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Who is the author of Beloved, a novel about the horrors of slavery and its aftermath in America?

A. Toni Morrison

B. Maya Angelou

C. Alice Walker

D. Zora Neale Hurston

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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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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 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 Ernest Hemingway set during the Spanish Civil War, known for its minimalist style?

A. For Whom the Bell Tolls

B. The Sun Also Rises

C. A Farewell to Arms

D. The Old Man and the Sea

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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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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 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 is the author of the novel Fahrenheit 451, which explores themes of censorship and intellectual freedom in a dystopian society?

A. Ray Bradbury

B. Aldous Huxley

C. George Orwell

D. Philip K. Dick

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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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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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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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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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Which literary movement emphasized emotion, imagination, and individualism and often featured a focus on nature?

A. Romanticism

B. Realism

C. Naturalism

D. Modernism

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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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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. Do I dare disturb the universe?

B. In the room where women come and go

C. I have heard the mermaids singing

D. Let us go then, you and I

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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 wrote the play Waiting for Godot, characterized by its absurdist themes and minimalistic setting?

A. Harold Pinter

B. Samuel Beckett

C. Tom Stoppard

D. Anton Chekhov

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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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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 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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Which American playwright wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Zoo Story?

A. Edward Albee

B. Arthur Miller

C. Lorraine Hansberry

D. Tennessee Williams

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

A. Aeschylus

B. Sophocles

C. Euripides

D. Aristophanes

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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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Which American poet is known for his poem The Road Not Taken and his frequent use of rural settings and themes?

A. Robert Frost

B. Langston Hughes

C. Walt Whitman

D. Emily Dickinson

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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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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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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 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 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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A. Toni Morrison

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