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Introduction:
"Most of these questions deal with key points, characters, etc. of classical literature. I hope you are as well read as I am, or you WILL be the WEAKEST LINK...LOL!"


1. In 'Peyton Place,' what race was the man for whom the town was named?
    African
    Asian
    Caucasian
    Hispanic


2. In 'The Scarlet Letter,' what was Hester's little girl's name?
    Answer: (One Word)


3. In 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' what neighbor of Jem and Scout's terrified them (for no real reason)?
    Answer: (Two Words)


4. In Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice,' what metal was the correct casket made of (remember the 'casket plot')?
    gold
    bronze
    silver
    lead


5. In Huxley's 'Brave New World,' what was the drug of choice?
    Answer: (One Word)


6. In Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' what was the hero's name?
    Answer: (Full, first, or last name will do.)


7. In 'Anne of Green Gables,' the poem Anne is quoting while playing dead in the boat shortly before it fills with water is about what literary heroine?
    Queen Elizabeth
    Lady of Shalott
    Bloody Mary
    Joan of Arc


8. In 'Julius Caesar,' what are Caesar's last words? Et tu _________?
    Answer: (One Word)


9. In Hemmingway's 'The Old Man and the Sea,' what kind of fish did the old man battle?
    Blue Marlin
    Tiger Shark
    Yellow Tuna
    King Mackerel


10. In 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' what animal did Huck kill to make his father think he was murdered?
    chicken
    goat
    pig
    dog


11. In 'Oedipus Rex,' what did Oedipus stab his eyes out with when he realizes that he has killed his father and married his mother?
    fork
    hat pin
    dagger
    brooch


12. In Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind,' who is Scarlett obsessed with until the very end?
    Answer: (One Word)


13. In 'Silas Marner,' what color is Eppie's hair (the little girl he finds and adopts)?
    black
    brunette
    blonde
    red


14. In 'The Catcher in the Rye,' Holden is continuously worried about what Central Park animals in the winter?
    pigeons
    goldfish
    squirrels
    ducks


15. In 'A Farewell to Arms,' what happens to the Army nurse, Catherine Barkley?
    She is killed in battle
    She dies of pnemonia
    She commits suicide
    She dies in childbirth


16. In 'Beowulf,' what is the name of the initial monster that terrorizes the land and Beowulf kills?
    Answer: (One Word)


17. In Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' what animal did grandma have stashed away in a picnic basket?
    cat
    rabbit
    dog
    goldfish


18. In Flannery O'Connor's 'Good Country People,' what does the traveling Bible salesman steal from 'Hulga' in the hayloft?
    her false teeth
    her virginity
    her leg
    her artificial eye


19. In Shakespeare's 'Hamlet,' how does Ophelia die?
    drowning
    stabbing
    hanging
    poisoning


20. In 'Rambling Rose,' what does Rose evenutally die from?
    cancer
    AIDS
    VD
    Lupus


21. In 'Great Expectations,' what is Miss Havisham always dressed in?
    flapper's clothing
    wedding dress
    lace nightgown
    ball gown


22. In Faulkner's 'A Rose for Emily,' what is left on the pillow beside the corpse of her soon-to-be-jilting lover?
    cuff links
    a gray hair
    a rose
    a blood stain


23. In Poe's 'A Tell-Tale Heart,' what body part of the old man's drove the main character to murder him and bury him beneath the floorboards?
    his eye
    his teeth
    his heart
    his leg


24. In 'East of Eden,' what profession does Aaron and Caleb's mother have?
    bar maid
    palm reader
    stripper
    prostitute


25. In Steinbeck's 'The Pearl,' who or what is shot in the end due to greed and lust for the pearl?
    Kino's infant
    Kino's wife
    Kino
    Lorenzo


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