All 13 questions
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In Hamlet, the famous soliloquy beginning 'To be, or not to be' is delivered in which act and scene?
- Act 2, Scene 2
- Act 4, Scene 4
- Act 1, Scene 2
- Act 3, Scene 1
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At the very start of Macbeth, before King Duncan rewards his battlefield valor with a new title, which rank does Macbeth already hold?
- Thane of Cawdor
- Thane of Glamis
- King of Scotland
- Prince of Cumberland
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After killing Tybalt, Romeo is banished from Verona and takes refuge in which nearby city?
- Mantua
- Florence
- Padua
- Venice
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Shakespeare is traditionally credited with writing exactly 154 sonnets.
- True
- False
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What is the military rank of Iago, the scheming villain of Othello?
- Captain
- General
- Ensign
- Lieutenant
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In King Lear, which of the king's daughters refuses to flatter him yet still marries the King of France?
- Cordelia
- Regan
- Ophelia
- Goneril
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In Dante's Divine Comedy, the ancient Roman poet ___ serves as Dante's guide through the circles of Hell and up the mountain of Purgatory.
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In Great Expectations, who is finally revealed to be Pip's secret benefactor?
- Miss Havisham
- Mr. Jaggers
- Joe Gargery
- Abel Magwitch
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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice famously opens: 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a ___.'
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Who is the impoverished former student that murders a pawnbroker in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment?
- Rodion Raskolnikov
- Prince Myshkin
- Yevgeny Onegin
- Dmitri Karamazov
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Which 1812 battle forms the vast centerpiece of Tolstoy's War and Peace, fought as Napoleon advances on Moscow?
- Battle of Borodino
- Battle of Leipzig
- Battle of Austerlitz
- Battle of Waterloo
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Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is set in Moscow.
- True
- False
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In Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, what is the name of Captain Ahab's whaling ship?
- Nautilus
- Hispaniola
- Pequod
- Rachel