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1. Which of the following is the translated title of the Japanese novel 'Kinkakuji'?
2. Which of the following writers was not a suicide?
3. Rubashov is the central character of which Arthur Koestler novel?
4. To which literary work did Joseph Campbell attribute the origin of the term 'monomyth'?
5. Three of the following writers came from the same hamlet, where there was fired 'a shot heard round the world.' Which of the writers does not belong in the group below?
6. From a hamlet, to 'Hamlet.' Which of the following characters speaks the last lines of the play?
7. The play is Margaret Edson's 'Wit.' The character is Dr. Vivian Bearing. Vivian is an expert on whose poetry?
8. Neil Gaiman is a writer probably best known for his 'Sandman' comic book series, but he's also contributed some novels to this wondrous world of reading. Which of the following is one of Gaiman's novels?
9. The title of Chinua Achebe's renowned novel 'Things Fall Apart' comes from which W.B. Yeats poem?
10. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's book 'To Whom She Will' was published under which title in the U.S.?
11. Which of the following writers was not also a medical doctor?
12. What was Toni Morrison's first novel?
13. Which of the following books was NOT written by Mark Twain?
14. What's the meaning of the literary term In Media Res?
15. Sting entitled one of his albums '...Nothing Like The Sun.' From which poet did he borrow the line?
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