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• British Literature

Which British poet wrote the epic 'Paradise Lost'?

Answer

John Milton

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
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What is the name of the wizard school in the Harry Potter series?

Answer

Hogwarts

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What is the name of the country house in Evelyn Waugh's 'Brideshead Revisited'?

Answer

Brideshead

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What is the name of the fictional English county in Thomas Hardy's novels?

Answer

Wessex

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• British Literature

Which British author wrote 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'?

Answer

Lewis Carroll

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Which British novelist wrote 'The Railway Children'?

Answer

E. Nesbit

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Which British poet wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'?

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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• British Literature

Which British author wrote 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series?

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C.S. Lewis

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
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Which British author wrote the novel 'Midnight's Children'?

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Salman Rushdie

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• British Literature

Which British poet and artist wrote and illustrated 'Songs of Innocence and of Experience'?

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William Blake

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• British Literature

In Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', what is Macbeth's title at the start of the play?

Answer

Thane of Glamis

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In 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', what does the Cheshire Cat famously vanish leaving behind?

Answer

its grin

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