Literature trivia questions

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1. Easy

   1. Which American author wrote the horror novels 'Carrie' and 'Pet Sematary'?

   1. Stephen King
   2. Dean Koontz
   3. Clive Barker
   4. Anne Rice
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   A. Stephen King

2. Easy

   2. Which fictional spy, code-named 007 and created by Ian Fleming, first appeared in the 1953 novel 'Casino Royale'?

   1. Jason Bourne
   2. James Bond
   3. George Smiley
   4. Jack Reacher
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   B. James Bond

3. Easy

   3. Which teenage girl wrote the world-famous diary while hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex in Amsterdam?

   1. Sophie Scholl
   2. Zlata Filipović
   3. Anne Frank
   4. Helen Keller
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   C. Anne Frank

4. Medium

   4. Which legendary English crime writer created the famous fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot?

   1. Arthur Conan Doyle
   2. Dorothy L. Sayers
   3. P.D. James
   4. Agatha Christie
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   D. Agatha Christie

5. Medium

   5. Which Spanish author wrote the monumental 17th-century masterpiece 'Don Quixote', featuring a protagonist who fights windmills?

   1. Federico García Lorca
   2. Gabriel García Márquez
   3. Jorge Luis Borges
   4. Miguel de Cervantes
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   D. Miguel de Cervantes

6. Medium

   6. Which Irish author wrote the satirical novel 'Gulliver's Travels'?

   1. Daniel Defoe
   2. Charles Dickens
   3. Robert Louis Stevenson
   4. Jonathan Swift
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   D. Jonathan Swift

7. Harder

   7. Which Czech-born author wrote the novel 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'?

   1. Milan Kundera
   2. Franz Kafka
   3. Bohumil Hrabal
   4. Ivan Klima
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   A. Milan Kundera

8. Harder

   8. Who wrote the fantasy novel 'The Name of the Wind'?

   1. Brandon Sanderson
   2. Patrick Rothfuss
   3. Robin Hobb
   4. Terry Pratchett
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   B. Patrick Rothfuss

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