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

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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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B. John Donne

C. Andrew Marvell

D. George Herbert

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A. Pride and Prejudice

B. Emma

C. Sense and Sensibility

D. Persuasion

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A. Romanticism

B. Realism

C. Naturalism

D. Modernism

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D. Emily Dickinson

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B. Anne Sexton

C. Adrienne Rich

D. Maya Angelou

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A. William Faulkner

B. Tennessee Williams

C. Harper Lee

D. Eudora Welty

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B. Leo Tolstoy

C. Fyodor Dostoevsky

D. Maxim Gorky

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C. Bianca

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A. Herman Melville

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