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5-Letter Literature Chain

For each hint, enter a 5-letter word. The last letter of this word will be the first letter of the next word.
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Last updated: September 20, 2018
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First submittedSeptember 17, 2015
Times taken40,050
Average score65.4%
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Hint
Answer
Author of the Iliad
Homer
Author Dahl
Roald
Roman goddess of the hunt
Diana
Noble lion of Narnia
Aslan
Shakespeare: Twelfth ____
Night
Who the Lorax speaks for
Trees
A parody or satire
Spoof
Bilbo's nephew
Frodo
Rowling: The _____ of the Phoenix
Order
Book by Alex Haley about Kunta Kinte
Roots
She was plain and tall
Sarah
Cry _____ and let slip the dogs of war
Havoc
Heller: _____-22
Catch
17 syllable poem
Haiku
Hint
Answer
Dickens character _____ Heep
Uriah
Opposite of hypo-
Hyper
Wherefore art thou
Romeo
Leroux: The Phantom of the _____
Opera
She traveled to Wonderland
Alice
One of the Brontës
Emily
Poet William Butler
Yeats
Temptress whose song lures sailors
to their deaths
Siren
Opposite of zenith
Nadir
Two _____ diverged in a yellow wood
Roads
One who can endure pain, such as
Marcus Aurelius
Stoic
Type of shell from Lord of the Flies
Conch
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Level 75
Mar 11, 2016
I always thought siren was spelt psiren. Guess that comes from watching too much Red Dwarf as a kid...
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Level 73
Apr 30, 2016
And if you spelled it 'psiren' would you use your kidney as a full stop?
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Level 75
Jan 16, 2018
I have no idea what either of you mean
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Level 73
Jan 24, 2019
You are missing out.
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Level 82
Mar 31, 2016
What does hyper have to do with literature?
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Level 40
Mar 31, 2016
... Well, it's a word.
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Level 65
Mar 31, 2016
That made me laugh!
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Level 51
Feb 18, 2017
I wondered that, as well.
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Level 57
Mar 31, 2016
I usually don't like nitpicking, but stoicism was a school of philosophy and a conception of the world, it doesn't have anything to do with the ability of enduring pain.
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Level 60
Mar 31, 2016
Yes, I was puzzled by that one too. Please clarify that clue.
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Level 60
Apr 1, 2016
Let me google that for you... oh look!

sto·ic

ˈstōik/

noun

1.

a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

2.

a member of the ancient philosophical school of Stoicism.

adjective

1.

another term for stoical.

2.

of or belonging to the Stoics or their school of philosophy.

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Level 52
Dec 24, 2016
yes that definition is one meaning of the WORD stoic, but the quiz clue is not an accurate representation of the philosophy of stoicism.
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Level 78
Oct 9, 2020
I take it as a cryptic clue.
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Level 77
Jul 3, 2022
Yeah, this is a philosophy quiz so it should be representative of philosophy! Wait… this isn’t a philosophy quiz?
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Level 66
Jan 24, 2019
Making a few chain quizzes of my own (for TV Shows and a few for Pokémon) has taught me to appreciate this type of quiz a lot more. It's not as easy as it looks to link all the answers together by first and last letters.
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Level 76
Feb 4, 2022
How is nadir literature?
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Level 75
Jul 3, 2022
Just take the 5 points and ssshhhhh.