. "'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus!-- Why look'st thou so?'--With my cross-bow I shot the albatross."
Robert Burns
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Literature: Hamlet: Hamlet - Bodies, bodies, everywhere...
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4. Which one of these "Hamlet" characters wasn't even alive at the beginning of the play?
Marcellus
Yorick
Bernardo
Fortinbras
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Literature: Mixed Literature: Literary Alphabet
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5. Which eponymous protagonist was an orphan created by Dickens?
Ophilia Rowling
Owen Princeton
Orville Owl
Oliver Twist
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Literature: Ancient Greek Drama: Oedipus
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6. Who were Oedipus' real parents?
Creon and Jocasta
Laius and Antigone
Creon and Antigone
Laius and Jocasta
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Literature: Russian Literature: Alphabetical Russian Literature: A - L
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7. This 19th century writer laid the foundation of Russian realism. He is famous for the satirical “Dead Souls”, short story “The Overcoat”, and a narrative of Cossack life “Taras Bulba”. Who is this famous writer?
Grigorovich
Griboedov
Goncharov
Gogol
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Literature: Romeo and Juliet: Who Said it in "Romeo and Juliet"?
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8. Who said, "These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume."
Friar Laurence
Tybalt
Romeo
Benvolio
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Literature: Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Smaller Characters
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9. Which Shakespearian play includes Stephano, Adrian, Francisco, and Gonzalo amongst its characters?
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
The Tempest
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Literature: Famous First Lines: Famous First Words
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10. Let's start with some really ancient literature: "Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans." Which book starts with this line?
Homer - "The Odyssey"
Homer - "The Iliad"
Homer- "The Batrachomyomachia"
Homer- "The Simpsons"
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