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In Thomas More’s “Utopia,” the story of the Utopians is related in Book Two by this humorously-named world traveler.
Rafael Hytholoday
In Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” trilogy, this nation has replaced the United States on the North American continent.
Panem
Shakespeare was born in this village to the southwest of Coventry in 1564.
Stratford-Upon-Avon
In Western literature, doves typically symbolize this, although in ancient Mesopotamia they often stood in for the feminine divine, representing goddesses of love, sexuality, and fertility.
Peace
This American author wrote “Civil Disobedience,” and spent a great deal of time down at Walden Pond.
Henry David Thoreau
Machiavelli’s “The Prince” was originally written to this ruler of Florence, in hopes it would land its author a job and return from exile.
Lorenzo d'Medici, the Magnificent
The category of “young adult fiction” originated after the publication of this S.E. Hinton novel in 1967. Since then, it’s stayed golden.
The Outsiders
When he was 18 years old, Shakespeare married her, who was twenty-six at the time. She ended up outliving William by several years, although not nearly long enough to star in “The Princess Diaries.”
Anne Hathaway
Macbeth wonders if he sees one of these before him, a typical symbol of impending betrayal in Shakespeare’s tragedies.
A Dagger
This ancient Greek philosopher wrote “The Republic,” a treatise on an ideal government. His attempt to apply his ideas in Syracuse was a predictable failure.
Plato
In Christopher Marlowe’s “Doctor Faustus,” this demon is sent to attend to Faustus after he signs away his soul to the Devil.
Mephistopheles
In the United Kingdom, the first book of the Harry Potter series was published under this title.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Shakespeare’s first daughter Susanna was followed by the twins: Judith, and this unfortunate lad who died at the age of 11, Shakespeare’s only son.
Hamnet Shakespeare
In the Old Testament, Jacob sees angels going up and down one of these, often used as a symbol of the link between Heaven and Earth.
A Ladder
This 19th century writer is famous for his eloquent descriptions of working class exploitation as well as his lifelong failure to hold a job for any significant amount of time. He authored “Das Kapital,” a foundational text for Communism.
Karl Marx
This Dutch writer and Northern Humanist translated the New Testament, and wrote “The Praise of Folly.” He is known more these days for his close friendship with Sir Thomas More.
Desiderius Erasmus
In Markus Zuzak’s “The Book Thief,” this character (who also serves as the narrator) appears frequently, but doesn’t come for Leisel Memminger until the very end.
Death
Historians and biographers really have no clue what year marked Shakespeare’s journey to London, but we know that by 1592 he had become a founding member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, a theatre troupe later known by this name after they gained the patronage of King James I.
The King's Men
Redcrosse Knight in Spencer’s “Faerie Queen” wears the symbol associated with this Cappadocian Greek saint, martyr, and Patron of England.
St. George
This English writer, in his 1651 work “Leviathan,” proclaimed life in the state of nature was “nasty, brutish, and short.”
Thomas Hobbes
This French lord and writer was one of the most prominent philosophers of the French Renaissance and popularized the essay.
Michel de Montaigne
This fantasy novel by Dianne Wynne Jones, first published in 1986, gained a wider audience when it was adapted into 2004 animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Howl's Moving Castle
Shakespeare’s father John originally belonged to this trade before being elected alderman and eventually mayor in Stratford.
Glovemaking
A glass unicorn is the symbol of fragility, otherness, and innocence associated with this character from Tennessee Williams’ play “The Glass Menagerie.”
Laura Wingfield
This Premier of the Soviet Union also wrote “Dialectical and Historical Materialism,” a central text in Soviet political theory.
Joseph Stalin