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    Question 1: Midnights Children, one of the books on Time magazines list of 100 Greatest Novels, was written by this author, who was sentenced to death following the publication of one of his literary works.
    A. J.D. Salinger
    B. Kazuo Ishiguro
    C. Salman Rushdie
    D. Zadie Smith
    Question 2: Which of the following acknowledged literary works was left out of the list of 100 Best English-language Novels, published in Time magazine in 2006?
    A. War and Peace
    B. Moby Dick
    C. all of these
    D. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    Question 3: What novel on Time magazines Best Novels list follows Holden Caulfield, a character that has come to be associated with teenage angst and rebellion?
    A. The Moviegoer
    B. The Blind Assassin
    C. A Clockwork Orange
    D. The Catcher in the Rye
    Question 4: What fantasy novel, focusing on the adventures of the Pevensie siblings and set approximately in 1940, appeared on Time magazines 100 Best English-language Novels?
    A. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    B. The Painted Bird
    C. The Lord of the Rings
    D. The Chronicles of Prydain
    Question 5: What 18th century English writer depicted Man Friday, whose name has become an expression used to describe a loyal male personal assistant?
    A. Daniel Defoe
    B. Robert Louis Stephenson
    C. Johnathan Swift
    D. Sir Walter Scott
    Question 6: A neurological condition, characterised by altered perceptions of body image and visual illusions, was named after this character from childrens literature.
    A. Pinocchio
    B. Peter Pan
    C. Alice in Wonderland
    D. Peter Rabbit
    Question 7: This economic term, derived from the name of a folklore hero, refers to income redistribution.
    A. Robin Hood effect
    B. King Arthur effect
    C. Sir Galahad effect
    D. Sir Lancelot effect
    Question 8: Which of these eponyms, derived from Jonathan Swifts novel Gullivers Travels, means a crude person, lacking in intelligence?
    A. lilliputian
    B. struldbrug
    C. brobdingnagian
    D. yahoo
    Question 9: Which of these eponyms, derived from the name of a character created by Charles Dickens, is not correctly matched with its definition?
    A. Scrooge - a stingy, miserly person
    B. Pickwickian - haughty, conceited
    C. Gradgrind - a person interested only in cold facts
    D. Fagin - an adult who instructs children in crime
    Question 10: What Nobel Prize-winning author depicted fictional character George F. Babbitt, whose surname has become synonymous with a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to dominant middle-class standards?
    A. William Faulkner
    B. SAUL BELLOW
    C. John Steinbeck
    D. Sinclair Lewis
    Question 11: This authors best-selling novel brought the term Pollyana into the English language to describe an illogically and blindly optimistic person.
    A. Harper Lee
    B. Louisa May Alcott
    C. Laura Ingalls Wilder
    D. Eleanor H. Porter
    Question 12: The adjective Falstaffian, meaning jovial and with zest for life, is derived from the name of the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, who is featured in this Shakespearean comedy.
    A. The Taming of the Shrew
    B. The Merchant of Venice
    C. The Merry Wives of Windsor
    D. The Comedy of Errors
    Question 13: What is the definition of the term dogberrysm, which is derived from Shakespeares play Much Ado About Nothing?
    A. a seemingly small but actually crucial weakness
    B. trickery or deception
    C. striving for power at the price of spiritual values
    D. the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one of similar sound, usually creating a comic effect
    Question 14: Tartuffe, whose name has come to mean a hypocrite, especially one who affects religious piety, is the protagonist of a comedy by this playwright.
    A. Eugène Ionesco
    B. Molière
    C. Samuel Beckett
    D. Cyrano de Bergerac
    Question 15: Earnest Hemingway was born in 1899 in a Chicago suburb, and later attended this high school.
    A. Fenwick High School
    B. Oak Park and River Forest High School
    C. Carl Rogers High School
    D. Cook County High School