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In T.S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, what is the repeated phrase that suggests a sense of futility?

A. In the room where women come and go

B. I have heard the mermaids singing

C. Let us go then, you and I

D. Do I dare disturb the universe?

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D. Do I dare disturb the universe?


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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 F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, what is the name of Jay Gatsby's love interest?

A. Daisy Buchanan

B. Jordan Baker

C. Myrtle Wilson

D. Nick Carraway

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Who wrote the play The Importance of Being Earnest, known for its wit and satire of Victorian society?

A. Oscar Wilde

B. George Bernard Shaw

C. Samuel Beckett

D. Anton Chekhov

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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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What is the title of the novel by Mark Twain that follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?

A. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

B. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

C. The Call of the Wild

D. Treasure Island

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Who is the author of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, set in a mental institution and narrated by Chief Bromden?

A. Ken Kesey

B. Kurt Vonnegut

C. Philip K. Dick

D. Joseph Heller

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In William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, who is the character known for his glasses and intellect?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

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Which Russian playwright wrote The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard?

A. Anton Chekhov

B. Leo Tolstoy

C. Fyodor Dostoevsky

D. Maxim Gorky

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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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In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, what is the name of Victor Frankenstein's creature?

A. Adam

B. The Monster

C. Prometheus

D. Igor

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Who wrote the play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? which delves into the dysfunctional marriage of George and Martha?

A. Edward Albee

B. Tennessee Williams

C. Arthur Miller

D. Sam Shepard

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In George Orwell's novel 1984, what is the name of the oppressive government led by Big Brother?

A. The Party

B. The Collective

C. The Regime

D. The Authority

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Which American poet is known for his confessional poetry and wrote Daddy and Lady Lazarus?

A. Sylvia Plath

B. Anne Sexton

C. Adrienne Rich

D. Maya Angelou

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Who wrote the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which addresses issues of racial injustice in the American South?

A. Harper Lee

B. Truman Capote

C. John Steinbeck

D. Toni Morrison

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In George Orwell's novella Animal Farm, which animal represents the proletariat and the working class?

A. Boxer

B. Napoleon

C. Snowball

D. Old Major

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Who wrote the poem The Road Not Taken, which includes the famous lines Two roads diverged in a wood, and I / I took the one less traveled by?

A. Robert Frost

B. Langston Hughes

C. Emily Dickinson

D. Walt Whitman

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Who wrote the novel Middlemarch, which explores various social and political issues in 19th-century England?

A. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

B. Charlotte Bront�

C. Jane Austen

D. Emily Bront�

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In George Orwell's essay Politics and the English Language, what does Orwell argue about the relationship between language and thought?

A. Language shapes thought

B. Thought shapes language

C. Language and thought are unrelated

D. Language and thought are fixed

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Who is the author of the novel Invisible Man, which explores themes of identity and racism in America?

A. James Baldwin

B. Ralph Ellison

C. Richard Wright

D. Toni Morrison

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Who wrote the poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, known for its modernist style and introspective themes?

A. T.S. Eliot

B. W.B. Yeats

C. Ezra Pound

D. Wallace Stevens

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Who wrote the play A Raisin in the Sun, which explores racial and social issues in America?

A. Lorraine Hansberry

B. August Wilson

C. Langston Hughes

D. Zora Neale Hurston

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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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Who is the author of the play Waiting for Godot, characterized by its absurdist themes and minimalistic setting?

A. Samuel Beckett

B. Harold Pinter

C. Tom Stoppard

D. Anton Chekhov

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Which American author wrote The Sun Also Rises, a novel that explores the experiences of the Lost Generation after World War I?

A. Ernest Hemingway

B. F. Scott Fitzgerald

C. John Steinbeck

D. Sinclair Lewis

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Who wrote the play The Glass Menagerie, which draws on elements of memory and illusion?

A. Tennessee Williams

B. Arthur Miller

C. Eugene O'Neill

D. Samuel Beckett

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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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Which novel by Emily Bront� features the characters Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw?

A. Jane Eyre

B. Wuthering Heights

C. Sense and Sensibility

D. Middlemarch

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What is the title of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in the American South during the 1930s?

A. The Catcher in the Rye

B. To Kill a Mockingbird

C. Brave New World

D. Lord of the Flies

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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 Old Man and the Sea, which tells the story of an aging fisherman's struggle with a giant marlin?

A. Ernest Hemingway

B. John Steinbeck

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. William Faulkner