Which English poet is known for his metaphysical poetry and wrote The Flea and To His Coy Mistress?

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Which English poet is known for his metaphysical poetry and wrote The Flea and To His Coy Mistress?

A. John Milton

B. John Donne

C. Andrew Marvell

D. George Herbert

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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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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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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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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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In Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, what historical event serves as an allegorical backdrop for the story?

A. The Salem Witch Trials

B. The American Revolution

C. The Civil War

D. The French Revolution

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

A. Herman Melville

B. Nathaniel Hawthorne

C. Mark Twain

D. Washington Irving

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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 George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, which animal represents the working class and is often associated with the motto All animals are equal?

A. Boxer

B. Napoleon

C. Snowball

D. Old Major

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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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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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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 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 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 William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, who is the character known for his leadership and sense of order?

A. Ralph

B. Piggy

C. Jack

D. Simon

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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 is the author of the play A Raisin in the Sun, which explores racial and social issues in America?

A. August Wilson

B. Lorraine Hansberry

C. Langston Hughes

D. Zora Neale Hurston

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Who is the author of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, a landmark work of magic realism?

A. Gabriel Garcia Marquez

B. Jorge Luis Borges

C. Isabel Allende

D. Pablo Neruda

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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

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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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Which English poet is known for his metaphysical poetry and wrote The Flea and To His Coy Mistress?

A. John Milton

B. John Donne

C. Andrew Marvell

D. George Herbert

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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 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 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 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 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 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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What is the title of the novel by Charlotte Bront�, featuring the character Jane Eyre's journey through adversity and love?

A. Jane Eyre

B. Wuthering Heights

C. Villette

D. Agnes Grey

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

A. W.B. Yeats

B. T.S. Eliot

C. Ezra Pound

D. Wallace Stevens

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B. John Donne

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