Which American author wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

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Which American author wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

A. Mark Twain

B. Edgar Allan Poe

C. Nathaniel Hawthorne

D. Herman Melville

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A. Lorraine Hansberry

B. August Wilson

C. Langston Hughes

D. Zora Neale Hurston

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A. Herman Melville

B. Nathaniel Hawthorne

C. Mark Twain

D. Washington Irving

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A. Tender Is the Night

B. This Side of Paradise

C. The Beautiful and Damned

D. The Great Gatsby

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A. Anton Chekhov

B. Leo Tolstoy

C. Fyodor Dostoevsky

D. Maxim Gorky

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Who wrote the poem The Waste Land, known for its complex structure and themes of cultural disillusionment?

A. T.S. Eliot

B. W.B. Yeats

C. Ezra Pound

D. Wallace Stevens

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Who wrote the novel The Catcher in the Rye, which follows the experiences of the disenchanted teenager Holden Caulfield in New York City?

A. J.D. Salinger

B. Kurt Vonnegut

C. Jack Kerouac

D. John Updike

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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 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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What is the title of the novel by J.D. Salinger that follows the experiences of Holden Caulfield in New York City?

A. The Catcher in the Rye

B. Catch-22

C. On the Road

D. The Great Gatsby

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Which novel by Mary Shelley features the character Victor Frankenstein and his creation?

A. Dracula

B. The Picture of Dorian Gray

C. Frankenstein

D. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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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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Who wrote the play Death of a Salesman, which examines the American Dream and its impact on a struggling family?

A. Arthur Miller

B. Tennessee Williams

C. Eugene O'Neill

D. August Wilson

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In Shakespeare's play Othello, who is Iago's wife, known for her innocence and honesty?

A. Desdemona

B. Emilia

C. Bianca

D. Cassio

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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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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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Which author wrote the novel Brave New World, depicting a dystopian future where individuality is suppressed in favor of social stability?

A. George Orwell

B. Aldous Huxley

C. Ray Bradbury

D. Isaac Asimov

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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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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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In J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, what is the name of the powerful ring that is the central focus of the story?

A. The One Ring

B. The Ring of Power

C. The Ring of Sauron

D. The Precious

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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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A. War and Peace

B. Anna Karenina

C. Crime and Punishment

D. Fathers and Sons

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What is the title of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel, set in the 1920s?

A. The Great Gatsby

B. To Kill a Mockingbird

C. The Catcher in the Rye

D. Moby-Dick

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A. Jane Eyre

B. Wuthering Heights

C. Villette

D. Agnes Grey

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A. William Butler Yeats

B. W.H. Auden

C. Robert Frost

D. T.S. Eliot

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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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A. Harper Lee

B. Truman Capote

C. John Steinbeck

D. Toni Morrison

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B. Emma

C. Sense and Sensibility

D. Persuasion

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In which Shakespeare play does the character Lady Macbeth famously say, Out, damned spot!?

A. Macbeth

B. Othello

C. Hamlet

D. King Lear

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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 wrote 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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A. Mark Twain

Which American author wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

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