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In which village is Gabriel García Márquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude set?
2Macondo
1Aracataca
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The novel narrates the destiny of the Buendía 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 Melquíades.
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The novel narrates the destiny of the Buendía 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 Melquíades.
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Who is the author of the short story The Metamorphosis published in 1915?
1Franz Kafka
2Albert Camus
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The Metamorphosis is a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1912 and published in 1915. It is one of his most famous works along with The Trial. The short story describes the metamorphosis and misadventures of Gregor Samsa, a salesman who wakes up one morning transformed into a "monstrous insect".
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The Metamorphosis is a short story written by Franz Kafka in 1912 and published in 1915. It is one of his most famous works along with The Trial. The short story describes the metamorphosis and misadventures of Gregor Samsa, a salesman who wakes up one morning transformed into a "monstrous insect".
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In which town is Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway set?
1London
2New York
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Mrs. Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1925, describing the day of Clarissa Dalloway in England in June 1923. Far from focusing on this single character, Virginia Woolf offers a fresco of the city of London and its inhabitants.
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Mrs. Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1925, describing the day of Clarissa Dalloway in England in June 1923. Far from focusing on this single character, Virginia Woolf offers a fresco of the city of London and its inhabitants.
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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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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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Who is the author of the science fiction short story collection Martian Chronicles?
1Ray Bradbury
2Orson Welles
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Martian Chronicles is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Ray Bradbury, first published in the United States in 1950 by Doubleday.
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Martian Chronicles is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Ray Bradbury, first published in the United States in 1950 by Doubleday.
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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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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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Who is the author of the epistolary novel Dracula published in 1897?
1Bram Stoker
2Mary Shelley
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The author of the epistolary novel Dracula, published in 1897, is Bram Stoker. This classic of Gothic literature popularized the vampire myth.
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The author of the epistolary novel Dracula, published in 1897, is Bram Stoker. This classic of Gothic literature popularized the vampire myth.
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Which novel by John Steinbeck was published in 1937?
2Of Mice and Men
1The Grapes of Wrath
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Of Mice and Men is a novel by the American writer John Steinbeck published in 1937. Along with The Grapes of Wrath (1939), it is one of his best-known works.
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Of Mice and Men is a novel by the American writer John Steinbeck published in 1937. Along with The Grapes of Wrath (1939), it is one of his best-known works.
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Under which pseudonym did Emily Brontë publish the novel Wuthering Heights?
2Ellis Bell
1Aurore Dupin
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Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights under the male pseudonym Ellis Bell in 1847, to escape the gender prejudices of authors of the time.
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Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights under the male pseudonym Ellis Bell in 1847, to escape the gender prejudices of authors of the time.
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