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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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B. Samuel Beckett


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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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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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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 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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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 wrote the novel The Sound and the Fury, known for its innovative narrative techniques and exploration of Southern American life?

A. William Faulkner

B. Ernest Hemingway

C. F. Scott Fitzgerald

D. John Steinbeck

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What is the title of the novel by Franz Kafka, which tells the story of Gregor Samsa's transformation into a giant insect?

A. The Metamorphosis

B. The Trial

C. The Castle

D. Amerika

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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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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 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 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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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 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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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 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 essay Politics and the English Language, what does Orwell argue about the relationship between language and thought?

A. Language shapes thought

B. Thought shapes language

C. Language and thought are unrelated

D. Language and thought are fixed

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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 author wrote the novel Heart of Darkness, which explores the dark aspects of human nature and colonialism in Africa?

A. Joseph Conrad

B. Chinua Achebe

C. Franz Kafka

D. J.M. Coetzee

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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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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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In George Orwell's novel 1984, what is the name of the oppressive government led by Big Brother?

A. The Party

B. The Collective

C. The Regime

D. The Authority

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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 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 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