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1899
To Be, To Not Be, Or To Kind of Be
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Potpourri
100
Frank Norris, ever the American, set the climax of his 1899 novel "McTeague" in this famous American Desert.
What is Death Valley?
100
According to Rosencrantz, life is little more than a trip on this vessel.
What is a boat?
100
Septimus sometimes hears birds singing in this language.
What is Greek?
100
This author bears no blood relation to the famous composer who shares her last name.
Who is Kate Chopin?
100
He is mad, bad, and dangerous to know.
Who is Lord Byron?
200
The Pontelliers vacation at this beachside tourist hotspot.
What is Grand Isle?
200
Tom Stoppard and Samuel Beckett wrote plays for this type of theater.
What is the Absurd?
200
This stretch of hills and wilderness separates Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.
What are the moors?
200
A tiger burned bright in this poet's eyes.
Who is William Blake?
200
Matthew Arnold connected the widespread loss of religious faith with this geographical feature.
What are cliffs?
300
Edna's need for independence leads to an ill-conceived fling with this individual.
Who is Alcée Arobin?
300
Hamlet asks a troupe of players to perform this play in front of Claudius.
What is "The Murder of Gonzago?"
300
This scoundrel badmouthed Darcy and ran away with Catherine Bennet.
Who is Wickham?
300
This author published under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell."
Who is Emily Brontë?
300
This literary movement placed emphasis on beauty, nature, and emotion.
What is Romanticism?
400
"McTeague," the story of one San Francisco dentist, had this working title.
What is "The Golden Tooth?"
400
"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" is an example of this genre, which Thomas Kyd perfected.
What is a revenge tragedy?
400
Septimus thinks better of killing himself with this ornate household item.
What is a butter knife?
400
This author attended both Berkeley and Harvard.
Who is Frank Norris?
400
A plan that suggested several pseudo-solutions, among them the cannibalization of children.
What is "A Modest Proposal?"
500
"The Awakening" had the working title of "A ____ Soul."
What is "Solitary?"
500
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Who is the Grave Digger?
500
Bingley moves into this estate in the Bennet's neighborhood.
What is Netherfield?
500
This Irish poet had a sphinx fixation.
Who is William Butler Yeats?
500
He is widely considered to be the founder of Naturalism.
Who is Zola?