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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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Which castle inspired Charles Perrault for his tale Sleeping Beauty?

2Ussé

1Valençay

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The Castle of Ussé, in Indre-et-Loire, inspired Charles Perrault to write his famous fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, published in 1697.

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The Castle of Ussé, in Indre-et-Loire, inspired Charles Perrault to write his famous fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, published in 1697.

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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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The author of the realistic novel Bel-Ami, published in 1885, is Guy de Maupassant, a famous 19th-century French writer.

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The author of the realistic novel Bel-Ami, published in 1885, is Guy de Maupassant, a famous 19th-century French writer.

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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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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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Which novel by Boris Vian was published in 1947?

1Froth on the Daydream

2Heartsnatcher

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In 1947, Boris Vian published Froth on the Daydream, a novel combining love, poetry and surrealism, where the absurd rubs shoulders with tenderness in a dreamlike universe.

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In 1947, Boris Vian published Froth on the Daydream, a novel combining love, poetry and surrealism, where the absurd rubs shoulders with tenderness in a dreamlike universe.

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What is the first volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy?

1The Fellowship of the Ring

2The Two Towers

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The first volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is The Fellowship of the Ring, published in 1954 by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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The first volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy is The Fellowship of the Ring, published in 1954 by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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What is the name of the main character in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus?

2Victor Frankenstein

1Alphonse Frankenstein

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The main character in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus is Victor Frankenstein, the scientist who creates the monster.

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The main character in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus is Victor Frankenstein, the scientist who creates the monster.

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Under what pseudonym does Romain Gary publish the novel The Life Before Us?

1Émile Ajar

2Paul Pavlowitch

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Romain Gary publishes The Life Before Us under the pseudonym Émile Ajar, which earns him a second Prix Goncourt in 1975.

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Romain Gary publishes The Life Before Us under the pseudonym Émile Ajar, which earns him a second Prix Goncourt in 1975.

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How many novels make up Emile Zola's Rougon-Macquart cycle?

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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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