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481. After they have both eaten from the Tree of Knowledge, the first thing Adam and Eve do is______________?
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A. Ask forgiveness from God

B. Blame each other for their Fall

C. Put some clothes on

D. Satisfy their sexual desire for each other
482. Brevity is the soul of wit is a quotation from ?
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A. Milton

B. William Shakespeare

C. T. S. Eliot

D. Ruskin

483. With which famous writer Coleridge became friends with in Christs Hospital, also called The Bluecoat School ?
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A. Shelley

B. Charles Lamb

C. William Wordsworth

D. John Keats

484. For inspiration in writing the poem, Milton says he depends on________________?
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A. His favorite pen

B. Wine

C. The Holy Spirit

D. The Son

485. When was Paradise Regained published ?
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A. 1669

B. 1671

C. 1652

D. 1656

486. In which century was Shakespeare born ?
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A. 14th

B. 15th

C. 17th

D. 16th
487. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, My salad days, when I was green in judgment. come from ?
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A. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

B. Antony and Cleopatra

C. The Winters Tale

D. The Merry Wives of Windsor

488. Which of the following play was written in 1601 ?
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A. Macbeth

B. King Lear

C. Othello

D. Hamlet
489. W.B.Yeats used the phrase the artifice of eternity in his poem ?
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A. Leda and the Swan

B. Byzantium

C. The Second Coming

D. Sailing to Byzantium
490. Shakespeare wrote ______________ plays?
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A. 34

B. 38

C. 32

D. 36
491. The group of four plays known as the major tetralogy is ?
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A. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI

B. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III

C. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III

D. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V
492. Who is Mr. Tench in The Power and the Glory ?
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A. A teacher

B. A thief

C. A clerk

D. A dentist
493. Whom did monster demand to Victor Frankenstein to create for him ?
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A. Someone who can transform him

B. A female companion

C. Another monster

D. Another creature without the fearful features

494. Which work of William Wordsworth is generally considered to be his magnum opus ?
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A. Guide to the Lakes

B. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads

C. Laodamia

D. The Prelude
495. Which of the following is the earliest comedy of Shakespeare ?
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A. A mid summer nights dream

B. Loves labours lost

C. Much ado about nothing

D. As you like it

496. When was William Shakespeare baptized ?
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A. 26 April 1564

B. 16 April 1564

C. 24 July1564

D. 26 August 1564

497. Who was sent to Earth to warn Man of the dangers he was facing ?
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A. Abdiel

B. Beelzebub

C. Uriel

D. Raphael
498. The second series of Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb was published in ?
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A. 1826

B. 1833

C. 1834

D. 1823

499. Who is Pips friend in London ?
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A. Herbert Pocket

B. Pumblechook

C. Bentley Drummle

D. Jaggers
500. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, Neither a borrower nor a lender be come from ?
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A. Hamlet

B. Titus Andronicus

C. Pericles, Prince of Tyre

D. Cymbeline