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1. The title of this quiz, "Fluffy and Friends", refers to a dog that appears in J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (to give the book its UK title). What feature distinguishes Fluffy from most other literary canines?
2. One of the earliest literary references to a pet dog comes in Homer's "Odyssey". The animal's name is Argos, but to whom does he belong?
3. Two dogs named Rowf and Snitter appear in a novel entitled "The Plague Dogs", written by an author rather better known for a story about rabbits. What is that author's name?
4. The French actress and novelist Cécile Aubry wrote a novel for children about a boy and his dog, called "Belle et Sébastien". It was made into a popular French TV series in 1965. What breed of dog was Belle?
5. In which of the following comic novels would you meet a dog named Montmorency?
6. In Stephen King's novel "Cujo", what happens to the St. Bernard dog of the title that causes considerable problems for the human characters in the book?
7. A dog named Bulls-eye appears in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". True or false?
8. Regular quizzers may be aware that there is a dog named "Crab" who appears in Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona". But in which other Shakespeare play does a dog appear on stage, in the company of a tailor named Starveling?
9. Fans of Enid Blyton may remember the dog Timmy, who appears in her stories about the "Famous Five". But with what Blyton group is a dog named Scamper associated?
10. What is the name of the dog that appears in the Doctor Dolittle series of books by Hugh Lofting?
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