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: LITERATURE (e.g., Who asked, Et tu, Brute? Answer: Julius Caesar.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. On what street did Sherlock Holmes live? Answer________ 2. How is T.S. Eliot’s work titled The Waste Land categorized? Answer________ 3. What is the Scarlet Letter and for what does it stand?

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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. Who adopted the pseudonym “Poor Richard”? Answer________ 5. Who authored Das Kapital? Answer________ 6. Which play is subtitled The Moor of Venice?

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PH.D. LEVEL

7. What is the title of the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens? Answer________ 8. Who first wrote about the fictional island of Atlantis? Answer________ 9. Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for which famous novel?

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SCORING:

18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you?