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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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Which novel by Anthony Burgess was adapted to the cinema by Stanley Kubrick in 1971?
1Clockwork Orange
2Eyes Wide Shut
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Anthony Burgess's novel, adapted for the screen by Stanley Kubrick in 1971, is Clockwork Orange, a landmark work of dystopian literature.
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Anthony Burgess's novel, adapted for the screen by Stanley Kubrick in 1971, is Clockwork Orange, a landmark work of dystopian literature.
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Which philosophical doctrine is represented by Leibniz?
2Rationalism
1Empiricism
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and scientist. Along with René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, he is one of the leading exponents of rationalism.
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German philosopher and scientist. Along with René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, he is one of the leading exponents of rationalism.
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When was George Orwell's famous novel 1984 published?
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21984
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1984 is George Orwell's most famous novel, published in 1949. It describes a Great Britain thirty years after a nuclear war between East and West supposedly in the 1950s, where a totalitarian type of regime was established, strongly inspired by both Stalinism and certain elements of Nazism.
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1984 is George Orwell's most famous novel, published in 1949. It describes a Great Britain thirty years after a nuclear war between East and West supposedly in the 1950s, where a totalitarian type of regime was established, strongly inspired by both Stalinism and certain elements of Nazism.
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What's Madame Bovary's first name?
1Emma
2Virginie
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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857) recounts the quest of Emma Bovary, married to a provincial doctor, to escape boredom through adventure and excessive luxury.
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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857) recounts the quest of Emma Bovary, married to a provincial doctor, to escape boredom through adventure and excessive luxury.
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Which famous novel by Charles Dickens was published between February 1837 and April 1839?
2Oliver Twist
1David Copperfield
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Charles Dickens' famous novel Oliver Twist was published between February 1837 and April 1839. It tells the poignant story of a young orphan.
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Charles Dickens' famous novel Oliver Twist was published between February 1837 and April 1839. It tells the poignant story of a young orphan.
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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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When was Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray published?
1The Victorian Era
2The Edwardian Era
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written in 1890 by Oscar Wilde, considered a classic of the Victorian era in England.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel written in 1890 by Oscar Wilde, considered a classic of the Victorian era in England.
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Which collection of Washington Irving contains The Legend of Sleepy Hollow?
2The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
1The Crayon Miscellany
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by Washington Irving, taken from his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, published in 1820.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short story by Washington Irving, taken from his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, published in 1820.
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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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