Literary History Trivia Questions
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Which imprint did Simon & Schuster use to publish the first small paperbacks in 1939?
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pocket books
Which country is known for having one of its greatest literary works, the Prose Edda, written by medieval poet Snorri Sturluson?
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iceland
Which member of the Bloomsbury literary group drowned herself on March 28, 1941?
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virginia woolf
Which poet used the alias Silas Tomkyn Comberbache while serving as a soldier?
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samuel taylor coleridge
Which magazine, now published by the Ben Franklin Literary & Medical Society, was sold by Curtis in 1982?
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saturday evening post
Who is the author that declined the Pulitzer Prize in 1926 for his novel 'Arrowsmith'?
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sinclair lewis
Which detective novelist had five of their books re-issued by Lillian Hellman in 1965?
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dashiell hammett
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