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Which British author published 'East, West' in 1995, his first book of adult fiction since 'The Satanic Verses'?

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salman rushdie

What is the title of the Hemingway story in which thugs visit Henry's diner to kill a prizefighter?

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killers

Which author, known for 'The Other Side of Midnight,' wrote the 1995 bestseller 'Morning, Noon & Night'?

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sidney sheldon

Which girl's diary served as the basis for the play that won Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett the Pulitzer Prize in 1956?

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anne frank

Which author's novel 'You Can't Go Home Again' was published posthumously?

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thomas wolfe

Which playwright, known for 'Our Town', wrote the novel 'The Woman of Andros' inspired by an ancient Roman comedy?

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thornton wilder

What does John Donne's 'Song' instruct you to go and catch in its opening lines?

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star

Who wrote the 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises,' which is known as 'Fiesta' in England?

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ernest hemingway

Which author's British edition of 'The Martian Chronicles' was titled 'The Silver Locusts'?

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ray bradbury

What is the title of the Thoreau work that is sub-titled 'Life in the Woods'?

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walden

What is the subject of Bobby Jones' 1960 autobiography titled 'This Is My Game'?

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golf

What is the title of Alex Haley's bestseller that had the working title 'Before This Anger'?

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roots

In which Chaucer collection does the Nun's Priest tell the story of the Cock & the Fox?

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canterbury tales

What are the opening words of the rhyme written by Jane Taylor about a scintillating heavenly body?

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twinkle, twinkle, little star

In which country is 'The Tale of Genji' by Murasaki Shikibu considered one of the greatest works of fiction?

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japan

Who is the poet that wrote about 'Ships that pass in the night' in 'Tales of a Wayside Inn'?

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henry wadsworth longfellow

What is the 1977 Colleen McCullough novel that depicts the romantic saga of sheep-rearing Australians?

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thorn birds

Which author wrote the early story collections 'Flappers and Philosophers' and 'Tales of the Jazz Age'?

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f. scott fitzgerald

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