Which American poet wrote Song of Myself and was a prominent figure in the transcendentalist movement?

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Which American poet wrote Song of Myself and was a prominent figure in the transcendentalist movement?

A. Walt Whitman

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

D. Henry David Thoreau

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Which American poet wrote Song of Myself and was a prominent figure in the transcendentalist movement?

A. Walt Whitman

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

D. Henry David Thoreau

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

A. William Blake

B. John Keats

C. Percy Bysshe Shelley

D. William Wordsworth

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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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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 wrote the novel Pride and Prejudice?

A. Emily Bront�

B. Jane Austen

C. Charles Dickens

D. Charlotte Bront�

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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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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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What is the title of the novel by Leo Tolstoy that chronicles the lives of five aristocratic families during the Napoleonic era?

A. War and Peace

B. Anna Karenina

C. Crime and Punishment

D. Fathers and Sons

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Who wrote the novel To the Lighthouse, known for its exploration of consciousness and stream-of-consciousness narrative style?

A. Virginia Woolf

B. D.H. Lawrence

C. E.M. Forster

D. James Joyce

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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 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 American playwright wrote 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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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 bourgeoisie and ruling class?

A. Pigs

B. Horses

C. Dogs

D. Sheep

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Who wrote the poem Because I could not stop for Death, which explores the journey from life to death?

A. Emily Dickinson

B. Robert Frost

C. Langston Hughes

D. Walt Whitman

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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 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 Waste Land, a key work of modernist poetry?

A. T.S. Eliot

B. W.B. Yeats

C. Ezra Pound

D. Robert Frost

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Who is the author of the novel Mrs. Dalloway, known for its use of stream of consciousness to delve into the inner lives of characters?

A. Virginia Woolf

B. James Joyce

C. E.M. Forster

D. F. Scott Fitzgerald

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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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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 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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Which American poet wrote Song of Myself and was a prominent figure in the transcendentalist movement?

A. Walt Whitman

B. Emily Dickinson

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

D. Henry David Thoreau

Discuss this answer

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

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Who wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost?

A. John Bunyan

B. John Donne

C. John Milton

D. Jonathan Swift

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A. Walt Whitman

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