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The unusual word "libellula" occurs several times in Vladimir Nabokov's novels. What does it mean?
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59 times (22.2%) |
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Vladimir Nabokov, writer & literary critic, wrote that Gregor Samsa was not a cockroach, but a beetle with wings under his shell, and capable of flight - if only he had known it. Which work was he referring to?
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32163 times (73.6%) |
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Who is the narrator of Nabokov's "Lolita"?
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3893 times |
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3455 times (75.4%) |
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438 times (9.6%) |
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687 times (15.0%) |
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What is "Poems and Problems?"
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164 times |
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51 times (18.0%) |
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very difficult |
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113 times (39.9%) |
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119 times (42.0%) |
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Who describes a corpse's head as being "a porridge of bone, brains, bronze hair and blood"?
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165 times |
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46 times (17.4%) |
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very difficult |
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119 times (44.9%) |
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100 times (37.7%) |
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In Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov, what is the name of Charles Xavier's kingdom?
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128 times |
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71 times (26.0%) |
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57 times (20.9%) |
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Vladimir Nabokov was a published writer in Russian, English and what other language?
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2482 times |
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1527 times (46.1%) |
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medium |
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955 times (28.8%) |
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833 times (25.1%) |
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What is the name of the jailer of Cincinnatus C., the protagonist of Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading</i?
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86 times |
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46 times (21.0%) |
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difficult |
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40 times (18.3%) |
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133 times (60.7%) |
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How old is the love interest of the main character in the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov?
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1440 times |
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856 times (49.8%) |
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medium |
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584 times (34.0%) |
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278 times (16.2%) |
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What happens to Lolita in the end of Vladimir Nabokov's novel?
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705 times |
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445 times (47.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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260 times (27.9%) |
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226 times (24.3%) |
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What is the taboo subject of Vladimir Nabokov's Ada, or Ardor A Family Chronicle?
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230 times |
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145 times (34.0%) |
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difficult |
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85 times (19.9%) |
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197 times (46.1%) |
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What is the structure of Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire?
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224 times |
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126 times (28.6%) |
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difficult |
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98 times (22.2%) |
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217 times (49.2%) |
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At which college does Timofey Pnin teach in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Pnin?
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87 times |
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53 times (28.2%) |
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difficult |
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34 times (18.1%) |
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101 times (53.7%) |
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Which 20th-century novelist opened one of his or her novels thus: "Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster."
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1027 times |
| Correct: |
647 times (43.5%) |
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medium |
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380 times (25.6%) |
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460 times (30.9%) |
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Who is the poet in Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire?
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343 times |
| Correct: |
200 times (27.4%) |
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difficult |
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143 times (19.6%) |
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387 times (53.0%) |
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Which of the following novels of Vladimir Nabokov was originally written in Russian?
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284 times |
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82 times (12.8%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
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202 times (31.6%) |
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356 times (55.6%) |
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Who is Pnin's "staunch protector" in Vladimir Nabokov's eponymous novel?
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74 times |
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39 times (28.7%) |
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difficult |
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35 times (25.7%) |
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Shortly before his death a great 20th-century novelist read Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Sailor (calling it "the most beautiful story in the world") and exclaimed "O could I have written that!" Who is the novelist in question?
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108 times |
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40 times (25.6%) |
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difficult |
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68 times (43.6%) |
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48 times (30.8%) |
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Which translator, whose work was described by Vladimir Nabokov as "dry shit," introduced Fyodor Dostoevsky's works to the English-reading world in 1912?
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607 times |
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247 times (22.0%) |
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360 times (32.0%) |
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517 times (46.0%) |
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In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, what was Lolita's real name?
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353 times |
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344 times (92.2%) |
| Difficulty: |
very easy |
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9 times (2.4%) |
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20 times (5.4%) |
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At the end of Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading what happens to the protagonist?
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206 times |
| Correct: |
98 times (16.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
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108 times (17.8%) |
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402 times (66.1%) |
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Vladimir Nabokov's third novel, The Defense, involves which activity?
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44137 times |
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31367 times (45.3%) |
| Difficulty: |
medium |
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12770 times (18.4%) |
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25139 times (36.3%) |
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In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, what happens to Charlotte on the way to the mailbox?
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2425 times |
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1408 times (38.4%) |
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difficult |
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1017 times (27.7%) |
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Which of the following authors is NOT known for a work entitled "Metamorphosis" (or "Metamorphoses")?
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141 times |
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93 times (50.0%) |
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48 times (25.8%) |
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Of whom did Grahame Greene declare: "He is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare in the history of poetry"?
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77 times |
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34 times (30.9%) |
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43 times (39.1%) |
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Peter Sellers played what part in Kubrick's 1962 film version of Nabokov's Lolita? This has actually been referred to in a book. Honest! Isn't that great?
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159 times |
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84 times (46.4%) |
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75 times (41.4%) |
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22 times (12.2%) |
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Vladimir Nabokov requested that his final work be destroyed. What is its title?
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219 times |
| Correct: |
87 times (15.1%) |
| Difficulty: |
very difficult |
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132 times (22.8%) |
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359 times (62.1%) |
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What name links novels by Stephen King, Jacqueline Susann, Ivy Compton-Burnett and Vladimir Nabokov?
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208 times |
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132 times (54.5%) |
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medium |
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76 times (31.4%) |
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34 times (14.0%) |
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What book contains this famous dialogue?
"-Knowing the character is based on you. It's both flattering & disturbing at the same time.
-How is it disturbing?
-Just being part of someone else s memory. Seeing myself through your eyes."
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207 times |
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72 times (21.9%) |
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135 times (41.0%) |
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In Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, how does Humbert kill Charlotte?
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153 times |
| Correct: |
97 times (50.5%) |
| Difficulty: |
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56 times (29.2%) |
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39 times (20.3%) |
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