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    Which town did not appear in any H.P. Lovecraft works?

    • Dunwich
    • Arkham
    • West Bedford
    • Innsmouth
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Explore the realms of literature with our Cool Quiz On Literature - 2, featuring questions on novels, authors, and fictional elements. Enhance your knowledge on diverse literary topics and test your memory in this engaging and educational quiz.

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  • 2. 

    Which of these is not a character in Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow"?

    • Roger Mexico

    • Pirate Prentice

    • Slothrop

    • Oedipa Maas

    Correct Answer
    A. Oedipa Maas
  • 3. 

    Who is considered the first professional female writer in English?

    • Aphra Behn

    • George Elliot

    • Jane Austen

    • The Wife Of Bath

    Correct Answer
    A. Aphra Behn
  • 4. 

    Which of the following Irish writers did not win the Nobel Prize?

    • Sean O'Casey

    • Seamus Heaney

    • George Bernard Shaw

    • Samuel Beckett

    Correct Answer
    A. Sean O'Casey
  • 5. 

    Where in New York did "The Great Gatsby" live?

    • West Brooklyn

    • East Egg

    • West Egg

    • Staten Island

    Correct Answer
    A. West Egg
  • 6. 

    What famous novel begins with the line "Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes"?

    • Napoleon By Abel Gance

    • The Leopard By Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

    • War And Peace By Leo Tolstoy

    • Middlemarch By George Eliot

    Correct Answer
    A. War And Peace By Leo Tolstoy
  • 7. 

    In the Richard Laymon novel "Darkness Tell Us", what is the name of the spirit contacted with the ouija board?

    • Butler

    • Amy

    • Simon

    • Reed

    Correct Answer
    A. Butler
  • 8. 

    In "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad", what is the name of Mr. Toad's horse?

    • Widowmaker

    • Philippe

    • Cyril Proudbottom

    • Samson

    Correct Answer
    A. Cyril Proudbottom
  • 9. 

    What is credited with being the longest novel written in English?

    • Our Mutual Friend

    • Middlemarch

    • Moby Dick

    • Clarissa

    Correct Answer
    A. Clarissa
  • 10. 

    Who wrote the Law of Storms?

    • Heinrich Wilhelm Dove

    • Howard Wilson Hawk

    • William Herschel

    • Heinrich Hess

    Correct Answer
    A. Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
  • 11. 

    Who wrote the epic poem, "Drake"?

    • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    • Alfred Noyes

    • William Wordsworth

    • Lord Byron

    Correct Answer
    A. Alfred Noyes
  • 12. 

    Who was the last captain of the U.S.S. Caine?

    • De Vreiss

    • Maryk

    • Keefer

    • Keith

    Correct Answer
    A. Keith
  • 13. 

    Who wrote the non-fiction account "A Night to Remember"?

    • Walter Lord

    • James Cameron

    • Lord Byron

    • Paula Parisi

    Correct Answer
    A. Walter Lord
  • 14. 

    When was Ernest Hemingway born?

    • January 5, 1860

    • June 25, 1829

    • July 21, 1899

    • April 4, 1833

    Correct Answer
    A. July 21, 1899
  • 15. 

    Which short story begins with "None of them knew the color of the sky"?

    • The Open Boat

    • The Painted Bird

    • Dead Souls

    • Notes From Underground

    Correct Answer
    A. The Open Boat

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