Amazing Quiz On Literature
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What color was Anna Karenina's bag in the Tolstoy novel of the same name?
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Blue
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White
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Red
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Black
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Explore key characters and elements from classic and contemporary literature in the 'Amazing Quiz On Literature'. Assess your knowledge on famous works by Tolstoy, Tennessee Williams, Stephen King, and others, enhancing literary comprehension and appreciation.
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Who is the cripple in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"?
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Thomas
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Laura
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Amanda
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Jim
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A. Laura -
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What character plays a demon in Stephen King's "The Stand"?
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Nick Andros
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Randall Flagg
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Larry Underwood
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Stu Redman
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A. Randall Flagg -
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Who was Edgar Allan Poe's wife?
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Mary E. Freeman
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Eliza Shelby
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Gena Calegari
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Virginia Clemm
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A. Virginia Clemm -
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What radio show made the writer Garrison Keillor famous?
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Lake Wobegon Days
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Homeside Chat With Garrison Keller
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Amateur Hour
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A Prairie Home Companion
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A. A Prairie Home Companion -
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What is the name of the heroine in the Henry James novel "The Portrait of a Lady"?
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Helena Bonham Carter
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Isabel Archer
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Madame Merle
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Denise Wickersham
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A. Isabel Archer -
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Who wrote the book "The Right Stuff"?
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Tom Wolfe
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John Glenn
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Carl Sagan
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Alan Shepard
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A. Tom Wolfe -
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Who was the protagonist of John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress"?
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Christian
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Pilgrim
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Capt. John Smith
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Evangelist
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A. Christian -
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What philosophical treatise did Thomas Hobbes write in 1651?
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Leviathan
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Gulliver's Travels
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The Decameron
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Mere Christianity
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A. Leviathan -
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What is Giovanni Boccaccio's famous collection of stories called?
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The Chronicles Of Narnia
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The Decameron
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The Plague
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Bienvenue Al Paradiso
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A. The Decameron -
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Who created the character of Holly Golightly?
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Grace Metalious
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Norman Mailer
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Truman Capote
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Jacqueline Susann
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A. Truman Capote -
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Who was Andromeda going to marry before they were both killed?
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Orion
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Lycaon
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Pegasus
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Perseus
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A. Perseus -
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In what year was Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" published?
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1932
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1803
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1845
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1867
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A. 1845 -
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Who said the line "Lady as you are mine, I am yours"?
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Romeo
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Solinus
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Claudio
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Hamlet
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A. Claudio -
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For which novel did Cormac McCarthy receive the National Book Award?
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The Crossing
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All The Pretty Horses
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Suttree
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Blood Meridian
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A. All The Pretty Horses -
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