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Sylvia Plath
100
This author invented the words "hurry", "boredom", "hostile", and "obscene."
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
In this short story, a woman is given the treatment of rest to cure her "illness", but slowly becomes insane because of it.
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper?"
100
The part of speech that names a place.
What is a noun?
100
Sylvia Plath was born in this city.
What is Boston, Massachusetts?
200
This author is the first woman to become a billionaire by writing books.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
200
In this play, a family feud results in the death of two rebellious teens.
What is "Romeo and Juliet?"
200
The part of speech of the word "and."
What is a conjunction?
200
This was the cause of Sylvia Plath's death.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning?
300
This author's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Who is Mark Twain?
300
In this famous series, a boy prefers almost being murdered every year to returning home.
What is "Harry Potter?"
300
The punctuation that is used for clarity in a series that already has several commas.
What is a semi-colon?
300
Sylvia Plath received a scholarship and later taught English at this college.
What is Smith College?
400
This group of authors, including J.R.R Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, met in a pub they nicknamed "The Bird and the Baby" in Oxford to discuss their works.
Who are The Inklings?
400
In this classic horror story, an Englishman is held hostage by a foreigner. He escapes only to find that the foreigner has followed him home.
What is "Dracula?"
400
The function of "Lady Madeline" in this sentence: There stood the lofty and enshrouded figure of Lady Madeline.
What is object of preposition?
400
The name of Sylvia Plath's husband.
Who is Ted Hughes?
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