1. What was the name of the ‘Great Enchanter’, the symbol of hypocrisy who appeared in Spenser’s ‘Faerie Queene’? Archimedes Archibald Archimago Architrave

2. In which of Dickens’ novels did ‘Miss La Creevy’ appear? David Copperfield Nicholas Nickleby Great Expectations Hard Times

3. Who wrote ‘The Lays of Ancient Rome’ in 1842? T. B. Macaulay A. G. Dickens G. R. Elton J. A. Williamson

4. What was the name of Thomas Hardy’s first published novel? Under The Greenwood Tree Desperate Remedies A Pair Of Blue Eyes The Hand Of Ethelberta

5. Thomas Hardy characterised his novels into three different groups; what was the third group called? Novels of Character and Environment Novels of Ingenuity Romances and Fantasies Comedies and Tragedies

6. In which work by Aristophanes do the women of Athens seek to deny conjugal rights to their husbands in efforts to bring the war with Sparta to an end? Electra Helene Cassandra Lysistrata

7. Squire Hardcastle and his family all appeared in which work by Oliver Goldsmith? She Stoops To Conquer The Deserted Village The Retaliation The Vicar Of Wakefield

8. This famous, if not notorious, explorer and author is credited with producing an English translation of the Arabian classic ‘The Thousand and One Nights’. Who was he? John Hanning Speke David Livingston Mungo Park Richard Burton

9. Who was the 1st Century African born Roman poet and philosopher who wrote ‘The Golden Ass’? Arsenwenger Aesop Apuleis Aesculius

10. This English writer produced a landmark work called ‘The Lady’s Not For Burning’ in 1949 which many critics and fans rated as the rebirth of the classic poetic drama of earlier timers. Who was he? Christopher Fry Alan Bennett Alan Aykbourn Jonathon Miller