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1 Which leading character first appeared in an 1887 story, A Study in Scarlet?
A Sherlock Holmes (with Dr. Watson)
2 Who wrote the 1719 classic Robinson Crusoe?
A Daniel Defoe
3 Which 1928 novel chronicles the affair between an upper-class young woman and her husband’s gamekeeper?
A Lady Chatterley’s Lover (D. H. Lawrence
4 What do actors often refer to as the Scottish Play?
A Macbeth (William Shakespeare)
5 What is the name of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale about a young peasant girl called Karen who cannot stop dancing?
A The Red Shoes
6 Who wrote the science fiction novels The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau?
A H. G. Wells (Herbert George)
7 Of which best-selling book trilogy is Anastasia Steele the protagonist?
A Fifty Shades of Grey (sequels are Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed)
8 How does Louisa May Alcott describe sisters Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy in the title of her 1868 novel?
A Little Women
9 Who wrote the 1874 novel, Far From the Madding Crowd?
A Thomas Hardy
10 Under what pen name did Mary Ann Evans publish The Mill on the Floss in 1860?
A George Eliot