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Beowulf
Name of the king beowulf helps,
Name of hrothgars hall,
Name of beowulfs people
20
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Chaucer
What was the hundred years war,
When did chaucer live,
What time of year do the canterbu...
55
cards
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
When was sir gawain and the green...,
Who is the author of sir gawain a...,
Why is the middle english of gawa...
32
cards
Hawthorne and The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne birth and death,
Where when born,
What notable event was an ancesto...
24
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Washington Irving
Birth death,
Early career,
Influences
36
cards
Christopher Marlowe
What was marlowes upbringing,
Where when did he go to school,
When was the first performance of...
17
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Aphra Behn
Aphra behn,
How many plays did she write,
Politics
18
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Utopia
Who is the author of utopia,
What was thomas mores religion de...,
What was thomas mores original pr...
56
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The Spanish Tragedy
Who wrote the spanish tragedy,
When was the spanish tragedy written,
Who are the main characters in th...
30
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The Defense of Poesy
What motivated sidney to write th...,
What was the premise of the schoo...,
What was sidneys religion
21
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Francis Bacon
When did francis bacon live,
What role did francis bacon serve...,
What legal trouble did bacon get ...
14
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Winter's Tale
When was the winters tale first p...,
What geographical quibble do many...,
Generically how might we categori...
30
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Twelfth Night
When was twelfth night written,
What is twelfth night,
What is violas alias
36
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Astrophil and Stella
Who wrote astrophil and stella,
Who is historically believed to b...,
Sonnet 1 what is the first line
21
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Addison and Steele
What birth year do addison and st...,
Who dies first,
Characterize steeles personality
53
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Jonathan Swift
When did jonathan swift live,
Where was swift born,
Who was a contemporary and friend...
28
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Preface to the Dictionary
When did samuel johnson live,
What famous actor was once johnso...,
What year was his dictionary publ...
21
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The Country Wife
Who wrote the country wife,
When did wycherley live,
What young writer did wycherley h...
57
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The School for Scandal
Who wrote the school for scandal,
When was the school for scandal w...,
Where was sheridan born what was ...
64
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Tom Jones
Who wrote tom jones,
On who is the character of sophia...,
When was tom jones published
226
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William Blake
To what poem does earths answer r...,
What is earths answer,
What did blake call the father of...
26
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Keats - Letters
What is the significance of keats...,
What is the last line of keatss f...,
What are two reasons keats gives ...
22
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George Eliot
How old was george eliot when her...,
What is george eliots real name,
When did george eliot live
20
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Coleridge
Dejection an ode to whom was the ...,
Dejection an ode what are some of...,
Dejection an ode when was this po...
22
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Wordsworth
Strange fits of passion was this ...,
Strange fits of passion what name...,
Strange fits of passion what happ...
42
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Byron
When did byron live,
What two authors particularly inf...,
Where did the archetype of the by...
20
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Shelley
When did shelley live,
Mutability what is the message of...,
Mutability what does the speaker ...
23
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Tennyson
When did tennyson live,
How many siblings did tennyson have,
What was the occupation of tennys...
50
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Waverley
Who wrote waverley,
When was waverley written,
What is the subtitle of waverley
141
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Frankenstein
Who were the four writers involve...,
When was frankenstein written whe...,
Who are mary shelleys parents
66
cards
Pride and Prejudice
When was pride and prejudice publ...,
What is the name of lizzies frien...,
What is the name of darcys sister
12
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The Uses of Poetry and the Uses of Criticism
What are these lectures compiled ...,
Introduction what are the two que...,
Introduction which of the two req...
30
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Wieland
Who wrote wieland,
What radical philosopher was an i...,
What inspired brown to write wieland
87
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The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano
When was the interesting narrativ...,
When did the slave trade end in e...,
What was equianos main objective ...
61
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Lucky Jim
When was lucky jim published,
What does jim dixon teach,
Who is jims on again off again lo...
29
cards
The Importance of Being Earnest
When did oscar wilde die,
What year was the importance of b...,
What is oscar wildes nationality
31
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Emerson
To what british literary movement...,
When was nature published,
What feminist writer worked close...
33
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Thoreau
What was thoreaus fathers occupation,
Where did thoreau attend college,
When did thoreau live
24
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Yeats
Where was yeats born,
What becomes a particularly impor...,
Of what writer does yeats imagine...
19
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Eliot
Where did eliot attend university,
From what work is the epigraph to...,
What question is repeated over an...
22
cards
Auden
Lullaby when was this poem published,
Lullaby what is going on in this ...,
As i walked out one evening what ...
21
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Ted Hughes
Wind when was this poem published,
Wind what is happening in this poem
2
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Seamus Heaney
What is an omphalos,
What is happening in fireside,
What is a kenning in what works b...
6
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Phillis Wheatley
When was wheatleys first book of ...,
What languages besides english di...,
What was frequently the form of w...
16
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Longfellow
Where was longfellow buried,
Which prominent english contempor...,
What is the slave singing in the ...
15
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Poe
Where does the allan in edgar all...,
For what publication did poe work...,
What was poes position on slavery
45
cards
Melville
Billy budd what is the name of th...,
Billy budd how does billy come to...,
Billy budd what is the name of th...
56
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Harriet Jacobs
What is the pseudonym harriet jac...,
What is the name of lindas master,
With who does linda harriet begin...
33
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The Education of Henry Adams
To what president is henry adams ...,
What is henry adams opinion of hi...,
What is an interesting stylistic ...
26
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Down Second Avenue
What is eskia mphaleles birth name,
Where is mphalele from,
Where does mphalele and his famil...
31
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Midnight's Children
Where does mary pereira end up wo...,
When did india and pakistan becom...,
What is the partition
84
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Derek Walcott
Where was walcott born,
For what work did walcott win the...,
How old was walcott when white eg...
9
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The House on Mango Street
Who is the protagonist of this novel,
What is the structure of this novel,
What does esperanza long for most
9
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The Piano Lesson
Of what larger work is the piano ...,
To what quals author is wilson fr...,
Where is wilson originally from
24
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Margaret Atwood
What is the name of the oppressiv...,
What happened to offreds predecessor,
What is the name of the commander...
33
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As I Lay Dying
How many different narrators are ...,
What is the county where this sto...,
Who are the parents of the bundre...
25
cards
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Where was malcolm x born,
What was malcolm xs original last...,
Where did malcolm spend most of h...
26
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Paradise Lost
Book 2 who does satan meet at the...,
Book 1 what is the name of the te...,
Book 3 what angel does satan tric...
6
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Sylvia Plath
To whom does the poet compare her...,
Lady lazarus how often does the p...,
Lady lazarus to what other of pla...
31
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Anne Sexton
What school of poetry is anne sex...,
What are some similarities betwee...,
Who is sexton commemorating in th...
14
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NW
What does nw stand for,
How does this work resonance with...,
What two friends are at the cente...
16
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Mrs. Dalloway
What was woolfs working title for...,
In which of woolfs earlier works ...,
Over what period of time does the...
23
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Langston Hughes
Of what movement is hughes known ...,
Where was hughes born,
What two american poets was hughe...
24
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Junot Diaz
Fiesta 1980 what are some of the ...,
Fiesta 1980 what happens in this ...,
Who narrates most of these stories
21
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The Rise of Silas Lapham
What is howells known as,
What school of literature was how...,
What are some traits of realism
15
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House of Mirth
What is the name of the main char...,
When was this book published,
What loyal friend does lily rely ...
26
cards
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Beneath the freeway what is the s...,
Poem for the young white man what...,
Macho what is the sentiment of th...
13
cards
Stephen Crane
What school of literature did cra...,
What was cranes profession before...,
What are cranes best known works
19
cards
The Glass Menagerie
What essay does tennessee william...,
What does williams say in the cat...,
What is the name of laura and tom...
26
cards
The Great Gatsby
Who gets run over,
Who kills gatsby why,
What is daisys husbands name
24
cards
The Faerie Queene
What virtue is the topic of book ...,
From what italian epic did spense...,
Who is the faerie queene
24
cards
W.E.B. Du Bois
What organization did du bois hel...,
What were du boiss two late in li...,
What at least initially did du bo...
18
cards
Keats - Poems
What was the profession keats was...,
What romantic poet was very criti...,
On first looking into chapmans ho...
19
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Pope
What is the age in which pope was...,
What are some neo classical key w...,
An essay on criticism what is the...
25
cards
Samuel Beckett
Who are the main characters in wa...,
In what language was this play or...,
When did waiting for godot premiere
7
cards
Margaret Cavendish
On what side was the cavendish fa...,
What worked was the blazing world...,
Was her husband supportive of her...
16
cards
Gray
What do we call the age of poetry...,
What was a big difference between...,
Famous quote
5
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Dickinson
Where is dickinson from,
What are some features of dickins...,
In what ways might have dickinson...
7
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Whitman
Discuss what effect the civil war...,
What type of verse does whitman p...,
What is the sentiment of shut not...
10
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Dickens
Who are the main characters in gr...,
Who is pips benefactor,
What is the name of miss havisham...
16
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Robinson Crusoe
What are some similarities betwee...,
What is the full title of this book,
What does the narrator describe h...
9
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Pamela
Talk about women and letter writi...,
Make the argument that pamela is ...,
Who pursues pamela
9
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Heart of Darkness
What does achebe call conrad why,
What is kurtz doing in africa wha...,
Who is kurtzs last disciple
9
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Shakespeare Tragedies
Hamlet tell me a little about the...,
For what work was shakespeare mos...,
Hamlet how does the presence of t...
10
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Beloved
What are the names of sethes daug...,
Who else from sweet home gets dra...,
Who is denvers father
5
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