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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 Alchemist The Woman-Hater The Knight of the Burning Pestle The Jew of Malta

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

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

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

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

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? King of Kings Man of Nazareth The Man Born to be King The Son of Man

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 Benjamin Disraeli Giacomo Casanova Sir Thomas More

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

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? Christopher Marlowe Samuel Pepys John Evelyn Jack the Ripper