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Literature by Letter - C

Can you identify these answers related to literature that start with the letter C?
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Fairy tale heroine who wore a glass slipper
Cinderella
Brontë sister or web-creator
Charlotte
Dickens story featuring Ebenezer Scrooge
Christmas Carol, A
City towards which Chaucer's pilgrims were headed
Canterbury
Juliet's family name
Capulet
His sayings were collected by his disciples into the "Analects"
Confucius
Joseph Heller novel whose title became slang for an unwinnable situation
Catch-22
Stephen King character who had the world's worst prom
Carrie
Author who created Inspector Poirot
Agatha Christie
Author of "Ender's Game"
Orson Scott Card
Octopus-headed monster created by H.P. Lovecraft
Cthulhu
Dostoyevsky's most famous novel, about a murderer and his guilty conscience
Crime and Punishment
Gabriel García Márquez's home country
Colombia
In a Mark Twain story, a Yankee from this place is transported to King Arthur's court
Connecticut
A pair of lines in poetry, often rhyming
Couplet
Author of children's novels such as "Ramona the Pest"
Beverly Cleary
King Arthur's castle
Camelot
Working-class accent of Elizabeth Doolittle in "Pygmalion"
Cockney
One eyed giant of Greek mythology. Odysseus encountered one named Polyphemus.
Cyclops
Voltaire's most famous work, subtitled "The Optimist"
Candide
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14 Comments
AlejandroAP
+2
Level 87
Dec 16, 2016
Wonderful quiz!
sumguy
+1
Level 87
Dec 18, 2016
I realize that your description room is short, but I wouldn't call a Catch-22 an "unwinnable situation". That sounds like a "no-win" scenario, which is a Kobayashi Maru; it's unwinnable because the rules don't permit victory. A Catch-22 is unwinnable due to contradictory rules; it's a paradox. I'm not sure how I would rewrite the hint, but I would try to work in "contradictory rules", "paradox", or both.
Kestrana
+3
Level 59
Dec 18, 2016
1. Kobayashi Maru is from Star Trek so I wouldn't consider it literary.

2. Kobayashi Maru does not start with C.

So I don't think we need to worrying much about confusion here.

onegonecat
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Level 72
Feb 9, 2017
Candide wasn't subtitled "the Optimist". It was subtitled "OR, the Optimist"
Malbaby
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Level 71
Mar 4, 2017
If you want to be picky try "Candide, ou l'Optimisme" to be correct.
NCsupercade
+1
Level 54
Mar 4, 2017
I believe that Camelot was the name of King Arthur's kingdom, not the castle.
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 94
Mar 4, 2017
Wikipedia says it's both a castle and a court.
DonTheLamplighter
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Level 87
Jun 13, 2017
Lancelot: "Look, my liege!"

(sound of trumpets blaring)

King Arthur: "Camelot."

Galahad: "Camelot!"

Lancelot: "Camelot."

Patsy: "It's only a model."

King Aurthur: "Shh!"

vincc
+1
Level 57
Mar 4, 2017
100 percent
ander217
+3
Level 73
Mar 4, 2017
I'm really enjoying these literature by letter quizzes. Thanks!
AmyD85
+1
Level 74
Aug 11, 2017
Since Kestrana mentioned books that are hated: 30+ years later, thanks to my senior Brit lit teacher for forcing me to read "Crime and Punishment" over Christmas break. And this'll be the only time I'll ever be thankful for it. Just ugh.
ToonH
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Level 61
Mar 8, 2020
Could not think of what Juliet the question referred to. Until I saw the answer of course... :doh:
AnnikaKim
+1
Level 66
Jun 21, 2021
These Literature by Letter quizzes are great! Loved how you put the Carrie question. Wish I'd come up with that. Well, I have a good Shining question coming up.
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Jul 15, 2024
15/20, fun quiz
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