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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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