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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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What is Edmond Rostand's most famous play?
1Cyrano de Bergerac
2The Count of Monte Cristo
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Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's famous play inspired by Savinien de Cyrano, was first performed in Paris on December 28, 1897.
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Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand's famous play inspired by Savinien de Cyrano, was first performed in Paris on December 28, 1897.
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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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In the Three Musketeers, what is the real name of Milady de Winter?
1Anne de Breuil
2Anne de la Fère
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Athos recognizes in Milady his ex-wife, Anne de Breuil.
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Athos recognizes in Milady his ex-wife, Anne de Breuil.
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Who is the narrator of Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho?
1Patrick Bateman
2Timothy Price
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The narrator of Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho is Patrick Bateman, a young New York investment banker and serial killer.
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The narrator of Bret Easton Ellis' novel American Psycho is Patrick Bateman, a young New York investment banker and serial killer.
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Which castle inspired Charles Perrault for his tale Sleeping Beauty?
2Ussé
1Valençay
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Charles Perrault is said to have been inspired by Ussé Castle for the tale of Sleeping Beauty. The castle contains a staging of it.
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Charles Perrault is said to have been inspired by Ussé Castle for the tale of Sleeping Beauty. The castle contains a staging of it.
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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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When was Truman Capote's novel In Cold Blood published?
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In Cold Blood: A True Tale of Multiple Murder and its Consequences is a non-fiction novel belonging to the literary genre of true crime written by the American author Truman Capote and published in 1966.
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In Cold Blood: A True Tale of Multiple Murder and its Consequences is a non-fiction novel belonging to the literary genre of true crime written by the American author Truman Capote and published in 1966.
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Who is the author of the novelistic series of the Iron Throne, adapted as a television series under the title Game of Thrones?
2George R. R. Martin
1Kenneth Martin Follett
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George R. R. Martin, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, also a screenwriter and television producer. His best-known work is the novelistic series The Iron Throne, adapted as a television series by HBO under the title Game of Thrones.
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George R. R. Martin, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, also a screenwriter and television producer. His best-known work is the novelistic series The Iron Throne, adapted as a television series by HBO under the title Game of Thrones.
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Who is the author of The Little Prince?
1Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
2Charles Perrault
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The author of The Little Prince is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Published in 1943, this philosophical tale is one of the most widely translated books in the world.
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The author of The Little Prince is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Published in 1943, this philosophical tale is one of the most widely translated books in the world.
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