A new series of 46 mini quizzes in this countdown to a new President. Each quiz asks 5 literary questions from the year of inauguration from George Washington in 1789 to Joe Biden’s election in 2020. Literary events, births, deaths and various shenanigans by famous writers plus their great works, of course.
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Who was the Italian author of The Adventures of Pinocchio?
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Carlo Collodi
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Enrico Mazzanti
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What is the name of the boy hero of Stevenson’s Treasure Island?
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Jim Hawkins
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Billy Bones
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Question of
The first volume of the History of Woman Suffrage by Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton was published in the US. How many volumes did it run to?
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6
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4
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In James’ Portrait of a Lady where is the New Yorker, Isabel, invited to by her maternal aunt?
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London
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Rome
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Question of
In Ibsens’ play Ghosts, what does Helen believe her son inherited from his father?
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Syphilis
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Alcoholism
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