1. VARIOUS PEOPLE: Let's all tell each other some raunchy and funny stories while we wait for the Plague to pass. (They do. The Plague passes. They go home.) (THE END.) The Canterbury Tales The Decameron One Thousand and One Nights The Divine Comedy

2. DIMWITTED MAN: Well, I've done some pretty interesting things in my life and I want to tell you about them. (He does.) (THE END.) Answer: (Two Words, author Winston Groom)

3. (A DOG gets bitten by a bat. Oh dear. Bad news.) WOMAN: Oh dear. Bad news. Never mind, son, let's drive away and get help. (She turns the key. The car won't start. Oh dear. More bad news.) WOMAN: Oh dear. More bad news. (Some time passes. Scary things happen.) (THE END.) Answer: (One Word, author Stephen King)

4. AUTHOR: From its earliest days, this place has been fascinating. Read on while I weave fact through fiction, and tell you about some of the things which have occurred here in history. (YOU, the READER, take the AUTHOR'S advice. You are, the author hopes, indeed fascinated. 600-odd pages later, you finish the book, satisfied and more informed than you were.) (THE END.) Mexico All of these Alaska Poland

5. THE COMMANDER: Kate, bear my child. KATE: No. SERENA JOY: Kate, bear the Commander's child. Our future depends on you. KATE: No. CHAUFFEUR (in secret): Kate, I love you. KATE (in secret): Chauffeur, I love you too. Let's form a resistance movement against the dystopia which has developed in this polluted and war-devastated country. (They do.) (THE END.) The Robber Bride The Handmaid's Tale Alias Grace The Edible Woman

6. LUCAS DAVENPORT: Somebody is killing people and leaving strange cryptic notes near the bodies. I must find this killer and stop them. (After numerous red herrings and a journey through the Minneapolis underworld, he does.) (THE END.) Shadow Prey Rules of Prey Eyes of Prey Mind Prey

7. (There's a plot in here somewhere, but it's been lost in the author's attempts to be "out there".) (THE END.) All of these Gravity's Rainbow Ulysses The Sound and the Fury

8. YOUNG GIRL: I am in a strange world, yet not so strange because I've actually been here before. Still trippy, though. THE AUTHOR: Reader, I am using my characters as pieces in a game of chess, and filling the story with obscure references to the real world around me. (Then again, maybe it's just a kids' story.) (THE END.) Answer: (Four Words)

9. TROJAN PRINCE: Well, my city has fallen. Time to leave and build another one. (He leaves, taking his father and son with him but - oh dear - leaving his wife behind. After a long time filled with obstacles and adventures, he does what he said he'd do.) (THE END.) The Odyssey Seven Against Thebes The Iliad The Aeneid

10. ETHAN HAWLEY: I've got a feeling my life is gonna go from bad to worse round about now. (It does.) (THE END.) Sweet Thursday East of Eden The Winter of Our Discontent Cannery Row