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Madame de Bellegarde and Christopher Newman are characters in what novel by Henry James?
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Who is the lady in "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James?
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Which of the following best describes how the realism of Henry James and Edith Wharton differs from that of William Dean Howells?
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58 times (22.4%) |
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What did Henry James describe as "loose baggy monsters"?
The Portable Henry James
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50 times |
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24 times (35.8%) |
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difficult |
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26 times (38.8%) |
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17 times (25.4%) |
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Which is NOT by Henry James?
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4028 times |
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2426 times (41.0%) |
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medium |
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1602 times (27.0%) |
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"The Turn of the Screw" has leant itself to much interpretation, although some scholars would say that it was intended to be no more than a simple....?
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12699 times |
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7175 times (43.1%) |
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5524 times (33.2%) |
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3959 times (23.8%) |
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Who is the author of the US Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage?
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7125 times |
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5894 times (72.7%) |
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1231 times (15.2%) |
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Colm Tóibín's The Master is a fictionalized biography of ...
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169 times |
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97 times (37.0%) |
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Which Russian writer (who greatly influenced his work) did Henry James befriend while living in Paris during the 1870s?
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153 times |
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49 times (22.0%) |
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Who wrote A Damsel in Distress?
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320 times |
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251 times (39.8%) |
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About which 19th-century novelist did Dorothy Parker write this little poem: "Who call him spurious and shoddy / Shall do it o'er my lifeless body. / I heartily invite such birds / To come outside and say those words!"
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145 times |
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66 times (31.6%) |
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79 times (37.8%) |
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64 times (30.6%) |
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The biography of Henry James' cousin and love-interest, Minny Temple, inspired which one of these novels?
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101 times |
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42 times (24.6%) |
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59 times (34.5%) |
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Who was the recipient, in 1879, of the first ever honorary doctorate awarded to a novelist by Oxford University?
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114 times |
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15 times (7.7%) |
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99 times (50.5%) |
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Of which American author (whom he greatly admired) did Henry James publish a critical study in 1879, one which proved rather controversial in the USA?
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780 times |
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345 times (28.9%) |
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435 times (36.4%) |
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415 times (34.7%) |
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Which novelist called Oscar Wilde "an unclean beast" and "a fatuous cad" after meeting him?
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149 times |
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80 times (35.2%) |
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69 times (30.4%) |
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To which of these writers did Robert Louis Stevenson refer to as "the Prince of Men" in one of his little poems?
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121 times |
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50 times (22.6%) |
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71 times (32.1%) |
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100 times (45.2%) |
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Which English Romantic poet did Henry James refer to as "the child of the Gods"?
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126 times |
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49 times (24.7%) |
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77 times (38.9%) |
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Which of these recent novels does NOT deal with the life of novelist Henry James?
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108 times |
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37 times (19.6%) |
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71 times (37.6%) |
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What famous American author, born in the mid-1800s into a wealthy family, attended Harvard Law School but found he preferred the world of literature?
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939 times |
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533 times (38.1%) |
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406 times (29.0%) |
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Which novel by Henry James is being read by an intelligent dog in Thomas Pynchon's AGAINST THE DAY?
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209 times |
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56 times (9.7%) |
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153 times (26.5%) |
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Which of the following young American women is NOT a character from a Henry James novel?
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1824 times |
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1266 times (49.1%) |
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558 times (21.6%) |
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754 times (29.2%) |
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Millie Theale is a character is which Henry James novel?
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215 times |
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125 times (22.5%) |
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difficult |
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90 times (16.2%) |
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340 times (61.3%) |
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In Henry James' The Turn of the Screw, what are the names of the two possessed siblings?
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402 times |
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246 times (35.3%) |
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156 times (22.4%) |
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True or False? Henry James was awarded the British "Order of Merit" posthumously?
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98 times |
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33 times (22.0%) |
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Which one of these was the last (original) novel that Henry James published during his life-time?
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82 times |
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27 times (21.1%) |
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55 times (43.0%) |
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One of the last pieces of writing which Henry James finished before his death was the lengthy preface to Letters from America (1915) by which English poet?
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81 times |
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26 times (19.1%) |
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After parodying his work and style in one of his publications, a certain novelist wrote in a contrite letter to Henry James: "To you literature like painting is an end, to me literature like architecture is a means, it has a use." Who was the novelist in question?
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142 times |
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39 times (19.5%) |
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103 times (51.5%) |
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Which 19th-century American writer once exclaimed that he would rather "be damned to John Bunyan's heaven" than read Henry James's novel, The Bostonians?
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784 times |
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555 times (51.0%) |
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229 times (21.0%) |
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Which novelist became friends with Henry James after sending him one of his novels in 1896 with a letter, saying that James's characters had stood "consoling by my side under many skies. They have lived with me, faithful and serene--with the bright serenity of Immortals. And to you thanks are due for such glorious companionship"?
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107 times |
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36 times (23.7%) |
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71 times (46.7%) |
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45 times (29.6%) |
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In the final years of his life, Stephen Crane lived close to a fellow American writer who befriended him and helped him financially during difficult times. Who is that writer?
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104 times |
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44 times (30.1%) |
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