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A
Thomas Hardy
B
Robert Frost
C
P. B. Shelley
D
Edmund Spenser

Explanation

Shelley's poem about the statue of Ramesses II.

A
David Copperfield
B
Adam Bede
C
A Passage to India
D
The Return of the Native

Explanation

Clym Yeobright is a central character in Thomas Hardy's 'The Return of the Native'.

A
Macbeth
B
Othello
C
Hamlet
D
King Lear

Explanation

Desdemona is the wife of Othello in Shakespeare's play.

A
Macbeth
B
Hamlet
C
Othelo
D
Julius Caesar

Explanation

Spoken by Caesar in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'.

A
Charles Dickens
B
Thomas Hardy
C
Virginia Woolf
D
W.B. Yeats

Explanation

W.B. Yeats was primarily a poet and playwright, unlike the others who were famous novelists.

A
15th century
B
14th century
C
16th century
D
17th Century

Explanation

Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa in the early 16th century (begun c. 1503).

A
Aristotle
B
Socrates
C
Plato
D
Pythagoras

Explanation

'Politics' is a work of political philosophy by the Greek philosopher Aristotle.