6) The least read (most ignored) “important” poet in English is
(a) Dryden
(b) Spenser
(c) Pope John Paul II
(d) John Lennon in his “Rubber Soul” period
(e) Sara Teasdale
(7) Who said it: “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
(a) Queen Victoria
(b) Gertrude Stein
(c) Harold Acton
(d) Herald Square
(e) Aaron Burr
(8) Describe Emily Dickinson’s reaction when informed that her initials now stand for “erectile dysfunction.”
(9) In Genesis, after Cain kills Abel, what does he say to God:
(a) “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
(b) “Luca Brazzi swims with the fishes.”
(c) “Lead us not into Penn Station.”
(d) “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
(e) “You talking to me?”
(10) “In the beginning was the Word.” This is the opening sentence of
(a) Moby Dick
(b) Hansel and Gretel
(c) The Autobiography of Malcolm X
(d) Existentialism for Dummies
(e) either The Oresteia or one of the four Gospels
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