QB LIT
Six "rude mechanicals" in this play act out Pyramus and Thisbe. The male lead in that play within this play is Nick Bottom, whose head is turned into a donkey's head by a character called Robin Goodfellow. This play centers around romantic conflict between (*) Helena, Lysander, Demetrius, and Hermia, as well as the trickster sprite Puck. For 10 points, name this Shakespeare comedy about the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta.A character in this play calls another a "painted maypole" and accuses her of exploiting "her tall personage,"before the other character declares that "though she be but little, she is fierce." A weaver in this play claims that "my chief humor is for a Tyrant" such as "Ercles" ("ER-cleez") while Snug is told to act as a lion "extempore, for it is nothing but roaring" by Peter Quince. This play ends with a promise that "Robin shall restore amends" in a speech t
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ruth contemplates having an abortion in this play after her sister-in-law plans to use life insurance money to pay for medical school. In this play, a representative of the Clybourne Park Neighborhood Association opines that "people want to live among their own kind." (*) Mama Lena's down payment on a house is wasted in this play after Walter loses money on a liquor store investment. This play's title comes from a poetic interpretation of what happens to a "dream deferred." For 10 points, name this play about the Younger family's experience of housing discrimination in Chicago, written by Lorraine Hansberry.
A Raisin in the Sun
The protagonist of this story writes down the number "55890" before recalling a memory from her youth. Another character in this work wears a shirt with blue parrots and observes a monkey on a chinaberry tree when they stop for food at "The Tower." In this short story, another character reminisces about how her friend would inscribe a (*) watermelon with the initials "E.A.T." At the end of this story, the antagonist discusses Jesus with the grandmother before shooting her. For 10 points, name this story in which the "Misfit" kills off a family headed to Florida, written by Flannery O'Connor. Report Question
"A Good Man is Hard to Find"
"Near the beginning of this play's final act, one character wearing a black mask drags in another wearing ""Italian costume."" A character in this non-Oscar Wilde play accuses another of neglecting her ""most sacred duties"" of being a wife and mother. A reversal occurs in Act III of this play after a maid brings a letter, prompting one character to shout ""I am saved!"" A character in this play says that she doesn't (*) ""believe any longer in wonderful things happening"" after giving back her wedding ring and keys and calling her house a ""playroom."" One character in this play burns a bond note with a forged signature that was sent by Krogstad. Name this Henrik Ibsen play that ends with Nora Helmer slamming the door on her husband."
A Doll's House
This novel's protagonist is an American serving as an officer in Italy during World War I, coordinating ambulance drivers between hospitals and the front lines. That protagonist of this novel falls in love with nurse Catherine Barkley, (*) who gets pregnant, and flees with the protagonist after he abandons the Italian Army after the Battle of Caporetto. At one point in this novel, the main character kills a sergeant for insubordination. That character later jumps into a river to avoid an interrogation by the "battle police." This novel ends with the protagonist walking towards his hotel in the (*) rain. The protagonist and Catherine flee to Switzerland at the end of this novel, where Catherine dies, along with her baby, in childbirth. For 10 points, name this novel about Lieutenant Frederic Henry during World War I, written by Ernest Hemingway.
A Farewell to Arms
"While staying with the Reed family, the title character of this novel is confined to ""The Red Room,"" after which she is sent to Lowood School, where she befriends Helen Burns who later dies of tuberculosis. A man in this novel goes blind following a fire caused by his insane first wife when she was locked in the attic. The narrator, who works at (*) Thornfield Hall, declares ""Reader, I married him"" of Mr. Rochester in, for 10 points, what novel by Charlotte Brontë?"
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Flute music plays in the background of this play, which sees the protagonist gift stockings to "the Woman."An imagined figure in the play tells the protagonist that "the jungle is dark but full of diamonds." A fountain pen is stolen by former high school football star Biff in this play, which ends with the protagonist (*) intentionally crashing his car to provide life insurance for his family members Linda, Happy, and Biff Loman. For 10 points, the downfall of Willy Loman is the subject of what play? Also name the author.
Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller.
While in a graveyard, this character finds a run-down hourglass representing his life in a play often performed on All Saints' Day. This title character was controversially depicted as an atheist in a play which was written to replace the also-controversial Tartuffe by Molière ("moll-YARE"). This character, whom a José Zorrilla ("thoh-REE-ah") play gives the surname Tenorio, was introduced in a circa 1630 play by (*) Tirso de Molina partly-titled for a "Stone Guest." In this character's usual narrative, he is haunted by Don Gonzalo after becoming involved with Gonzalo's daughter Ana. In some dramatic adaptations, a statue of the Commendatore ("koe-MEN-dah-TOR-ay") drags this character to hell after dinner. For 10 points, name this Spanish character who relentlessly seduces women
Don Juan
One character in this novel is motivated to exact revenge for the rape of her sister, and thus knits burial coverings for other characters in this novel. Another character in this novel requires "four strong men" to help him drink chocolate, then tosses a coin into a crowd to compensate for killing a child before the coin is thrown back at him. That character, who is stabbed with a knife, is the uncle of another character in this novel who puts himself in danger when he frees (*) Gabelle, his former servant, and helps save his wife's father who had learned to make shoes while in prison before being "recalled to life." In this novel, Lucy's husband Darnay is saved when the similar-looking Sydney Carton sacrifices himself at the guillotine. One character in this novel realizes that the spy Barstad is actually Solomon Pross, the brother of Lucie's governess. Another character in this novel learned to make shoe
A Tale of Two Cities
In this novel, an attack led by Pilkington and Frederick ends with the death of a stable boy, and forces Jones to abandon his land. In this novel, the Order of the Green Banner is invented for a leader who chases away a war hero named (*) Snowball after the Battle of the Cowshed. Characters in this novella are taught the song (*) "Beasts of England" by Old Major. A maxim in this novella is changed to refer to some members of a group being "more equal than others." Napoleon murders his fellow revolutionary pig Snowball in this novella. Despite being a "Hero, First Class," Boxer is sent to a glue factory by Napoleon in this novel. For 10 points, name this novel by George Orwell in which a group of pigs take over the title location.
Animal Farm
After one person rides a horse incorrectly and breaks its back, this character confesses that they are cheating on their spouse. This character has a namesake (+) "principle," which derives from the observation made in the first line of this character's novel. Along with their lover, this character flees to Italy to escape their spouse, but ultimately ends up returning to their home country. This character becomes increasingly paranoid that her lover is cheating on her; that lover is (*) Count Vronsky, whose supposed infidelity causes her to jump in front of a train. For 10 points, identify the title Russian socialite of a Leo Tolstoy novel.
Anna Karenina
This work's narrator rides on the back of Geryon, hears Ugolino describe eating his children, and watches Francesca da Rimini be blown away from her lover by a whirlwind. After entering a gate under the words (*) "abandon all hope, ye who enter here," this poem's narrator begins following the dead poet Virgil. This poem opens "in the middle of the journey of our life" as the narrator "comes to himself in a dark wood" and is confronted by a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf. The ghost of Virgil guides the narrator through a realm with nine circles. Name this section of the Divine Comedy in which Dante is guided through Hell.
Inferno
In this novel, the protagonist is disillusioned with the adult world, viewing it as phony and is especially critical of those who don't seem genuine. After losing his team's fencing equipment on the subway, this character gets expelled from Pencey Prep for failing classes. During his escapades in New York City, he questions a taxi driver about the whereabouts of the Central Park ducks in winter, symbolizing his concern for innocence and change. A visit to Radio City ends disastrously when he proposes running away to the wilderness to his date, Sally Hayes, which ruins the evening. This character's unease with adulthood is further illustrated when he runs away from Mr. Antolini after an unsettling encounter where Mr. Antolini pats his head while he sleeps. The protagonist's brother, D.B., who wrote "The Secret Goldfish" before becoming a Hollywood screenwriter, represents another aspect of the adult world that the
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
A character in this novel protects his sister, Georgiana, and plans to marry Catherine de Bourgh's daughter. this novel's protagonist overhears her future husband calling her "not handsome enough to tempt" him. In this novel, Mr Bingley introduces "a single man in possession of a good fortune" to the five Bennet sisters. In this novel, playboy George Wickham and nobleman Charles Bingley romantically pursue (*) Lydia and Jane, two of the protagonist's four sisters. "A truth universally acknowledged" about marriage among the wealthy begins, for 10 points, what novel in which Elizabeth Bennet at first dislikes, but eventually marries, Mr Darcy? Also name the author.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
A character in this novel who sees the "red, eye-like glow" of a campfire across the river discovers ants covering a corpse in a chapel-like forest. That character in this novel justifies his decisions by throwing a pine cone at a squirrel. The protagonist of this novel, who later bears the flag of a bunch of "mule drivers" and"mud diggers," is hit in the head with the butt of a (*) rifle. The "tattered man" is abandoned by a character who also deserts the 304th Regiment at the Battle of Chancellorsville in this novel. For 10 points, Jim Conklin dies in what novel about Henry Fleming during the Civil War? Also name the author.
Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
In this play, a character who says his wife's justice "would freeze beer" later claims that he has "no tongue" for judging others. In the final scene of this play, that character begs, "I have given you my soul; leave me my name". This play ends as John Proctor is led to the gallows for refusing to sign a false confession. In this play, a character's failure to recite the Seventh Commandment alludes to his adulterous affair with another character whose wounded stomach is attributed to a needle stabbed through a (*) poppet sewn by Mary Warren. In this play, Betty Parris falls into a catatonic state after her father catches her dancing in the forest with Abigail Williams and Tituba. For 10 points, name this dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials, a play by Arthur Miller.
The Crucible
"The narrator of this work wishes for a girlfriend after kissing her friend Jacqueline, and she loses her roommate Margot when Dr Dussel moves into the Annex. This work's narrator says that "in spite of everything, I believe [...] (*) people (#) are truly good at heart" only days before its author was taken to Bergen-Belsen, where she died at the age of fifteen. Entries addressed to "Kitty" comprise, for 10 points, what journal written by a Jewish girl hiding in Amsterdam from Nazis?"
The Diary of Anne Frank
In one part of this work, the protagonist witnesses a thief merging with a six-legged snake, and describes them as "neither two, nor one." In another section of this work, St. Bernard offers final instructions to the narrator, and each section of this work ends with the word (*) "stars." This three-section epic depicts the nine circles of Hell, as well as the nine spheres of Heaven, each of which is named after a celestial entity. For 10 points, name this Italian epic poem by Dante, consisting of Purgatorio, Paradiso, and Inferno.In this work, faith, hope, and charity are considered to be the three theological virtues, and characters who possess those as well as the cardinal virtues can traverse the primum mobile to reach the Empyrean. Earlier in that work, the narrator travels up a mountain and through a sphere of fire on the Wednesday after Easter. In this work, that narrator has his path blocked by a (*) l
The Divine Comedy
In this play, phrases like "Où sont les neiges"and "'You think I'm in love with Continental Shoemakers?" are projected onto a screen. At the start of this play, the narrator claims to be "the opposite of a stage magician" and calls his father the "fifth character." After mishearing the word "pleurosis," a character in this play gives a girl the nickname (*) "Blue Roses." That girl ends this play by blowing out the candles at her brother Tom's request. In this play, the "gentleman caller" Jim O'Connor admits to being engaged after breaking off the horn of Laura's unicorn figurine. For 10 points, name this "memory play" about the Wingfield family by Tennessee Williams.
The Glass Menagerie
"In one chapter of this novel, a car swerves to avoid a turtle in the road, though that turtle is later clipped by a truck. A preacher in this novel is self-described as "lousy with the spirit" but considered an analogue to Jesus, and gives himself up after one character trips a cop chasing Floyd Knowles, who had asked for a written contract. The protagonists of this novel are paid five cents per box while picking peaches as Jim Casy (#) leads a strike outside the farm. Rose of Sharon gives birth to a stillborn baby at the end of, for 10 points, what John Steinbeck novel following the Joad family's voyage to California during the Dust Bowl?"
The Grapes of Wrath
In one chapter of this novel, a car swerves to avoid a turtle in the road, though that turtle is later clipped by a truck. Muley Graves tells one character in this novel that his family went to Uncle John's to chop cotton. Winfield, who throws up at the sight of a dead dog, and Ruthie are the youngest members of the central family of this novel. A peach pickers' strike at Hooper Ranch leads police to kill Jim Casy, after which Tom leaves his family. In this work, one character gets engaged to Aggie Wainwright while living in a boxcar. Grampa is drugged by his family to make him leave with them in this work, and Ivy and Sairy let him sleep in their tent before he has a stroke and dies. The central family of this novel leaves two dogs with Muley Graves, who refuses to leave his land with them. At the end of this novel, a starving old man is breastfed by Rose of Sharon, who is abandoned by her husband Connie Rivers.
The Grapes of Wrath
Set in the Roaring Twenties, this novel, narrated by Nick Carraway, follows the life of the enigmatic millionaire Jay Gatsby, who is deeply infatuated with Daisy Buchanan, a woman he loved in his youth before going off to war. Upon returning, Gatsby discovers that Daisy has married the wealthy but unfaithful Tom Buchanan. Determined to win her back, Gatsby amasses a fortune through questionable means, embodying the American Dream, and throws lavish parties in the hope that Daisy will walk through his doors one day. Their affair rekindles, leading to a series of events that culminate in Gatsby's tragic death, symbolizing the decadence, excess, and disillusionment of the Jazz Age. Name this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel that explores themes of obsession, wealth, and the moral decay of society.
The Great Gatsby
In this novel's final chapter, a group of men is led past a "little round hole in the red-earth wall" by a man who repeatedly asks "perhaps your men can help us." This novel's protagonist realizes that people "would not go to war" after he attacks a man who came to stop a town meeting. This novel ends with a character pondering whether a man might be the subject of "perhaps not a whole chapter but a reasonable (*) paragraph" in "The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes," a book being written by the District Commissioner. A character in this novel who spends seven years in exile for killing Ezeudu's son with an exploding gun eventually hangs himself in the town of Umuofia. The protagonist of this novel disowns Nwoye for converting to Christianity and kills his adopted son Ikemafuna. For 10 points, the suicide of Okonkwo concludes what novel? Also name its author.
Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe
"This novel's protagonist reflects that "God made food, the devil the cooks" in one of many passages in which he attacks "Plumtree's potted meats." The Graham Lemon's candy shop appears in a chapter of this novel in which the protagonist orders a gorgonzola sandwich. This novel's protagonist is introduced as liking "thick giblet soup" in a passage claiming that he "ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls." While eating at Davy Byrne's pub, the protagonist of this novel is reminded of Blazes Boylan, a man who slept with his wife. Superfans of this novel often recreate its foods on an annual June 16th holiday named for its protagonist, whose wife Molly gives this book's ending soliloquy. A character in this novel imagines calling Adam and Eve through telephones connected through umbilical cords by humorously remarking, ""Put me on to Edenville. Aleph, alpha: nought, nought, one.
Ulysses
This novel ends with the discovery of two intertwined skeletons crumbling to dust. One character in this novel, Sister Gudule, believes her daughter to be dead when in reality she has married the struggling playwright Pierre Gringoire. The protagonist of this novel becomes crowned the (*) Pope of Fools during a festival. Men such as the protagonist, Captain Phoebus, and Claude Frollo are all infatuated with the Romani dancer Esmerelda. At the end of this novel, a group that searches for the body of a hanged man discovers two skeletons in an embrace. In this novel, Pierre Gringoire ("PʼYAIR gron-GWAR") fails to get people to watch his play instead of a parade through town by the Pope of Fools. A corrupt clergyman in this novel begins practicing black magic and frames a character for the stabbing of the Captain of the Archers. That archdeacon in this novel is later pushed off a building after the title character s
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A woman in this play who rings a doorbell in a "Wagnerian manner" is pleased to learn that another character smokes and knows nothing. A character in this play attributes an inscription in his cigarette case to his aunt, who lives in Tunbridge Wells. In this play, a character who was found in a (*) hand-bag in Victoria Station as a baby has his marriage proposal rejected by Lady Bracknell. A character in this play creates a fictional invalid [IN-vuh-lid] friend, Bunbury, to escape social obligations and wishes to marry Cecily Cardew. For 10 points, name this play in which Algernon [AL-jur-non] and Jack both claim to have the title first name, written by Oscar Wilde.
The Importance of Being Earnest
In this work, a character that passes out is eaten alive by rats. After attacking a bartender, the protagonist of this work reunites with Jack Duane in prison, whom he had earlier met while in prison for attacking Phil Connor. A crowd chants (*) "Chicago will be ours!" at the end of this novel. Ona and the Lithuanian Jurgis Rudkis move to Packingtown in this novel. For 10 points, name this novel exposing the meatpacking industry by Upton Sinclair.
The Jungle
A lullaby in this story collection warns "summer gales and Killer Whales / are bad for baby seals," and is set in the Bering Sea. "The White Seal" is in this collection, in which Nag and Nagaina are killed by (*) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a mongoose. Shere Khan, a tiger, is killed in this book by a student of the wise bear Baloo and the panther Bagheera. For 10 points, name this collection of stories about the "man-cub" Mowgli and his animal friends, written by Rudyard Kipling.
The Jungle Book
A speech in this play describes a concept that is "mightiest in the mightiest" and that "blesseth him that gives and him that takes." A character in this play is warned, "That in the course of justice none of us / Should see salvation," by a character (Portia) who compares mercy to "gentle rain from heaven" while disguised as (*) Balthazar. A character in this play asks, "If you tickle us, do we not laugh?" and "If you prick us, do we not bleed?" in a speech that asks, "Hath not a Jew eyes?" That character in this play demands a pound of flesh as collateral for a loan. For 10 points, name this Shakespeare play in which the Jewish moneylender Shylock gives a loan to Antonio.
The Merchant of Venice
This novel ends with a family realizing their daughter has matured and is suitable to be married. The protagonist of this novella scares off three boarders after being lured out by the sound of his sister's violin. In a fit of anger, the protagonist of this novel is injured when his father lodges (*) apples in his back, leading to his eventual death. Grete dreams of studying at the conservatory in, for 10 points, what novella in which Gregor Samsa is transformed into a giant insect, written by Franz Kafka.
The Metamorphosis
One character in this book expresses his gratitude that he does not have to kill the sun, moon, or stars. Its protagonist is visited by a warbler shortly before experiencing painful cramps in his left hand. This book ends with its protagonist dreaming of (*) lions on a beach, and its beginning mentions how the title fan of "the great DiMaggio" had gone 84 days without succeeding at his profession. After being followed by sharks, this novel's main character only manages to bring home the skeleton of a great marlin. For 10 points, name this Ernest Hemingway novella about Santiago the fisherman.
The Old Man and The Sea
In 1625, a young man leaves his family in Gascony to journey to Paris with aspirations of joining the Musketeers of the Guard. His adventure begins tumultuously at a house in Meung-sur-Loire, where, after being insulted over the state of his horse, he finds himself overpowered and beaten unconscious with a cooking pot and a metal tong, resulting in the loss of his letter of introduction and a broken sword. As the story unfolds, intrigue deepens with the Queen becoming entangled in a secretive affair with the Duke of Buckingham, marked by the gift of diamond studs, which sets off a chain of events involving theft, espionage, and diplomatic scandal. The narrative also reveals a character named Milady who bears a criminal brand on her arm, and who the main character slept with while Milady thought it was someone else. The protagonist finds an ally in Constance Bonacieux, the Queen's assistant. For 10 points, identify
The Three Musketeers
The speaker of a Pablo Neruda poem of this title tells his lover "I drink your blood, I break your limbs one by one." Another poem of this title is the source of the name of a book whose first chapter, "The Case Against Locke," discusses the poet's rejection of John Locke's theories of epistemology. A five-line poem of this title has the word "Yes" as its third line and the word "YES" in all caps as its fourth line. That poem of this title, written by a (*) six-year-old named Nael, went viral in 2018. A phrase from a poem of this title provides the name of a 1947 study by Northrop Frye. A poem of this title asks "When the stars threw down their spears, and water'd heaven with their tears, did he smile his work to see?" That poem of this name asks the title animal "Did he who make the Lamb make thee?" For 10 points, identify this title of a William Blake poem about an animal "burning bright in the forests of the night
The Tyger
This poem's narrator questions a man named Stetson about a corpse buried in his garden. In this poem's first section, a woman with a cold describes people such as "The Hanged Man" and "Belladonna, the Lady of the Rocks."A contributor to this poem joked that he had performed a "Caesarean Operation" on its author in the poem "Sage Homme." This poem's author scrapped a stanza about "white-armed Fresca" in favor of one that borrows from Spenser's Prothalamion by asking a river to "run softly till I end my song." A draft of this poem shows the addition of the line, "Marie, hold on tight," and reveals its Dickens-inspired working title, (*) He Do the Police in Different Voices. A poet who insisted on the importance of a "Phoenician, a fortnight dead" in this poem was credited in its dedication as "il miglior fabbro." A description of a time period "breeding lilacs out of the de
The Waste Land
A character in this play hosts poker games in his apartment while his pregnant wife takes refuge with their neighbor Eunice. Another character in this play claims to be on leave from her teaching job because her "nerves broke," and her husband committed suicide when she caught him having an (*) affair with another man. That character's brother-in-law buys her a bus ticket to Mississippi as a birthday present before sexually assaulting her, and she later admits that she has "always depended on the kindness of strangers." For 10 points, name this play about Blanche DuBois.
A streetcar named desire, Tennessee Williams
A character in this novel hopes that exile to the Falkland Islands will improve his writing. A crowd in this novel chants "We-want-the whip" before a body is found rotating "like two unhurried compass needles." In this novel, Lenina Crowne and Bernard Marx travel to a Reservation known as Malpais. This novel opens with the Central London Hatchery demonstrating Bokanovsky's Process, which separates human embryos into five castes from alpha to epsilon. In this novel, Linda returns to the World State with her Shakespeare-quoting son John, who is often called"the Savage." The happiness-inducing drug soma is used in what dystopian novel?
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
In one play, this character bribes a guard with a gold coin to write a letter that begins "My darling, I wanted to die, and perhaps you won't love me anymore." This character advises that "you have to get up earlier, Nurse, if you want to see a world without color" and argues about the dog Puff. In a play titled for this character, a group notes that "Numberless are the world's wonders, but none / more wonderful than man." This character is seen pouring wine on the ground during a (*) dust storm in one play. A satire of Vichy France titled for this character was written by Jean Anoulih. Ismene tries to stop this character from doing a certain action that leads to an order that she be buried alive. Haemon kills himself after seeing that this character had committed suicide. For 10 points, what woman buries her brother Polynices against the orders of Creon in a play by Sophocles?
Antigone
One character in this novel insists that she did not strangle her mother while they were at the Clearing, but that she was strangled by the "circle of iron". The protagonist of this novel worked on Mr. Garner's Sweet Home plantation in Kentucky with Paul D, who compares his heart to a "tin (*) tobacco box". The title character disappears from 124 Bluestone Road when her mother attacks Mr. Bodwin with an ice pick after mistaking him for a sadistic schoolteacher and slave owner. For 10 points, name this novel in which Sethe is haunted by the ghost of the daughter she killed, a work by Toni Morrison.
Beloved
"This Old English epic poem unfolds in three parts, chronicling the heroic exploits of a Geatish warrior known for having the strength of 30 men in each of his hands. Set against the backdrop of the warrior mead hall named Heorot, governed by King Hrothgar, the narrative begins with the funeral of Scyld Scefing, launching into the protagonist's encounters with formidable foes. The hero's legendary battles include defeating a descendant of Cain, a monstrous being, and its vengeful mother, both posing grave threats to the hall of Hrothgar. This protagonist, who boasts of an object resembling "barbed steel" as a trophy on a wall, wields a remarkable sword, inscribed with tales of the great flood, which later melts in the blood of a dragon. Despite being mocked for losing a swimming contest to Breca, the hero defends his honor by recounting how he was dragged underwater, only to wash ashore in Finland. The saga concl
Beowulf, anonymous.
In this novel, one woman threatens to throw herself into the sea if anybody had a more miserable life than her. That daughter of the Princess of Palestrina tries to avoid boredom at the end of this novel by joining several people in running a farm. The servant (*) Cacambo journeys with the title character to Eldorado where he receives one hundred red sheep and jewels. Cunegonde has her freedom bought shortly after the title character encounters the optimist Dr. Pangloss while in Constantinople. Name this satirical novel by Voltaire.
Candide
In this novel, a mouse runs over a character who dreams of the coffin of a girl who drowned herself. Another character from this novel is given a cross made of cypress. The protagonist of this novel writes an article in which he claims "extraordinary" people like Napoleon are justified in committing crimes. In this novel, (*) Marmeladov dies in a carriage accident. The protagonist of this novel is blackmailed by Svidrigailov and confesses his crimes to the prostitute Sonya. For 10 points, name this Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel in which the former student Rodion Raskolnikov murders a pawnbroker. When asking himself what man is afraid of, the protagonist of this novel wonders whether he could be like Jack from Jack and the Beanstalk. One character in this novel reads a Biblical passage about Lazarus after she is asked about God. While asleep in a park, the protagonist of this novel dreams about peasants beating a (*) h
Crime and Punishment
One character in this novel lives with Mrs. Gummidge in an upside down boat. The title character runs to Dover escaping from his step-father and goes to live with his eccentric aunt, who calls him "Trot." That man's nephew, Ham, drowns trying to save sailors on a boat that also carried James (*) Steerforth, who ran off with Ham's fiance Emily. Traddles, one of the protagonist's school friends, helps him expose the main villain for bank fraud. The protagonist marries Agnes Wickfield after saving her father from ruin at the hands of Uriah Heep. For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical Charles Dickens coming of age novel.
David Copperfield
In this play, a character says that the possession of reason and intelligence has made mankind unhappy and that he can't imitate the songs of angels as he lacks the skills. This play's "Prelude in the Theatre" opens by having a director, a poet, and a clown argue about what makes a good play. The title character of this play has a child named (*) Euphorion with Helen of Troy and is taken to a witches' sabbath to attend a Walpurgis Night. The title character of this play walks with Wagner and is followed home by a black poodle that transforms into the devil, who promises to assist an attempt to woo Gretchen. For 10 points, name this play about the title character's deal with Mephistopheles. Also name the author.
Faust, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
This epic poem details the final weeks of the Trojan War, focusing on a quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon over a slave girl, which leads to Achilles withdrawing from the battle. The Trojans, led by Hector, gain the upper hand until Achilles' close friend Patroclus is killed while wearing Achilles' armor, mistaking him for Achilles. Enraged, Achilles returns to battle, kills Hector, and after a series of events, shows compassion by returning Hector's body to his father, King Priam. The poem explores themes of heroism, wrath, divine will, and the futility of war, offering a profound reflection on human nature and the desire for glory amidst the devastation of conflict. Name this work and its author that concludes not with the fall of Troy, but with the funeral rites of Hector.
Homer, The Illiad
"In this novel, a scientist who studied at inglestat creates a creature through unconventional means. The creature stalks a cottage and learns french before later killing the scientist's young brother William and framing the family maid, Justine, by placing the boy's locket in her pocket. The narrative, revealed through letters from Robert Walton, an explorer who meets the scientist in the North Pole as he hunts his creation. After Victor breaks a promise to create a companion for the creature, it retaliates by murdering Victor's fiancée, Elizabeth Lavenza, fulfilling its ominous vow to be with Victor on his wedding night. The novel concludes with the creature vowing to end its own life on a funeral pyre, declaring it will ""ascend [his] funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames"" before disappearing into the darkness. For 10 points, name this novel where a scientist's ambition leads t
Frankenstein
After having a fistfight when they were younger, a character in this novel affectionately nicknames the protagonist "Handel." In this novel, the protagonist is beaten by a cane called "The Tickler" by his sister, who draws the letter "T" to indicate Orlick beat her. The protagonist gives a meat pie to an escaped (*) convict in this novel, after which the convict becomes his benefactor. After getting jilted on her wedding day, clocks at the Satis House in this novel are stopped by Miss Havisham, the adopted mother of Estella. For 10 points, name this novel about Pip by Charles Dickens. Full summary: Opens with Pip visiting parents' graves. He is threatened by a convict. His sister is married to Joe and is abusive, but Joe is a nice blacksmith. Pip kindly gives food to the convict, which inspires the convict to give all his future earnings to Pip. Pip works for Ms. Havisham (who had been jilted on her wedding day) an
Great Expectations
This epic poem recounts the adventures of a man as he strives to return home after the Trojan War. His men are cursed for stealing Helios's cattle. In this work, half the protagonist's crew are turned into pigs by the sorceress Circe. The hero of this poem tricks Polyphemus, a (*) cyclops, and kills a band of 108 suitors with his son, Telemachus, to reunite with his wife, Penelope. Name this work and its author.
Homer, The OdysseyI
Though this novel was written about 150 years before astronomers discovered the moons of Mars, it mentions those bodies in a passage about people who must be constantly hit with bags of stones to keep focus. This novel describes an enlightened race that have no word for lying, the (*) Houyhnhnms (HWIN-imz). In this book, a debate about the proper way to crack an egg leads to a divide between the Big-Endians and Little-Endians. This novel's main character is viewed as a giant by the Lilliputians (lil-ip-OO-shunz). For 10 points, name this novel by Jonathan Swift.
Gulliver's Travels
In this book, Walter's face shows the signs of hookworm, and Randolph drinks Coca-Cola from a bottle in a brown bag. Despite the protagonists' care, the bedridden Mrs. Dubose dies from her addiction to morphine. A mysterious figure wraps a blanket around the narrator as Miss Maudie's house catches fireOne character in this novel receives a myriad of foods ranging from chicken to salted pork and bread rolls. While wearing a ham costume, the protagonist of this novel gets scared by Cecil Jacobs. One character is given the nickname "One-shot," and later (*) shoots a rabid dog. That character, the protagonist's father, attempts to defend a character (Tom Robinson) who is found guilty of raping Mayella Ewell despite being proven innocent. The mysterious Boo Radley is a constant source of curiosity for Jem and Scout, the children of Atticus Finch. Name this novel and its author.
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird
This novel's protagonist discovers a painting of a blinded woman guiding a lantern through a dark background. A character in this novel is nicknamed the Harlequin due to his patchwork suit, and is a Russian trader whose mind was "enlarged" by the leader of the Eldorado (*) expedition. A woman known only as the Intended mourns the death of a man in this novel who writes the note "Exterminate all the brutes!" for Marlowe. In this novel, a disagreement about two black hens results in the death of Fresleven the Dane. In this novel, staves carried by one group of people leads the narrator to call them "pilgrims." The narrator of this novel is assisted by a Russian named "Harlequin" at the Inner Station. This novel opens with a frame story set aboard the (*) Nellie. A pamphlet containing the line "Exterminate all the brutes" is given to the narrator by a character in this novel who yells, "The horro
Heart of Darkness
"A character in this novel asserts that to ""obey God, we must disobey ourselves."" A scene from this novel in which the narrator sees a Black congregation at church, which he calls the ""Parliament of Tophet,"" (TOE-fet) may have inspired a scene in Invisible Man of a preacher discussing the ""Blackness of Blackness."" A religious man in this novel argues that its narrator should only be paid the ""seven hundred and seventy-seventh lay."" This novel's narrator decides that the ""will of God"" is for him to ""turn idolator"" after a man in this novel who worships a small idol of Yojo tells him that ""henceforth we were married."" Characters in this novel believe that Fedallah is secretly the devil. Father Mapple gives a sermon on Jonah before Queequeg and this novel's narrator board the Pequod. For 10 points, name this novel titled for a whale, as well as its author."
Herman Melville, Moby Dick.
One character in this novel repeatedly describes how neither "déjà vu, jamais vu, or presque vu" are sufficient to describe his vision of a naked man in a tree. Describing the protagonist's admiration of Chaplain Tappman, this novel begins with the line "It was love at first sight". One character in this novel answers "Because they have a better shape than horse chestnuts," when asked why he stuffs crabapples into his cheeks. That character, Orr, later escapes to Sweden. One character in this novel buys the world's supply of Egyptian cotton, and profits off of buying eggs for seven cents and selling them for five. Milo Minderbender appears in this novel where an IBM machine with a sense of humor promotes a character to the rank of Major. One character in this novel makes a profit buying eggs at seven cents and selling them for five cents in Pianosa. In this novel, Doc Daneeka repeatedly raises the
Joseph Heller, Catch-22
At the beginning of this play, a cobbler jokes that he is a "mender of bad soles." A character in this play pauses in the middle of a speech because "[his] heart is in the coffin there." A character in this play declares that "cowards die many times before their death" and refuses a crown three times, each time with increasing reluctance. A speech in this play asks (*) "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears." The title character of this play is told to "beware the Ides of March." Name this Shakespeare play whose title character exclaims "Et tu, Brute?" after being stabbed by members of the Senate.
Julius Caesar
A poem in this collection, whose speaker describes "Cities wrenching, ease scorning, statutes mocking, feebleness chas- / ing," inspired the title of a David Hockney work with the title "We Two Boys Together Clinging." The speaker of a poem in this collection, which was originally titled "Sun-Down Poem," says "We fathom you not—we love you—there is perfection in you also." That poem in this collection ends, "you furnish your parts toward the soul." A poem in this collection, which includes a "Sea-Drift" section, opens "Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!" This collection includes a poem whose speaker says "I sound my barbaric yawp" and "I celebrate myself." For 10 points, "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry" and "Song of Myself" appears in what collection by Walt Whitman?
Leaves of Grass
A woman in this novel is fired from her factory job for having a child out of wedlock. The protagonist of this novel is given silver candlesticks by a bishop. Gavroche catches a police officer at a (*) barricade in this novel, who kills himself after being mercifully freed.In this novel, two parents purposefully tell their daughter to punch a window and cut her hand. In this novel, the Patron-Minette is captured by a police officer at the Gorbeau House. A coin is stolen from Petit Gervais close to the beginning of this novel, after which Bishop Myriel gives the protagonist two silver (*) candlesticks. Fantine sends money to the Thenardiers ("ten-ARE-dee-yayz") so they can take care of her daughter Cosette in this novel, but they make her perform manual labor instead. One character in this novel demonstrates her literacy by writing "the cops are here" on a sheet of paper. Several lengthy digressions in this no
Les Miserables
This group of people "knew not that art was long" and "asked for a little money to keep the wolf from the door." The "twenty broken troopers" that remain of this group tell their author that "it's all come true what you wrote, sir, regardin' the mouth of hell." Mr. Ramsey repeats a line from a poem about these people on the terrace in To The Lighthouse. The original poem titled for these people asks "Was there a (*) man dismayed?" while "all the world wondered." These people go "into the jaws of death" in a poem that says, "Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die." For 10 points, name this group of people that charge "half a league, half a league onward" in a poem by Lord Tennyson about a charge in the Crimean War.
Light Brigade
In this novel, "The Masked Marriage" and "The History of Squash" are articles in a portfolio for a club inspired by its founders' love of Charles Dickens. A character in this novel notices a smell like "burned feathers" before another character discovers that her hair has been burned off by curling tongs. Tina, Minnie, and Kitty play with a language teacher who lives in Miss Kirke's boarding house with an aspiring writer. A visit to the Hummel family causes a girl in this novel to say that her sewing needle is "heavy" as she dies of scarlet fever. After being barred from going to the theatre, a character in this novel burns the only manuscript of another character's novel in revenge. At the end of this novel, one character starts a boy's school with Professor Bhaer, whom she marries instead of her childhood friend Laurie. For 10 points, name this novel by Louisa May Alcott that follows the sis
Little Women
This novel's foreword includes the death of Mrs. Schiller and was written by John Ray Jr. The protagonist of this novel shoots the playwright of The Enchanted Hunters and pursues the title character due to the death of his childhood love Annabel Leigh. (*) Charlotte is run over by a car after realizing her husband's infatuation with her daughter, Dolores Haze. For 10 points, name this novel about Humbert Humbert's obsession with the title nymphet, by Vladimir Nabokov.
Lolita
At the end of this novel, a character appears as "a white-topped cap" with "a crown, an anchor, gold foliage." A character in this novel asserts that he should be chosen as the leader of one group because he's the head of the choir and can sing a C sharp. In this novel, a lagoon is first described as a "sleeping leviathan." At the end of this novel, a character weeps for the"end of innocence." A character with a mulberry-colored birthmark disappears in this novel while a fire is being set. After the body of a pilot is found in this novel, Sam and Eric take it as evidence that the "beast" is real. A system of government in this novel that is established after a character finds a conch is undermined by a group of boys led by Jack, who kill Piggy. For 10 points, name this novel about British schoolchildren who are stranded on a deserted island. Also name the author.
Lord of the flies, William Golding.
A ridiculous wedding cake in this novel is made of a cardboard temple, a dungeon, and a green field that features a cupid on a chocolate swing. In this novel's opening, a boy wears an absurd oval hat composed of bearskin, cotton, velvet, rabbit skin, cardboard, and a tassel. A man's amorous speech is juxtaposed with a farmer receiving a prize in manure in this novel in which a tax collector makes (*) napkin rings. This novel's characters include a man who adds fake tear stains to a letter delivered in a basket of apricots and a pretentious pharmacist who is awarded the Legion of Honor, despite urging a doctor to cure Hippolyte's clubfoot. For 10 points, name this novel titled for a woman who has affairs with Léon and Rodolphe before killing herself with arsenic, written by Gustave Flaubert.
Madame Bovary
The protagonist of this novel learns that "conversation did not exist" and endures "shrieking" about "personalities" and a "stunt" about a hen-catcher. An overhyped Chautauqua ("shuh-TOCK-wuh") disappoints this novel's protagonist, who walks for 32 minutes and despairs at "shelters for sparrows" at the title location, which the hyperbolic preface calls "the climax of civilization." This novel's protagonist, who tries to avoid the "Village Virus,"fails at "amateur dramatics" when her choice of Androcles and the Lion is rebuffed for The Girl from Kankakee by the Thanatopsis Club. In this novel, a former librarian befriends Guy Pollock and the handsome Swede Erik Valborg after she marries the doctor Will. For 10 points, Carol Kennicott fails to liberalize Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, in what novel by Sinclair Lewis?
Main Street
This novel asks whether "the general election or the end of the world was coming on" before describing two politically opposed newspapers, the Trumpet and the Pioneer. In this novel, a politician's nervous speech is derailed when his effigy is raised in the crowd and pelted with eggs. A group of laborers attack agents planning to build a railway through their parish in this novel, which is set in the leadup to the Great Reform Act. A young doctor in this novel attracts controversy with his push for science-based medicine but is disgraced by the death of John Raffles and goes into debt after marrying Rosamond Vincy. This novel's protagonist marries the reformist Will Ladislaw after the death of Edward Casaubon. For 10 points, name this novel about Dorothea Brooke by George Eliot.
Middlemarch [or Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life]
"This novel's author attributed it to the fictional author Cide Hamete Benengeli. Alonso Quixano, driven mad by reading chivalric romances, makes himself a ""knight"". Old family armor and makeshift helmet and old frail horse rocinante. Accompanied by his loyal squire, Sancho Panza, he sets out on misadventures, mistaking windmills for giants and ordinary people for mythical foes. Becomes a fake knight for an imaginary Ducelina. Name this title character and the author."
Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote.
Roger Chillingworth tends to his wife's lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, who dies after publicly acknowledging his illegitimate daughter, Pearl. The title of this novel refers to a punishment used to shame Hester Prynne ffor bearing the illigitimate child. Name the title of this book along with the author.
Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter
The author of this poem was inspired to write it after reading two articles by Benjamin Haydon. This poem says not to grieve because "she cannot fade" and later describes a "peaceful citadel." This poem, which mentions "forest branches" and "trodden weed," describes the "dales" of paradise. The subject of this poem leaves the readers with a "cloy'd" heart, and in it, a "burning forehead" is described alongside the "breathing human passion" and a "green altar." A "mysterious priest" and a (*) "Sylvan historian" appear in this poem, which mentions the "Cold Pastoral." This poem's subject tells a "flowery tale" and causes the speaker to ask "what pipes and timbrels?" are depicted on it. That title object will survive "When old age shall this generation waste" in, for 10 points, what poem by John Keats that declares "beauty is truth, truth beauty"?
Ode on a Grecian Urn
This excerpt from a larger musical work is preceded by an introduction in which the orchestra "tries out" themes from three previous movements. Brahms quipped "any ass could see" that the allegro theme in the finale of his First Symphony evoked this earlier excerpt. A variation on the main theme of this excerpt appears in the composer's earlier Choral Fantasy. The Council of Europe adopted this excerpt's melody for their "Anthem of Europe." This excerpt sets text about a "beautiful spark of divinity" and "daughter of Elysium" by Friedrich Schiller. For 10 points, name this choral excerpt that closes Beethoven's "Choral" Ninth Symphony, based on a poem praising a happy emotion.
Ode to Joy
The main characters of this novel have to flee after one of them grabbs onto a young woman's skirt and is accused of rape after not letting go. One character has his skills complimented after a game of horseshoe. In this novel, Carlson is convinced to have his dog put down and is later gifted a new (*) puppy, whom he shares with another character. After attempting to seduce one of this novel's protagonists, one character's wife has her neck broken. George is forced to shoot one of this novel's characters, who dreams of raising rabbits. For 10 points, name this John Steinbeck novel about Curley and Lennie's experiences working on a ranch in California.
Of Mice and Men
In this novel, Rose Maylie and Mr Brownlow collect information from Nancy shortly before she is murdered by Bill Sikes. This novel's title orphan is recruited to a gang of pickpockets led by (*) Fagin by a boy nicknamed the Artful Dodger. Late in this work, the protagonist breaks into his aunt's house, that of Ms. Maylie, and is shot by a butler. For 10 points, name this novel and its author in which a young boy accidentally enters a life of crime when he is kicked out of a workhouse for asking for more gruel.
Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens
One character in this novel, who spends time making golden fish, has seventeen sons that share his name. One character in this novel goes crazy trying to decipher the mysteries of the universe, and starts speaking only in Latin, forcing his family to tie him to a chestnut tree. Another character in this novel is a successful revolutionary leader with 17 identically named sons, all of which are killed. In this novel, Amaranta Ursula has a child with a (*) pig's tail that is doomed to be consumed by rats. A powerful wind destroys the town of Macondo in, for 10 points, what Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel depicting the fall of the Buendia family?
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A character in this play tells her daughter that she's "pretty enough for all normal purposes." In this play, a woman laments that she never got to take a trip to Paris with her husband, who instead prefers to visit Civil War battlefields every two years. Characters in this play put items like a copy of The New York Times, the Bible, and the US Constitution in a time capsule. In this play, three baseball players mock a character at a wedding held in a location where the milkman Howie Newsome works. Characters in this play frequently gossip about the alcoholic leader of the choir, Simon Stimson. In this play, Emily Webb revisits her 12th birthday with help from the Stage Manager. In a series of goodbyes at the end of this play, a character bemoans "clocks ticking ... and Mama's sunflowers."A description of a "whitehaired lady" who has "eaten over fifty thousand meals with you" begins a scene in thi
Our Town
"This title character notes that ""Only the gods can never age...all else...time obliterates."" This character is a mythical king of theebs. He blinds himself after learning that he killed his father and married his mother Jocasta. He learns of a prophecy that says he'll die in a sacred grove of the Furies. Name the author and title of this work."
Sophocles, Oedipus
The author of this play explains why a character would reject the marriage proposal of a "predestinate old bachelor" in a postscript essay titled "What Happened Afterwards". A character in this play is called a "squashed cabbage leaf" and a "draggletailed guttersnipe" by a man who invites her home and orders Mrs. Pearce to burn her clothes. In this play, a character hurls a pair of slippers at her teacher and complains that she's now only fit to sell herself after attending an ambassador's party where she passes as a duchess. That character decides to marry Freddy Eynsford-Hill after helping her teacher win a bet against Colonel Pickering. For 10 points, name this play by George Bernard Shaw in which Henry Higgins trains Eliza Doolittle out of her cockney accent.
Pygmalion
Upon finding a valley with grapes, this character builds a shady retreat. Before finding that valley, this character creates a cross and marks it with the date September 1st, 1659. Susan Barton meets this character while searching for her kidnapped daughter in a reworked novel by (*) J. M. Coetzee. This character travels with Xury before selling him to a Portuguese Captain. Upon finding footprints he thinks belong to the devil, this character finds out they actually belong to a cannibal that he names Friday and converts to Christianity. This character was based on the real life sailor Alexander Selkirk. Name this character shipwrecked on the "Island of Despair"
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe.
"Main character speaks to ""A fellow of Infinate Jest,"" witnesses the funeral of ophelia (she drowned in a river), main character tells ophelia to ""get thee to a nunnery,"" also stabs Laertes with his own poisoned sword during a duel. Stabs polonius (ophelia's dad) through a curtain, convinces gertrude to poison herself, drives ophelia insane while trying to kill his uncle Claudius for marrying his mother. Give the author and title of this play about a vengeful prince of Denmark who makes a soliloquey in which he wonders ""to be or not to be."""
Shakespeare, Hamlet
"Edgar, disguised as Tom O'Bedlam, leads Gloucester off an imaginary cliff in this play. This play opens with the flattering of the title character by his daughters Regan and Goneril. For 10 points, name this tragedy and its author about the title monarch, who exiles his daughter Cordelia for being ""thankless."""
Shakespeare, King Lear
"This play's title character is told that "none of woman born / shall harm" him by the Weird Sisters. A woman crazily mutters "out, damned spot" while consumed with guilt for convincing her husband to kill King (*) Duncan in this play. The Thane of Cawdor sees the ghost of Banquo and is convinced he does not need to fear Macduff in, for 10 points, King Duncan is murdered by the title Thane of Glamis (who had gotten prophecies that he'd become king from three witches, and had been convinced to kill the king by his wife) in what "Scottish play?"" Also give author."
Shakespeare, Macbeth
"Brabantio is told that his daughter is "making the beast with two backs." This tragedy unfolds as a title Moorish general in the Venetian army, falls prey to the schemes of his ensign, Iago. After he discovers a handkerchief, this man orders the execution of Cassio. Manipulated by Iago's cunning lies and jealousy, he becomes convinced of his wife Desdemona's infidelity. He then tragically smothers Desdemona. Name this title ""Moor of Venice"" and the author who wrote the play."
Shakespeare, Othello
In Verona, A street brawl leads to Tybalt's death. The Montagues and Capulets, two feuding families. Young lovers from these families have miscommunications, causing both of them to have untimely deaths. Name this play and its author.
Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
This play's comedic subplot revolves around a conspiracy to overthrow the protagonist led by the drunken Stephano and Trinculo. Just before they are about to be murdered in this play, the sleeping Alonso and Gonzalo are awoken by the invisible spirit Ariel. A boat shipwrecks on an island inhabited by Ariel and Caliban in this play. Name this play and its author that sees Prospero attempt to reclaim his position as Duke of Milan by conjuring the title storm.
Shakespeare, The Tempest
In this novel, a car thief fulfills a promise made over 30 years ago by killing the protagonist with a laser gun. On the night of Barbara's wedding, the protagonist of this novel drinks a half-empty bottle of champagne while waiting for an event he knows will happen. After surviving a plane crash in Vermont, the protagonist of this novel learns about a science fiction author. This novel ends with a (*) bird saying "Poo-tee-weet?" The protagonist of this novel is taken to a human zoo by Tral་fa་ma་dorians and survives the firebombing of Dresden. For 10 points, name this novel and its author about Billy Pilgrim, who becomes "unstuck from time," and in which deaths are followed by the statement "so it goes."
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
Two characters in this novel plunder and steal from a house with a dead man in it, although one of them is unaware of that fact. In this novel, the Phelps family mistakes the protagonist as their nephew. Two con men claiming to be the brothers of the deceased Peter Wilkes put on a play called the (*) Royal Nonesuch (Duike and Dauphin) in this novel. This novel's protagonist fakes his death in order to escape from his father Pap and was temporarily under the guardianship of the Widow Douglas. The title character travels down the Mississippi River with the slave Jim in what novel? Also name the author.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Two characters in this novel plunder and steal from a house with a dead man in it, although one of them is unaware of that fact. In this novel, the Phelps family mistakes the protagonist as their nephew. Two con men claiming to be the brothers of the deceased Peter Wilkes put on a play called the (*) Royal Nonesuch (Duike and Dauphin) in this novel. This novel's protagonist fakes his death in order to escape from his father Pap and was temporarily under the guardianship of the Widow Douglas. The title character travels down the Mississippi River with the slave Jim in what novel? Also name the author.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
The title character of this work breaks off a relationship with Amy Lawrence, and states that the first two disciples were David and Goliath, after receiving a prize Bible at Sunday school. With Joe Harper, the title character of this work spends a week living as a pirate, and then appears at his own funeral, after the town of St. Petersburg, including his Aunt Polly, believes he has drowned in the Mississippi. For 10 points, name this novel in which Injun Joe commits a murder witnessed by Huckleberry Finn and the title character. Also name the author.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
The protagonist of this novel is moved when Montague kisses the velvet ribbon on Ada's back during a performance of "The Shaughraun." One character in this novel has a stroke after the banker Julius Beaufort is ruined in a shady Wall Street scheme. At the end of this novel, the protagonist visits Europe with his son Dallas twenty-five years after the main action of the novel. The protagonist of this novel is dominated by his wife's grandmother, the powerful Mrs. (*) Mingott. At the beginning of this novel, the protagonist is set to marry May Welland, but he falls in love with a recently arrived Polish countess. Name this novel about Ellen Olenska and Newland Archer, written by Edith Wharton.
The Age of Innocence
In this novel, Matthewson makes a wager at the Eldorado Saloon that this novel's protagonist cannot move a one-thousand-pound load, and loses his money to Hans and Pete. This novel's protagonist kills a group of (*) Yeehat Native Americans to avenge the death of John Thornton, the first man to treat him well since he was trained by a man in a red sweater to be a sled dog. For 10 points, name this Jack London novel in which Buck answers the title summons by joining a wolf pack.
The Call of the Wild
In this novel, a character leaves a couple with a letter reading "wait and hope." The line "Your death is for my brother, your treasure for his widow" is uttered by Bertuccio as he stabs a man in this novel. The smuggler Jacopo ("YA-ko-po)") waits on an island in this novel. In this novel, Morrel receives a gift signed "Sinbad the Sailor." A character in this novel takes (*) Haydée as a lover. Abbé Faria helps the protagonist of this novel escape from the Château d'If after the latter had been imprisoned by Fernand, Danglars, and Villefort. Edmond Dantés is the title character of, for 10 points, what novel by Alexander Dumas?
The Count of Monte Cristo
In a section of this work, two young women travel to the Gaius Inn, where they meet the slayer of the giants Maul and Grim. In this work, three witnesses try to convince Judge Hate-Good to execute a young woman. At one point in this work, the protagonist and his companion (*) Hopeful are told by two angels to test their faith by crossing the River of Death. In this work, Faithful is killed while passing through Vanity Fair with Christian, who also escapes the Slough of Despond. For 10 points, name this religious allegory written by John Bunyan.
The Pilgrim's Progress
This poem's speaker imagines "Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor" and begs to "quaff this kind nepenthe" [neh-PEN-thee] to forget his dead lover. This poem's title figure refuses to go out into the (*) "Night's Plutonian shore," and instead perches on a "bust of Pallas just above" a "chamber door" to taunt this poem's speaker about his lost love, Lenore. For 10 points, name this poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which the title bird seems to repeat the word "nevermore."
The Raven
This narrative poem begins with a character stopping a wedding guest to recount his harrowing tale. On a ship stranded in ice, an albatross arrives, breaking the ice and freeing the ship. This character inexplicably shoots the albatross, angering the crew. The crew suffers calamities, goes mad, and punishes the mariner by hanging the dead albatross around his neck. Later, Death and Life-in-Death play a dice game, and Death wins, claiming the crew. Sea serpents appear, signifying a curse. The mariner is left alone, surrounded by the corpses of his crew. Angels possess the dead crew, and the ship is guided safely. The mariner is compelled to share his story as a penance for his actions. For 10 points, name this poem about a sailor by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
A character in this novel buys a set of weights hoping that they will be "heavy enough" but never stating their exact purpose. Another character in this novel remembers counting seconds in school but could never accurately guess when the bell would ring. That character moans when his clothes get caught on a nail and when a golfer calls for his caddie. This novel depicts a central character's caretaker, (*) Luster, picking up an unused condom after mistaking it for the lost quarter that he intended to use for a minstrel show in Jefferson. In this novel, a character is slapped for getting her drawers muddy, and Quentin drowns himself in the Charles River. For 10 points, name this William Faulkner novel about the Compson family.
The Sound and the Fury
"A nurse in this novel explains that if one character walks too slowly he will get sunstroke, but if he walks too quickly he will catch a chill. Another character in this novel follows the suggestion of Emmanuel to hop on a fire truck after enduring the "scorching heat." Thomas Perez attends a (*) funeral in this work during which the protagonist demonstrates no emotion. Along with Raymond Sintes, the protagonist (#) of this work goes to Masson's beach house. Matthew Ward translated the first sentence of this work using the original-language term ""Maman ("muh-MAWN") died today."" The protagonist of this novella, after being called Mr. Antichrist by a magistrate who waves a silver crucifix at him, claims that he doesn't believe in God. Characters in the novel often eat lunch at Celeste's cafe, and the protagonist hears Salamano weeping after his dog runs away. The protagonist, who spends time in jail, rea
The Stranger
One character in this novel picks up a French prostitute named Georgette, but later grows bored of her. That man and Bill take a five-day detour from a group to fish in the stream of Burguete in this novel. Another man was harassed for being Jewish while at (*) Princeton which led to him taking up boxing to combat his sense of inferiority. The central characters, including Mike Campbell and Robert Cohn, travel to Pamplona to attend fiestas and see the running of the bulls. For 10 points, name this work whose narrator, Jake Barnes, is madly in love with Lady Brett Ashley, a novel by Ernest Hemingway.
The Sun Also Rises
This collection includes a Hanna Diyab story added by Antoine Galland in which Badr al-Badur marries the son of Mustapha the tailor and accidentally sells one of his possessions to an evil sorcerer. A character in this collection tries to carry the enormous egg of a (*) Roc home to Baghdad, and appears in the nightly entertainments Scheherazade performs for her royal husband. For 10 points, name this collection of Middle-Eastern folk tales that often includes the stories of Sindbad and Aladdin.
The Thousand and One Nights
A woman redesigns her life around this novel's "core values" in a 2011 novel by Sara Levine. For a 2014 stage adaptation of this novel, director Polly Findlay installed a planetarium in London's National Theatre. An addled character in this novel longs for a "Christian diet" of cheese after he survives on salted goat for three years. This novel's protagonist hides in an apple barrel and exposes the treachery of a man who disguises himself as the cook"Barbecue." At the start of this novel, a haggard stranger who sings "drink and the devil had done for the rest"suffers a rum-induced stroke while keeping watch for a one-legged man at an inn, where he is struck dead by Blind Pew's black spot. For 10 points, Jim Hawkins sails with Long John Silver in what high-seas adventure by Robert Louis Stevenson?
Treasure Island
Woodcraft was once the title of a response to this novel which centers on the Revolutionary War captain Porgy. Two women hide in a garret in this novel's chapter "An Authentic Ghost Story." This novel prompted Caroline Lee Hentz's most widely-read novel, as well as William Gilmore Simms's The Sword and the Distaff. Right before he is beaten to death, the title character of this novel converts Quimbo and another assailant to Christianity. While on a steamship, that character saves (*) Evangeline St. Clare from drowning in this book. Although he mentors George Shelby, its title character is not really an eager-to-please race traitor, as shown by his interactions with Simon Legree. For 10 points, name this abolitionist novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
One character in this book describes working in the fictional land of "Boggley Wollah." That character in this book escapes a war by buying overpriced horses from the protagonist. Another character in this book dies of yellow fever on Coventry Island after his wife has an affair with Lord Steyne. At the beginning of this book, a character shouts, "Vive la France!" before throwing a (*) dictionary out of her carriage. In this book, George Osborne is killed while fighting in the Battle of Waterloo, leading William Dobbin to marry his widow, Amelia Sedley. For 10 points, name this "Novel without a Hero" about Becky Sharp, by William Thackeray.
Vanity Fair
A journey in this poem ends with its hero exiting through the ivory gate of false dreams. The hero of this poem begs "do not leave my sight" of a woman who spurned King Iarbas. A character murders his defeated enemy in rage after seeing the belt of Pallas in this poem that concludes with Turnus' soul fleeing "down to the shades below". Guided by the (*) Cumaean Sybil, the hero of this poem descends into the Underworld. The hero of this poem encounters the ghost of his father Anchises, whom he carried out of Troy, as well as the ghost of his Carthaginian lover Queen Dido (who commits suicide when he leaves her). Name this epic poem which chronicles the mythical founding of Rome, as well as its author.
Virgil, The Aeneid
In this work, "Testew and Cunard" are repeatedly mentioned in a monologue and later a character whose brother is a shepherd states that he is not beaten. At the beginning of this play, one character tells the story of the two thieves that were crucified alongside Jesus. This play contains the repeated phrase (*) "Nothing to be done" and begins with one of the protagonists trying to remove his boot. This play also includes Pozzo and his slave Lucky dances to entertain the protagonists. For 10 points, name this play about Vladimir and Estragon doing the title action, by Samuel Beckett.
Waiting For Godot
In this novel, Nikolai falls into debt to Dolokhov, who is killed in a duel over his supposed lover, Yelena. After the Battle of Austerlitz in this novel, Natasha (*) Rostova breaks off her engagement to Andrei Bolkonsky, and ultimately marries Pierre Bezhukov, thereby joining two of this novel's five central noble families. A character in this novel regrets marrying Helene Kuragin due to rumors of an affair with her brother Anatole. For 10 points, name this extremely long novel about the social effects of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Also name the author.
War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy
At the end of this novel, a character expresses her belief that "it is not right to speak of" the dead "with levity." A servant in this novel takes the narrator to a room where he breaks a window after seeing a ghost. After Isabella's death in this novel, her son is forced to live with his estranged father, who had raised Hareton to be illiterate. One woman in this novel marries (*) Edgar Linton despite her affection for her adopted brother. Nelly Dean tells Mr. Lockwood about the histories of Thrushcross Grange and the title estate in this novel. For 10 points, name this novel about Heathcliff's relationship with Catherine Earnshaw by Emily Brontë.
Wuthering Heights
