Literature Quiz Questions And Answers
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Who wrote "to err is human; to forgive, divine"?
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Winston Churchill
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Benjamin Franklin
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Abraham Lincoln
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Alexander Pope
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This literature quiz assesses knowledge of classical writings and famous authors. It includes questions on poetic quotes, novel titles, and character origins, enhancing literary knowledge and appreciation.
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Who composed the music for the "William Tell Overture"?
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Mozart
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Beethoven
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Gershwin
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Rossini
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A. Rossini -
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The character of Uriah Heep is from which book?
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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The Grapes Of Wrath
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Moby Dick
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David Copperfield
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A. David Copperfield -
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What movement is Rachel Carson's book, "Silent Spring" associated with?
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Women's Rights
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Pro-Life
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Transcendental Mediation
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Environmental
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A. Environmental -
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Who wrote "The Human Stain"?
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Philip Roth
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William S. Burroughs
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Norman Mailer
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Saul Bellow
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A. Philip Roth -
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Allan Quatermain is from which book?
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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The Last Of The Mohicans
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King's Row
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King Solomon's Mines
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A. King Solomon's Mines -
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Who wrote the novel "Lost Horizon"?
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George S. Kaufman
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James Hilton
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Washington Irving
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Rudyard Kipling
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A. James Hilton -
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Who wrote "Farewell My Lovely"?
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John Wyndham
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Lewis Carroll
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Ray Bradbury
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Raymond Chandler
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A. Raymond Chandler -
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Who published the drama "Long Day's Journey Into Night" in 1956?
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Eugene O'Neill
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Arthur Miller
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Ernest Hemingway
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Tennessee Williams
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A. Eugene O'Neill -
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Who is the author of "The Secret History"?
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Donna Tartt
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Jeffrey Eugenides
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Richard Paten
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Anita Shreve
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A. Donna Tartt -
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In the novel "The Secret History", the elite group of students devoted themselves to what subject?
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Latin
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Greek
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Archeology
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Anthropology
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A. Greek -
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Who wrote "A Widow For One Year"?
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Saul Bellow
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John Irving
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Philip Roth
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John Updike
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A. John Irving -
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In which great novel does the reader find the following line: "Winter is the season of alcoholism and despair"?
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The Virgin Suicides
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An American Dream
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The Secret History
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A Widow For One Year
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A. The Virgin Suicides -
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Who wrote the collection of poems entitled "Horse Latitudes"?
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Paul Muldoon
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Charles Bukowski
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
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A. Paul Muldoon -
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Who or what killed Thisbe?
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Pyramus
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Thisbe
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Hera
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A Lioness
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A. Thisbe -
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