Super quiz
Take this Super Quiz to a PH.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the freshman level, 2 points on the graduate level and 3 points on the PH.D. level.
Subject: 20TH CENTURY DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE Dystopia is an imaginary dehumanized place. Use the clues to name the novel. (e.g., 1949: George Orwell: Set in the totalitarian state Oceania. Answer: "Nineteen Eighty-four.")
FRESHMAN LEVEL
1. 1953: Ray Bradbury: Firemen burn any books that are located. Answer________
2. 1945: George Orwell: Farm animals rebel against their human farmer.
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3. 1932: Aldous Huxley: A future with scientific advances but no personal freedom.
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4. 1954: William Golding: British boys are stranded on an uninhabited island.
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5. 1985: Margaret Atwood: Set in the patriarchal, totalitarian Republic of Gilead.
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GRADUATE LEVEL
6. 1938: Ayn Rand: Individuality is eliminated. A man named Equality 7-2521 rebels.
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7. 1962: Anthony Burgess: The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits.
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8. 1968: Philip K. Dick: The plot follows Rick Deckard in post-apocalyptic San Francisco.
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9. 1978: Stephen King: A lethal strain of influenza is developed as a biological weapon.
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10. 1925: Franz Kafka: A man is arrested and prosecuted for a crime not revealed to him.
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PH.D. LEVEL
11. 1963: Pierre Boulle: Humans and intelligent apes clash for control. Answer________
12. 1901: H.G. Wells: The two protagonists undertake a journey to the moon.
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13. 1942: John Steinbeck: A small coastal town is overrun by an invading army.
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14. 1955: John Wyndham: Post-apocalypse Labrador people believe God sent "Tribulation."
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15. 1953: Evelyn Waugh: Miles Plastic goes to work at a state-run euthanasia center.
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1. "Fahrenheit 451." 2. "Animal Farm." 3. "Brave New World." 4. "Lord of the Flies." 5. "The Handmaid's Tale." 6. "Anthem." 7. "A Clockwork Orange." 8. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" 9. "The Stand."
10. "The Trial." 11. "Planet of the Apes." 12. "The First Men in the Moon."
13. "The Moon Is Down." 14. "The Chrysalids." 15. "Love Among the Ruins."