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Charles Dickens died before finishing which novel?
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177 times |
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140 times (62.5%) |
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37 times (16.5%) |
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In Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens, Plornish was a
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79 times |
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27 times (18.5%) |
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52 times (35.6%) |
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What is the name of the debtor's prison in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens that is so important to the plot of the novel?
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97 times |
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40 times (27.2%) |
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57 times (38.8%) |
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In Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit, what is the title character's first name?
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73 times |
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47 times (36.7%) |
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26 times (20.3%) |
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55 times (43.0%) |
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Which of the following books was NOT written by Charles Dickens?
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89 times |
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58 times (55.8%) |
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medium |
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31 times (29.8%) |
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15 times (14.4%) |
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Which book of Charles Dickens' does a case of "spontaneous combustion" appear?
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366 times |
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212 times (37.5%) |
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154 times (27.3%) |
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The song "Get Over It" on the Eagles' 1994 band reunion album "Hell Freezes Over" contains the line:
"The more I think about it, Old Billy was right; let's kill all the lawyers, kill them tonight."
Who is Old Billy, and where did he say something to that effect?
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896 times |
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181 times (15.0%) |
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very difficult |
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715 times (59.1%) |
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314 times (26.0%) |
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The character Reginald Bunthorne in Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera Patience (1881) is thought to have been a caricature of which writer?
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52 times |
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31 times (36.5%) |
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21 times (24.7%) |
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33 times (38.8%) |
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Who remarked, upon having read Nicholas Nickleby (albeit on the eve of WWII):
"How unreal Dickens is! Jazz-band sentimentality."
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48 times |
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4 times (5.3%) |
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44 times (57.9%) |
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28 times (36.8%) |
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Who said this of Jane Austen's work?
"That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I have ever met with. The Big Wow-Wow strain I can do myself like any now going; but the exquisite touch which renders ordinary common-place things and characters interesting from the truth of the description and the sentiment is denied to me."
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| Answered: |
72 times |
| Correct: |
22 times (20.0%) |
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very difficult |
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50 times (45.5%) |
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38 times (34.5%) |
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Apropos which 19th-century novelist does Dorothy Parker dare you:
"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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| Answered: |
83 times |
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39 times (33.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
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44 times (37.3%) |
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35 times (29.7%) |
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Which Britain's Got Talent contestant has the same name as a character in Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens?
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| Answered: |
47 times |
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17 times (22.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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30 times (39.0%) |
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30 times (39.0%) |
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Which of these Fannies was not a product of the imagination of Charles Dickens?
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46 times |
| Correct: |
18 times (23.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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28 times (36.8%) |
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30 times (39.5%) |
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Which word connects the titles of books by Charles Dickens, Henry James, Peter Ackroyd and Martin Amis?
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70 times |
| Correct: |
42 times (46.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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28 times (31.1%) |
| Skipped: |
20 times (22.2%) |
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In Charles Dickens' "The Wreck of the Queen Mary" what was discovered about the captain after he died?
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| Answered: |
112 times |
| Correct: |
20 times (8.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
really really difficult |
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92 times (40.5%) |
| Skipped: |
115 times (50.7%) |
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In Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens why does Affery marry Jeremiah?
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| Answered: |
33 times |
| Correct: |
10 times (13.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
23 times (30.3%) |
| Skipped: |
43 times (56.6%) |
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Who are the bestselling authors pictured?
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59 times |
| Correct: |
51 times (79.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
easy |
| Incorrect: |
8 times (12.5%) |
| Skipped: |
5 times (7.8%) |
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
What is the first name of Oliver's mother?
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| Answered: |
45 times |
| Correct: |
31 times (40.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
14 times (18.2%) |
| Skipped: |
32 times (41.6%) |
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Who killed Nancy?
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| Answered: |
63 times |
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44 times (54.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
19 times (23.5%) |
| Skipped: |
18 times (22.2%) |
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
When Oliver was staying at Mr. Brownlow's, who kidnapped him and brought him back to Fagin?
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50 times |
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26 times (32.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
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24 times (29.6%) |
| Skipped: |
31 times (38.3%) |
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Which one of Fagin's boys becomes an honest citizen?
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| Answered: |
44 times |
| Correct: |
13 times (17.6%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
| Incorrect: |
31 times (41.9%) |
| Skipped: |
30 times (40.5%) |
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
What happened to Oliver during the burglary?
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| Answered: |
49 times |
| Correct: |
21 times (28.0%) |
| Difficulty: |
difficult |
| Incorrect: |
28 times (37.3%) |
| Skipped: |
26 times (34.7%) |
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When Charles Dickens was 12, his father was imprisoned for ____________.Charles Dickens
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| Answered: |
180 times |
| Correct: |
154 times (69.7%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
| Incorrect: |
26 times (11.8%) |
| Skipped: |
41 times (18.6%) |
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Which of the following Charles Dickens novels does NOT include a character named Fanny?
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| Answered: |
27 times |
| Correct: |
4 times (9.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
really really difficult |
| Incorrect: |
23 times (53.5%) |
| Skipped: |
16 times (37.2%) |
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