An editor rejected what Marcel Proust work, noting, "I may be dead from the neck up, but rack my brains as I may I can't see why a chap should need thirty pages to describe how he turns over in bed before going to sleep"?
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What famously controversial book is about actors from India killed in a terrorist plane explosion?
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In "Flowers for Algernon", who is Algernon?
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Walter Gibson created what pulp hero, who "knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men"?
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Who wrote 'The Mists of Avalon'?
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In "A Room with a View" and "Howards End," Ismael Merchant and James Ivory were inspired by whose novels?
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What is comic book hero Roy of the Rovers' surname?
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The word "cantaloupe" translates in Italian to a "wolf" that does what?
Question 9 of 10
In the book "Lisey's Story", written by Stephen King, what was Scott Landon's profession?
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In the book The Last Of The Mohicans what was the name of Chingachgook's only son?
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What videogame did you play in the 80s?
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Geography Quiz
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10 Question About Planet Earth
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Quiz on Science
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Everybody likes music, but how much do you know about it?
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