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What is Edmond Rostand's most famous play?
1Cyrano de Bergerac
2The Count of Monte Cristo
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Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the most popular plays in French theatre, and the most famous of its author, Edmond Rostand. Freely inspired by the life and work of the libertine writer Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655), it was performed for the first time on 28 December 1897 at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in Paris.
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Cyrano de Bergerac is one of the most popular plays in French theatre, and the most famous of its author, Edmond Rostand. Freely inspired by the life and work of the libertine writer Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655), it was performed for the first time on 28 December 1897 at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in Paris.
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Who is the author of The Little Prince?
1Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
2Charles Perrault
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The Little Prince is a French-language work, the best known of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's works. Published in 1943 in New York at the same time as its English translation, it is a poetic and philosophical work in the guise of a children's tale.
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The Little Prince is a French-language work, the best known of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's works. Published in 1943 in New York at the same time as its English translation, it is a poetic and philosophical work in the guise of a children's tale.
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How many novels make up Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle?
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110
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The Rougon-Macquart cycle is a series of 20 novels written by Émile Zola, one of the greatest French naturalist writers of the 19th century.
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The Rougon-Macquart cycle is a series of 20 novels written by Émile Zola, one of the greatest French naturalist writers of the 19th century.
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Who is the investigator in the novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson?
2Gabriel John Utterson
1Richard Enfield
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published in January 1886. It tells the story of a notary public, Gabriel John Utterson, who investigates the strange connection between Edward Hyde and Dr. Henry Jekyll.
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published in January 1886. It tells the story of a notary public, Gabriel John Utterson, who investigates the strange connection between Edward Hyde and Dr. Henry Jekyll.
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Who is the author of the historical novel The Pillars of the Earth?
1Ken Follett
2J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Ken Follett, written in 1989 and published in French in 1990.
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The Pillars of the Earth is a historical novel by Ken Follett, written in 1989 and published in French in 1990.
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When did Edgar Allan Poe publish the collection of short stories Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque?
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21856
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.
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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.
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In The Three Musketeers, who is the author of Constance Bonacieux's kidnapping?
1Rochefort
2Wardes
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Constance Bonacieux was kidnapped by Rochefort and rescued by d'Artagnan.
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Constance Bonacieux was kidnapped by Rochefort and rescued by d'Artagnan.
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In which village is Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude set?
2Macondo
1Aracataca
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The novel narrates the destiny of the BuendÃa family over seven generations and the imaginary village of Macondo where they live. They are forced to live one hundred years in solitude by the prophecy of the gypsy MelquÃades.
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The novel narrates the destiny of the BuendÃa family over seven generations and the imaginary village of Macondo where they live. They are forced to live one hundred years in solitude by the prophecy of the gypsy MelquÃades.
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Under which king's reign did the story of the Three Musketeers take place?
1Louis XIII
2Louis XIV
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Received by Louis XIII, d'Artagnan entered as a cadet into the guard of Mr. des Essarts.
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Received by Louis XIII, d'Artagnan entered as a cadet into the guard of Mr. des Essarts.
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Who is the main character in J. D. Salinger's American novel Catcher in the Rye?
1Holden Caulfield
2Teddy McArdle
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Catcher in the Rye is a novel by the American J. D. Salinger published on July 16, 1951. Written in the first person, it relates three days in the life of Holden Caulfield. The teenager is expelled from Pencey Prep High School on the eve of Christmas holidays and wanders alone in New York City.
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Catcher in the Rye is a novel by the American J. D. Salinger published on July 16, 1951. Written in the first person, it relates three days in the life of Holden Caulfield. The teenager is expelled from Pencey Prep High School on the eve of Christmas holidays and wanders alone in New York City.
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