Literary Settings Trivia Questions
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In which city does Margaret Truman's 'Murder at the National Cathedral' begin on a hot August morning?
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washington, d.c.
In which city, famous for its bull-running event, does the fiesta in Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises' occur?
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pamplona
What novel features the Admiral Benbow Inn located near Black Hill Cove in the English countryside?
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treasure island
In which country was the 1930s civil war setting for Graham Greene's 'The Confidential Agent'?
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spain
Which Southern state is the setting for the Ellen Glasgow trilogy that starts with 'The Romantic Comedians'?
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virginia
In Oliver Goldsmith's novel, where is the Vicar from, in a story often compared to a fairy tale?
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wakefield
In which Puritan city is Hester Prynne's sinning set in Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Scarlet Letter'?
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boston
In which novel does the character Lo-Tsen appear as a 65-year-old who looks much younger because she resides in Shangri-La?
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lost horizon
Which country serves as the setting for the novels 'The Marble Faun,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' and 'A Bell for Adano'?
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italy
Which author set much of his novel 'Far From the Madding Crowd' in the village of Weatherbury?
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thomas hardy
Which capital city is the setting for Naguib Mahfouz's trilogy, often described as a 'monumental masterwork'?
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cairo
What city would you rush to leave if you were Timon?
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athens
What is the name of the American Samoa port that was the setting for Somerset Maugham's short story 'Rain'?
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pago pago
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