Only bibliophiles will get a perfect score in this Literature Trivia Quiz.
Question 1 of 10
What creator of Jeeves made five appearances on Nazi radio in 1941, in which he made light of his experience in a French internment camp?
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Question 2 of 10
What writer became "big brother" himself when he served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927?
Question 3 of 10
Which Roman's name was the origin of the Russian word "Tzar"?
Question 4 of 10
Which writer of science fiction is credited with the invention of the telecommunications satellite?
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Question 5 of 10
Who praised "a loaf of bread beneath the bough, a flask of wine, a book of verse and thou," even though at least one of those items is prohibited to him on religious grounds?
Question 6 of 10
Who wrote a 1899 poem about "The White Man's Burden" after American white men conquered the Philippines?
Question 7 of 10
No, it hasn't got much plot, but it's performed very slowly. Where would you most likely see a Noh tragedy?
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Question 8 of 10
Tell us the word replaced in this line from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." I saw the best penguins of my generation, destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix.
Question 9 of 10
What book, published in 1880 and made into movies in 1907, 1925 and 1959, was the first work of fiction blessed by a pope, namely Leo XIII?
Question 10 of 10
Since 1982, the English Department at San Jose State University has sponsored the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. How would you win it?
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