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• Poetry

What is the title of Coleridge's narrative poem about an ancient mariner?

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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• Poetry

Which poet wrote 'Hope is the thing with feathers'?

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Emily Dickinson

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• Poetry

What is the term for a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter?

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Sonnet

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• Poetry

Which English poet wrote Sonnet 18, 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?'?

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William Shakespeare

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• Poetry

Who wrote the poem 'Do not go gentle into that good night'?

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Dylan Thomas

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• Poetry

Which ancient Greek poet is credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey?

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Homer

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What is the name of the Japanese poem form with 17 syllables?

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Haiku

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• Latin American Literature

Which novel by Alejo Carpentier is set during the Haitian Revolution?

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The Kingdom of This World

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• Latin American Literature

In which year was the novel 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' first published?

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1967

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• Latin American Literature

In which year was the Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni born?

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1892

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• Latin American Literature

In which year was Gabriel García Márquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera' first published?

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1985

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• Latin American Literature

What is the original Spanish title of Mario Vargas Llosa's novel 'The War of the End of the World'?

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La guerra del fin del mundo

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