| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Twain | 1876 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 100%
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| Leo Tolstoy | 1886 (Смерть Ивана Ильича) | The Death of Ivan Ilyich | 92%
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| James Fenimore Cooper | 1826 | The Last of the Mohicans | 83%
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| Sophocles | c. 442 BCE | Ajax | 82%
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| Paulo Coelho | 1988 (O Alquimista) | The Alchemist | 82%
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| John Keats | 1819 | Ode on a Grecian Urn | 80%
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| John Fowles | 1969 | The French Lieutenant’s Woman | 66%
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| Henry James | 1898 | The Turn of the Screw | 65%
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| Thomas Malory | 1485 | Le Morte d’Arthur | 59%
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| Cao Xueqin | c. 1763 (紅樓夢) | Dream of the Red Chamber | 58%
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| Philip Roth | 2000 | The Human Stain | 56%
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| Thomas Keneally | 1982 (Schindler’s Ark) | Schindler’s List | 55%
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| Saul Bellow | 1975 | Humboldt’s Gift | 52%
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| Alan Moore | 1986-1987 | Watchmen | 44%
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| Witold Gombrowicz | 1937 | Ferdydurke | 35%
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| Pat Barker | 1991 | Regeneration | 35%
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| Wu Cheng’en | c. 1592 (西遊記) | Journey to the West | 34%
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| Jesmyn Ward | 2017 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | 30%
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| Samuel Beckett | 1953 | The Unnamable | 30%
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| Elizabeth Bishop | 1965 | Filling Station | 17%
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