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

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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 wrote the novel Middlemarch, which explores various social and political issues in 19th-century England?

A. George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)

B. Charlotte Bront�

C. Jane Austen

D. Emily Bront�

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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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What is the title of the novel by George Orwell that warns against totalitarianism and features the character Winston Smith?

A. 1984

B. Brave New World

C. Fahrenheit 451

D. The Handmaid's Tale

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What is the title of the novel by Zora Neale Hurston, centered around the character Janie Crawford's journey to self-discovery in the American South?

A. Their Eyes Were Watching God

B. Beloved

C. Song of Solomon

D. The Bluest Eye

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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 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 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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Which of Shakespeare's plays features the characters Iago and Desdemona?

A. Othello

B. Macbeth

C. Julius Caesar

D. Romeo and Juliet

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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 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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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 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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What is the title of the novel by Jane Austen, where the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, navigates issues of class, love, and marriage?

A. Pride and Prejudice

B. Emma

C. Sense and Sensibility

D. Persuasion

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What is the title of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel set in the American South during the 1930s?

A. The Catcher in the Rye

B. To Kill a Mockingbird

C. Brave New World

D. Lord of the Flies

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Which American author is known for his darkly comedic novels, including Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle?

A. Kurt Vonnegut

B. Joseph Heller

C. Philip Roth

D. J.D. Salinger

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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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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 novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which follows the life and development of Stephen Dedalus?

A. James Joyce

B. D.H. Lawrence

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. E.M. Forster

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Who wrote the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, which follows the life and development of Stephen Dedalus?

A. James Joyce

B. D.H. Lawrence

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. E.M. Forster

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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 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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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 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 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 Things Fall Apart, which explores the clash of cultures during British colonialism in Nigeria?

A. Chinua Achebe

B. Wole Soyinka

C. Ngugi wa Thiong'o

D. Buchi Emecheta

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Who is the author of the novel Invisible Man, which explores themes of identity and racism in America?

A. Ralph Ellison

B. James Baldwin

C. Toni Morrison

D. Richard Wright

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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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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 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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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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B. Lorraine Hansberry

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