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1. King's "Dark Tower" series is inspired by a Robert Browning poem. The theme of Browning's poem, in turn, was suggested by a line of nonsense spoken by Edgar in what William Shakespeare play?
2. When Eddie uses Black Nineteen to go to New York, he reads a chalkboard outside a bookstore called The Manhattan Restaurant of the Mind. It lists the day's specials. All three are American writers. The first is a Romantic novelist, the second a philosopher, and the third the poet who wrote "Fire and Ice." Who are they?
3. In the Prologue to "Wolves of the Calla," one of the Manni refers to a story in "The Book of Manni." The story involves an Angel of Death, which passes over Ayjip and slays the first born of each house, unless the blood of a sacrificial lamb is daubed on the doorpost. Where in our world's literature does an almost identical story appear?
4. After Eddie and Jake go "Todash" and see a mysterious legal agreement, Susannah is reminded of the quote "First we'll kill all the lawyers." This paraphrased line comes from the pen of what English playwright?
5. Susannah says that when Eddie and Jake go "todash," it's almost like a novel by what author? (Hint: She says this author wrote about a dozen novels and "was maybe the best who ever lived. In his stories, folks in this big city called London keep meeting people they knew from other places or long ago.")
6. Jake says he's read lots of mystery novels, by Rex Stout, by Ed McBain, and by what author of "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"?
7. Odetta "had laughed and applauded her way through" what book by Ralph Ellison?
8. Callahan, during his wanderings, thinks he recalls a paraphrase of a line from what poet's "Epistle to Be Left in the Earth?"
9. On the box that houses Black Nineteen, Roland finds the symbols of a leaf, a stone, and an unfound door. From what book does Callahan say these symbols are drawn?
10. Callahan gives names to the "Hitler brothers" who attack him. From what John Steinbeck novel do these names come?
11. As Callahan is being carved up by the Hitler brothers, he laments that no police will come to his rescue, not even this Agatha Christie investigator.
12. The man in the robe says to Callahan, "Name, name, what's in a name, someone or other said. Shakespeare? Virginia Woolf?" The quote does indeed originate with Shakespeare. In which play can it be found?
13. The man in black says, "Like the White Rabbit in 'Alice,' I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date." Here the man in black is referring to what author's work?
14. When Eddie breaks into The Manhattan Restaurant of the Mind, he uses a page from this Dr. Seuss book as a door jamb.
15. Andolini threatens to burn Tower's most valuable books, and makes reference to one that's worth $26,000. It is a signed copy of what book by James Joyce?
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