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Which novel by John Steinbeck received the Pulitzer Prize in 1940?
2The Grapes of Wrath
1Of Mice and Men
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The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck published in 1939. The author was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.
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The Grapes of Wrath is a novel by John Steinbeck published in 1939. The author was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940.
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Which novel by Alberto Moravia was adapted for the cinema by Jean-Luc Godard in 1963?
2Contempt
1 Breathless
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Contempt is an Italian novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1954. It was adapted for the cinema by Jean-Luc Godard in Le Mépris in 1963.
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Contempt is an Italian novel by Alberto Moravia published in 1954. It was adapted for the cinema by Jean-Luc Godard in Le Mépris in 1963.
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In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, who is the champion of Durmstrang?
2Viktor Krum
1Cedric Diggory
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With the three champions chosen by the Cup of Fire (Viktor Krum for Durmstrang, Fleur Delacour for Beauxbâtons and Cedric Diggory for Hogwarts), a second Hogwarts champion is chosen, and that is Harry Potter.
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With the three champions chosen by the Cup of Fire (Viktor Krum for Durmstrang, Fleur Delacour for Beauxbâtons and Cedric Diggory for Hogwarts), a second Hogwarts champion is chosen, and that is Harry Potter.
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Who storms the fortress of Saruman?
1The Ents
2The Rohirrim
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The Fortress of Saruman, is stormed by the Ents, creatures with the appearance of trees.
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The Fortress of Saruman, is stormed by the Ents, creatures with the appearance of trees.
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Who is the author of the realist novel Bel-Ami published in 1885?
2Guy de Maupassant
1Gustave Flaubert
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Bel-Ami is a realistic novel by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), published in 1885. The novel first appeared in serial form in the daily Gil Blas, before being published in volume form by Ollendorff Editions. The action of the story takes place in Paris during the second half of the XIXth century.
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Bel-Ami is a realistic novel by Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), published in 1885. The novel first appeared in serial form in the daily Gil Blas, before being published in volume form by Ollendorff Editions. The action of the story takes place in Paris during the second half of the XIXth 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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Which novel by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was adapted to the cinema by Baz Luhrmann in 2013 ?
2The Great Gatsby
1The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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The Great Gatsby is an Australian-American dramatic film written, produced and directed by Baz Luhrmann, released in 2013. It is a new adaptation of the novel Gatsby the Magnificent by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925.
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The Great Gatsby is an Australian-American dramatic film written, produced and directed by Baz Luhrmann, released in 2013. It is a new adaptation of the novel Gatsby the Magnificent by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1925.
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What fable by Aesop, does La Fontaine take his inspiration from for The Fox and the Weasel?
2The Fox with a swollen belly
1The Fox and Grapes
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For this fable, La Fontaine is inspired by Aesop's: The Fox with a swollen belly, first taken up by Horace.
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For this fable, La Fontaine is inspired by Aesop's: The Fox with a swollen belly, first taken up by Horace.
Literature
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Who is the author of the book Hitchcock, definitive edition published in 1966?
2François Truffaut
1Jean-Luc Godard
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Hitchcock, definitive edition is a book by François Truffaut, published in 1966 by Robert Laffont. It consists mainly of an interview between Alfred Hitchcock and François Truffaut.
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Hitchcock, definitive edition is a book by François Truffaut, published in 1966 by Robert Laffont. It consists mainly of an interview between Alfred Hitchcock and François Truffaut.
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Which Russian writer wrote the novel Crime and Punishment in 1866?
1Fiodor Dostoïevski
2Léon Tolstoï
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Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky published in serial form in 1866 and as a separate edition in 1867.
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Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky published in serial form in 1866 and as a separate edition in 1867.
