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1. Elizabeth Bennet is the heroine of which Jane Austen novel?
   Pride and Prejudice
2. How much does Michael Henchard sell his wife and daughter for in Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge?
   Five Guineas
3. In which British river did novelist Virginia Wolf drown?
   On 28 March 1941 Virginia Woolf drowned herself by weighing her pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse near her home. Her body was not found until April 18. Her husband buried her remains under a tree in the garden of their house in Rodmell, Sussex.
4. The character Shylock appears in which Shakespeare play?
   The Merchant Of Venice
5. What is the best-selling book in the USA after the Holy Bible?
   Dr Spock's Baby and Child Care
6. Where was poet Rupert Brooke born?
   Poet Rupert Brooke was born at number 5 Hillmorton Road in Rugby, Warwickshire.
7. Which playwright wrote 'The Crucible'?
   Arthur Miller
8. Who became the first 'Children's Laureate' in 1999?
   Quentin Blake
9. Who served the longest time in office as Poet Laureate?
   Tennyson (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in office from 1850-92)
10. Who wrote the novel Bonfire of the Vanities?
    Tom Wolfe
11. Who wrote the novel Dracula?
    Bram Stoker
12. Who wrote The Railway Children?
    Edith Nesbit
13. Who wrote Wind In The Willows?
    Kenneth Grahame