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1. In a novel by Alexandre Dumas the elder, who are Athos, Porthos and Aramis? The Men of Good Will The Three Musketeers Les Misérables The Toilers of the Sea

2. In a sixteenth-century English play, who is Barabas? The Jew of Malta The Knight of the Burning Pestle The Alchemist The Woman-Hater

3. What is the name of Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice”? Bassanio Shylock Antonio Lancelot Gobbo

4. In an eighteenth-century English novel, who is Dr Charles Primrose? The Unfortunate Traveller The Vicar of Wakefield The Pilgrim The Orphan of China

5. In a novel by Anthony Trollope, who is Septimus Harding? The American Senator The Warden The Prime Minister Ayala's Angel

6. In a novel by D. H. Lawrence, who is Oliver Mellors? Lady Chatterley's Lover Kangaroo The Trespasser The Man Who Died

7. Dorothy L. Sayers is best known as a writer of detective novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane, but in 1941 she wrote a series of radio plays about Jesus. What was it called? The Man Born to be King The Son of Man Man of Nazareth King of Kings

8. Robert Bolt wrote a historical play called “A Man for All Seasons,” which was made into a film directed by Fred Zinnemann. Who was the subject of the play? King Charles II Sir Thomas More Giacomo Casanova Benjamin Disraeli

9. In a novel by Kingsley Amis, who is James Dixon? Colonel Sun One Fat Englishman The Green Man Lucky Jim

10. The last novel of Anthony Burgess, published in 1993, is called “A Dead Man in Deptford.” Who is its central character, to whom the title refers? John Evelyn Jack the Ripper Samuel Pepys Christopher Marlowe