Statistics for Famous Texts

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who wrote '1984'?	George Orwell	100%
What nationality was William Shakespeare?	English	92%
Who wrote 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'?	Mark Twain	92%
Who wrote the novel 'Of Mice and Men'?	John Steinbeck	85%
'The Odyssey' is widely considered to be one of Homer's two most famous works. What is the other?	The Iliad	85%
What book about racism published in 1960 has a bird in its title?	To Kill a Mockingbird	85%
True or False: 'Jurassic Park' was based on a novel of the same name	True	85%
Who wrote 'Moby-Dick'?	Herman Melville	69%
Karl Marx, the creator of communism, wrote what text in 1848 along with Friedrich Engels?	The Communist Manifesto	62%
Who is the main antagonist in the Shakespeare play 'Othello'?	Iago	46%
Which poet wrote 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and 'And Still I Rise'?	Maya Angelou	46%
What famous American novel was turned into a film in 2013?	The Great Gatsby	31%
What text is widely considered to be the first modern novel?	Don Quixote	23%
When was 'Romeo and Juliet' written?	1597	8%
How many people have won 4 Pulitzer Prizes?	Three	8%