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1. It's grade 9 and my class is given its first novel to study, "Cue for Treason", by Geoffrey Trease. Which famous author is a character in the novel?
2. Speaking of Shakespeare, grade 9 is when I read my first of his works, "Romeo and Juliet". Which of the following characters in "Romeo and Juliet" doesn't die during the course of the play?
3. Grade 10 began and I was given new books to read. The first was Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird". Who saves Scout and Jem from Bob Ewell?
4. The Shakespeare play I read in grade 10 was "The Merchant of Venice". Which casket did Bassanio choose in order to marry Portia?
5. In grade 11, I was handed a pile of books to read. The first was "All My Sons". I saw the author and noted that he also wrote "Death of a Salesman". Who was he?
6. The next work I read was a play by, you guessed it, Shakespeare. This play contained a crafty antagonist named Iago and one of my favourite lines: "The Turks are drowned". Which tragedy was it?
7. This play by Henrik Ibsen had a controversial ending, in which the main character, Nora, left her husband.
8. Which of the following characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" dies?
9. Grade 12 led me to read such works as Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", in which the main character, Marlow, journeys deep into the heart of a forest in the Congo. What movie is based on this novel?
10. The final work of Shakespeare I read was "Hamlet". On his deathbed, Hamlet told Horatio that Fortinbras should be the next king of Denmark. Which country was Fortinbras the prince of?
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