NAQT LITERATURE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

NAQT LITERATURE UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. Hamlet
Answer:
A drama written by William Shakespeare, this play revolves around a royal family in Denmark, where the
lead character's father, who shares his name, is killed by his uncle. The drama is based on the lead
character's quest for revenge.

Question:
2. Oedipus Rex
Answer:
A drama written by Sophocles, this play revolves around an Ancient Greek hero who has gained the
kingship of Thebes, and his growing horror as he realizes that a prophecy given to his father has come true.

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3. Macbeth
Answer:
A drama written by Shakespeare is about a Scottish general who receives a prophecy that he will become
king of Scotland. Spurred by his wife and his own ambitions, he murders the king and starts a disastrous
rule.

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4. Moby-Dick
Answer:
A novel written by Herman Melville, this book revolves around a man, Ishmael, who joins a voyage led by
Captain Ahab on a mission to hunt a whale that stole his leg.

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5. Illiad
Answer:
A poem written by Homer that describes the Greek siege of Troy.

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6. Don Quixote
Answer:
A novel written by Miguel Cervantes Saavedra, describes the adventures of a bibliophile who decides to be
a hero. After some disasters he takes on his name and gets a sidekick, Sancho Panza, to go on his
adventures.

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7. The Great Gatsby

,Answer:
A novel written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald, this novel centers around a man named Nick Carraway, who
leaves his midwestern home to go to the east. After arriving he is introduced to Eastern culture, and after
witnessing the story of a man, quickly becomes disgusted in Eastern culture.

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8. Othello
Answer:
A Shakespeare drama about a general in the Venetian army. His friend, who was jealous of him, framed
his wife of cheating. After he killed her, he realized the treachery, and died in despair.

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9. Paradise Lost
Answer:
An epic poem written by John Milton, describes the biblical story of the fall of man, told from the
perspectives of Adam and Eve, and Satan.

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10. The Canterbury Tales
Answer:
A collection of stories, in prose and verse, written by Geoffrey Chaucer set in olden times.

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11. King Lear
Answer:
A Shakespeare play about the slow descent into madness, as the title character slowly gives away chunks
of his kingdom to 2 of this daughters cause they flatter him and slowly loses it all.

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12. Pride and Prejudice
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A noel by Jane Austen, depicts a family of 5 sisters and their parents as they fall in love with aristocrats for
various reasons.

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13. 1984
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A dystopian novel by George Orwell, features 3 countries who have taken up all of the land on Earth,
focusing on one where the ruler is a never seen dictator known as Big Brother.

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14. The Tempest
Answer:
A Shakespeare play around a remote island which the rightful Duke of Milan plots to instate his daughter
on his stolen throne through a complicated plot in which he uses his sorcery skills.

, Question:
15. Romeo and Juliet
Answer:
A famous Shakespeare romance in which the villain is insulted as the "King of Cats" as two star crossed
lovers try to convince their rival families to allow them to marry.

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16. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Answer:
A Mark Twain novel following the antics of the titular character living in the South, including trying to
woo a girl and foiling a grave robber who framed a friend of his.

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17. The Scarlet Letter
Answer:
A Nathaniel Hawthorne novel in which the main character is marked with the letter A, because of her
adultery, and how she fights this and attempts to move on.

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18. Jane Eyre
Answer:
A Charlotte Bronte novel in which a woman goes through various hardships in her life, facing abusive
guardians, and oppressive environment, and hard times, until she is finally happy when she gets with the
man she loves.

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19. Odyssey
Answer:
An epic Greek play written by Homer, follows a desperate Greek kings voyage to reunite with his family
after fighting for ten years in the Trojan War, as his wife is being hounded by scores of suitors who think
she's a widow.

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20. Aeneid
Answer:
Another epic greek poem written by Virgil, which describes the surviving Trojans fleeing from the ashes
of their city and looking for a new place to settle, one that will eventually become Rome.

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21. The Red Badge of Courage
Answer:
A civil war book following a private in the Union Army as he faces cowardness in his first real battle and
attempts to get a wound, or a "Red Badge of Courage" to prove himself.

Question:
22. A Streetcar Named Desire