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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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Which hotel inspired Stephen King for his novel The Shining?
2Stanley Hotel
1Overlook Hotel
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It was during his stay at the Stanley Hotel in 1974 that the writer Stephen King imagined the main lines of the story of the novel Shining (1977) and he was inspired by the premises to create the Overlook Hotel from this novel.
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It was during his stay at the Stanley Hotel in 1974 that the writer Stephen King imagined the main lines of the story of the novel Shining (1977) and he was inspired by the premises to create the Overlook Hotel from this novel.
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Which novel by Carole Martinez received the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2011?
1Du domaine des Murmures
2La terre qui penche
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Du domaine des Murmures is a novel by Carole Martinez published on August 18, 2011 by Gallimard and won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2011.
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Du domaine des Murmures is a novel by Carole Martinez published on August 18, 2011 by Gallimard and won the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 2011.
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Which novel inspired Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's film Nosferatu the Vampire?
1Dracula
2The Vampire Diaries
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's Nosferatu the Vampire is based on Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, published in 1897.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's Nosferatu the Vampire is based on Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, published in 1897.
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In The Three Musketeers, who is the author of Constance Bonacieux's kidnapping?
1Richelieu
2Milady de Winter
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In The Three Musketeers, Constance Bonacieux is kidnapped on the orders of Cardinal de Richelieu, but it's Milady de Winter who orchestrates her poisoning.
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In The Three Musketeers, Constance Bonacieux is kidnapped on the orders of Cardinal de Richelieu, but it's Milady de Winter who orchestrates her poisoning.
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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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Ken Follett is the author of the historical novel The Pillars of the Earth, published in 1989, which recounts the construction of a cathedral in 12th century England.
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Ken Follett is the author of the historical novel The Pillars of the Earth, published in 1989, which recounts the construction of a cathedral in 12th century England.
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Who is the author of the play A Streetcar Named Desire first performed in 1947?
2Tennessee Williams
1Arthur Miller
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A Streetcar Named Desire, first performed in 1947, is the work of American playwright Tennessee Williams.
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A Streetcar Named Desire, first performed in 1947, is the work of American playwright Tennessee Williams.
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In which town is Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway set?
1London
2New York
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Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is set in London, where Clarissa Dalloway spends a day preparing for an elegant English reception.
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Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is set in London, where Clarissa Dalloway spends a day preparing for an elegant English reception.
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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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To which cycle does the novel The Plague by Albert Camus, published in 1947, belong?
2The cycle of revolt
1The cycle of absurd
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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
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The Plague is a novel by Albert Camus published in 1947 and receiving the Critics' Prize the same year. It belongs to the cycle of revolt bringing together three works by Camus, The Plague, The Revolted Man and The Righteous, which in part enabled its author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957.
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