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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, which character famously utters the soliloquy beginning with To be, or not to be?

A. Hamlet

B. Ophelia

C. Claudius

D. Polonius

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A. Hamlet


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Which American author is known for his works set in the American South, including As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury?

A. William Faulkner

B. Tennessee Williams

C. Harper Lee

D. Eudora Welty

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Which play by Arthur Miller is an allegory for McCarthyism and the Red Scare in America during the 1950s?

A. The Glass Menagerie

B. Death of a Salesman

C. The Crucible

D. A Streetcar Named Desire

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Who wrote the poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, known for its metaphysical conceits about separation and love?

A. John Milton

B. John Donne

C. Andrew Marvell

D. George Herbert

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Which American author is known for his works set in the American South, including As I Lay Dying and The Sound and the Fury?

A. William Faulkner

B. Tennessee Williams

C. Harper Lee

D. Eudora Welty

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Which of Shakespeare's plays features the characters Iago and Desdemona?

A. Othello

B. Macbeth

C. Julius Caesar

D. Romeo and Juliet

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Who wrote the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which explores themes of decadence and moral corruption?

A. Oscar Wilde

B. Henry James

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. D.H. Lawrence

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Which Greek playwright is known for his tragedies, including works like Oedipus Rex?

A. Sophocles

B. Aeschylus

C. Euripides

D. Aristophanes

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Who wrote the novel The Stranger (L'�tranger) which explores the absurdity of human existence?

A. Albert Camus

B. Jean-Paul Sartre

C. Simone de Beauvoir

D. Franz Kafka

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What is the title of the novel by Franz Kafka, which tells the story of Gregor Samsa's transformation into a giant insect?

A. The Metamorphosis

B. The Trial

C. The Castle

D. Amerika

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Who wrote the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which follows the life and development of Stephen Dedalus?

A. James Joyce

B. D.H. Lawrence

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. E.M. Forster

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Who wrote the play Long Day's Journey into Night, a semi-autobiographical work centered on a dysfunctional family?

A. Eugene O'Neill

B. Arthur Miller

C. Tennessee Williams

D. August Wilson

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Who wrote the poem The Raven, known for its melancholic atmosphere and refrain of Nevermore?

A. Edgar Allan Poe

B. Nathaniel Hawthorne

C. Washington Irving

D. Emily Dickinson

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What is the title of the novel by George Orwell that warns against totalitarianism and features the character Winston Smith?

A. Brave New World

B. 1984

C. Animal Farm

D. The Handmaid's Tale

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Which novel by Charlotte Bront� follows the life of the orphaned protagonist Jane Eyre?

A. Wuthering Heights

B. Villette

C. Jane Eyre

D. Agnes Grey

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Who wrote the novel Moby-Dick, which tells the story of Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for a white whale?

A. Nathaniel Hawthorne

B. Herman Melville

C. Mark Twain

D. Washington Irving

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Who is the author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, a novel exploring the journey to self-discovery of the protagonist Janie Crawford?

A. Zora Neale Hurston

B. Toni Morrison

C. Maya Angelou

D. Alice Walker

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Which author wrote the satirical novel Animal Farm, which allegorically critiques the Russian Revolution?

A. George Orwell

B. Aldous Huxley

C. Franz Kafka

D. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Who is the author of the novel The Grapes of Wrath, which portrays the struggles of the Joad family during the Great Depression?

A. John Steinbeck

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. William Faulkner

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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, which character famously utters the soliloquy beginning with To be, or not to be?

A. Hamlet

B. Ophelia

C. Claudius

D. Polonius

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Who wrote the novel In Cold Blood, a true crime story based on the murder of the Clutter family in Kansas?

A. Truman Capote

B. Norman Mailer

C. Harper Lee

D. John Updike

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Which American poet is known for her reclusive lifestyle and unique use of dashes in her poetry?

A. Emily Dickinson

B. Sylvia Plath

C. Anne Sexton

D. Adrienne Rich

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In George Orwell's essay Shooting an Elephant, what does the elephant represent symbolically?

A. Imperialism

B. Freedom

C. Democracy

D. Enlightenment

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In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, which house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry values bravery and chivalry?

A. Gryffindor

B. Hufflepuff

C. Ravenclaw

D. Slytherin

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Which British author is known for the His Dark Materials trilogy, including the novel The Golden Compass?

A. Philip Pullman

B. J.K. Rowling

C. C.S. Lewis

D. J.R.R. Tolkien

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What is the title of the novel by Zora Neale Hurston, centered around the character Janie Crawford's journey to self-discovery in the American South?

A. Their Eyes Were Watching God

B. Beloved

C. Song of Solomon

D. The Bluest Eye

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What is the title of the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores the excesses and moral decay of the Jazz Age?

A. Tender Is the Night

B. This Side of Paradise

C. The Beautiful and Damned

D. The Great Gatsby

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Which American author wrote the novel The Scarlet Letter, set in Puritan New England and exploring themes of sin and redemption?

A. Nathaniel Hawthorne

B. Herman Melville

C. Edgar Allan Poe

D. Washington Irving

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Who is the author of the novel The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical work about a young woman's struggle with mental illness?

A. Sylvia Plath

B. Anne Sexton

C. Adrienne Rich

D. Maya Angelou

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Which English poet wrote The Tyger and The Lamb, both part of his collection Songs of Experience and Songs of Innocence?

A. John Keats

B. William Wordsworth

C. Percy Bysshe Shelley

D. William Blake

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Which American author wrote The Grapes of Wrath, a novel that depicts the hardships faced by migrant workers during the Dust Bowl?

A. John Steinbeck

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. William Faulkner