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    What kind of creature is a "minotaur"?

    • Half Lion And Half Man
    • Half Man And Half Bull
    • Half Dog And Half Cat
    • Half Man And Half Woman
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Literature, the following questions will test your ability to think laterally

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  • 2. 

    Which novel centers around a portrait that ages while its subject remains young and handsome?

    • A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man

    • Chronicle Of A Death Foretold

    • The Picture Of Dorian Gray

    • Dubliners

    Correct Answer
    A. The Picture Of Dorian Gray
  • 3. 

    Which Ernest Hemingway novel tells the story of a soldier falling in love with his nurse?

    • A Farewell To Arms

    • To Have And Have Not

    • The Sun Also Rises

    • For Whom The Bell Tolls

    Correct Answer
    A. A Farewell To Arms
  • 4. 

    Who was the Trojan War between?

    • Greece And Rome

    • Rome And Macedonia

    • Rome And Carthage

    • Greece And Troy

    Correct Answer
    A. Greece And Troy
  • 5. 

    Who wrote a novel called "Metamorphosis" about a man who turned into a cockroach?

    • Franz Kafka

    • Aesop

    • Voltaire

    • Edgar Allan Poe

    Correct Answer
    A. Franz Kafka
  • 6. 

    Lord Byron and William Blake wrote primarily in what genre of poetry?

    • Renaissance

    • Romantic

    • Modernist

    • Victorian

    Correct Answer
    A. Romantic
  • 7. 

    Which two stories were written by Washington Irving?

    • The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And "The Lone Wolf"

    • Rip Van Winkle And "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow"

    • Rip Van Winkle And "A New England Nun"

    • North Star And "Rip Van Winkle"

    Correct Answer
    A. Rip Van Winkle And "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow"
  • 8. 

    Which "Winnie-the-Pooh" character has the catch phrase "T.T.F.N., ta ta for now"?

    • Rabbit

    • Piglet

    • Tigger

    • Christopher Robin

    Correct Answer
    A. Tigger
  • 9. 

    Which son of Helios died by driving his father's chariot?

    • Romulus

    • Simion

    • Phaethon

    • Negus

    Correct Answer
    A. Phaethon
  • 10. 

    What other name has Anne Rice written under?

    • Ann Rambling

    • Sandy Lestat

    • A.N. Roquelaure

    • Anna Bond

    Correct Answer
    A. A.N. Roquelaure
  • 11. 

    Who wrote the book "Cosmos"?

    • Tom Wolfe

    • Albert Einstein

    • John Glenn

    • Carl Sagan

    Correct Answer
    A. Carl Sagan
  • 12. 

    What sort of animals are featured in "Watership Down"?

    • Fish

    • Seagulls

    • Rabbits

    • Geese

    Correct Answer
    A. Rabbits
  • 13. 

    Which author wrote "Walden"?

    • Walt Whitman

    • Ralph Waldo Emerson

    • Robert Frost

    • Henry David Thoreau

    Correct Answer
    A. Henry David Thoreau
  • 14. 

    What is the name of Stephen King's first novel?

    • Carrie

    • Firestarter

    • The Dead Zone

    • The Stand

    Correct Answer
    A. Carrie
  • 15. 

    What kind of mythological creature was Pan?

    • Satyr

    • Goat

    • Centaur

    • Human

    Correct Answer
    A. Satyr

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