Historical Literature Trivia Questions
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Which archer is the protagonist in an 1804 tale by Friedrich Von Schiller, who is also known for writing 'Ode To Joy'?
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william tell
Which queen, according to Shakespeare, impressively arrived on a barge to captivate Mark Antony?
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cleopatra
Which book, published in Geneva in 1560, was the first English version to divide chapters into verses?
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bible
Which French emperor's 'Maxims of War' was found in Stonewall Jackson's haversack when he was fatally wounded in the 1800s?
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napoleon
What book did Martin Luther translate that helped spread the new High German literary language?
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bible
Which author, known for writing 'Gulliver's Travels,' wrote the epitaph for Dickie Pierce, the fool of the Earl of Suffolk?
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jonathan swift
Which queen is referred to in Kipling's writing with the line, 'Walk wide o' the widow at Windsor, for 'alf o' creation she owns'?
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queen victoria
In what classical language did Kalidasa, a 5th century Indian playwright, write his masterpiece 'Shakuntala'?
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sanskrit
Who criticized 'The Summer Soldier And The Sunshine Patriot' in his pamphlet 'The Crisis, No. 1' in 1776?
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thomas paine
Which book by Machiavelli had Cesare Borgia as its model?
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prince
How many lamps burn in the belfry of the Old North Church in the poem 'Paul Revere's Ride'?
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2
Which bawdy book about 'A Woman of Pleasure' did John Cleland write in 1748 to escape debtor's prison?
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fanny hill
Which European country's 1789 revolution is defended in Thomas Paine's 'The Rights of Man'?
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france
What type of work did Marcus Gavius Apicius write in the first century, making the word 'Apician' associated with gourmet?
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cookbook
What material is referenced in an 1855 book subtitled 'The Economical Relations of Slavery' titled '____ Is King'?
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cotton
Who wrote, 'A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men' in 'The American Crisis'?
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thomas paine
Which Scottish poet had an affair with a servant named Elizabeth and fathered a child in 1785?
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robert burns
What instrument did Chaucer write a treatise on in the 14th century, which was used to compute the position of a star?
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astrolabe
In his 1798 work 'Essay on the Principle of' what, did Thomas Malthus link with food supply?
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population
What kind of structure did Dante describe Satan waving his arms like, referencing a 'molin che il vento gira'?
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windmill
Which author, known for writing 'The Pilgrim's Progress,' was arrested in 1660 for preaching without a license?
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john bunyan
In which revolution, detailed in Simon Schama's book 'Citizens' published in its bicentennial year, does the narrative take place?
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french revolution
What Greek mathematician was the subject of an 1879 book written by Lewis Carroll under his real name, where he compared the mathematician to modern rivals?
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euclid
Which 1513 work discusses the rises to power of Cesare Borgia and Francesco Sforza?
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prince
In 'The Communist Manifesto', what term, originally meaning 'the inhabitants of cities', is used to refer to the middle class?
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bourgeoisie
Which British author wrote 'Take Up the White Man's Burden' during the era of colonialism?
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rudyard kipling
Which Italian guerrilla leader, known for his 1860 Sicilian expedition, wrote the novel 'The Thousand'?
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giuseppe garibaldi
What 'speaks sense in a language all nations understand,' according to Aphra Behn in the 17th century?
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money
Who was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her book 'The Age of Innocence' in 1921?
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edith wharton
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