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    Which playwright wrote "Doctor Faustus"?

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  • 2. 

    In Don Delillo's "Underworld", who is the graffiti artist sought after by Klara Sax and Esther Winship?

    • Miraculum.Com

    • Moonman 157

    • Revolution.Com

    • Ink

    Correct Answer
    A. Moonman 157
  • 3. 

    Who wrote the "Decameron"?

    • Machievelli

    • Boccaccio

    • Uccello

    • Chaucer

    Correct Answer
    A. Boccaccio
  • 4. 

    Which of these literary characters does not have a twin?

    • Dromio

    • Sebastian

    • Florizel

    • Viola

    Correct Answer
    A. Florizel
  • 5. 

    From what university did Hamlet take his leave to attend his mother's wedding?

    • Wittenberg

    • Harvard

    • Oxford

    • Cambridge

    Correct Answer
    A. Wittenberg
  • 6. 

    Which 1960's author was the leader of a group called the "Merry Pranksters"?

    • Anthony Burgess

    • William S. Burroughs

    • Timothy Leary

    • Ken Kesey

    Correct Answer
    A. Ken Kesey
  • 7. 

    With what was Robert Frost "acquainted" as he "looked down the saddest city lane"?

    • The Night

    • The Police

    • The Garbage

    • The Snow

    Correct Answer
    A. The Night
  • 8. 

    Which one of these literary characters is not like the others?

    • Touchstone

    • Pompey

    • Benedick

    • Feste

    Correct Answer
    A. Benedick
  • 9. 

    In what city did Allen Ginsberg first recite his poem "Howl"?

    • New York City

    • Seattle

    • Philadelphia

    • San Francisco

    Correct Answer
    A. San Francisco
  • 10. 

    What was the name of the popular horror novelist in the movie "In the Mouth of Madness"?

    • Sutter Cane

    • John Skipp

    • Scott Sigler

    • Haruki Murakami

    Correct Answer
    A. Sutter Cane
  • 11. 

    What famous poet repeats the phrase "I shall not be moved" in the poem "Our Grandmothers"?

    • Anne Sexton

    • Maya Angelou

    • Langston Hughes

    • Audre Lord

    Correct Answer
    A. Maya Angelou
  • 12. 

    In the Anne Rice novel "Ramses the Damned", whom did Ramses bring back from the dead?

    • Julie

    • Cleopatra

    • Elliot

    • Alex

    Correct Answer
    A. Cleopatra
  • 13. 

    Which character in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" can put a "girdle about the earth in 40 minutes"?

    • Puck

    • Titania

    • Bottom

    • Oberon

    Correct Answer
    A. Puck
  • 14. 

    Which mortal was married to Eros?

    • Psyche

    • Cleopatra

    • Arachne

    • Helen Of Troy

    Correct Answer
    A. Psyche
  • 15. 

    Which two mythological gods are twins?

    • Aphrodite And Artemis

    • Apollo And Artemis

    • Artemis And Athena

    • Apollo And Aphrodite

    Correct Answer
    A. Apollo And Artemis

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