Subject: LITERATURE
(e.g., In which of Shakespeare’s plays do three witches appear? Answer: “Macbeth.”)
Freshman Level
1. Ernest Hemingway title: “A Farewell to ____.”
2. Which country is the setting for many of Pearl S. Buck’s novels?
3. Who or what is Thomas in “The Railway Series” of books?
Graduate Level
4. Translate the title: “La Belle et la Bete.”
5. Title of Charles Krauthammer’s No. 1 nonfiction book of 2014.
6. Which author created the characters George Milton and Lennie Small?
Ph.D. Level
7. Who was the alter-ego of the wealthy English fop Sir Percy Blakeney?
8. In which novel, by which author, is Holden Caulfield the protagonist and narrator?
9. Who said at U.S. customs, “I have nothing to declare except my genius”?
Answers:
1. Arms.
2. China.
3. Steam locomotive (tank engine).
4. “Beauty and the Beast.”
5. “Things That Matter.”
6. John Steinbeck.
7. The Scarlet Pimpernel.
8. “The Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger.
9. Oscar Wilde.
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