Literary Genres quiz
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Why is Dante's Divine Comedy called a comedy?
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Which comic poem form rhymes AABBA?
Answer: Limerick
Why: A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear, first published in 1846, made the limerick popular.
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Which genre is named after the cheap paper it was printed on?
Answer: Pulp fiction
Why: Magazines printed on better, glossy paper got the opposite nickname: slicks.
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Which 1764 book is regarded as the first Gothic novel?
Answer: The Castle of Otranto
Why: Its first edition posed as a translation of an old Italian book printed in Naples in 1529.
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What must a traditional ballad do?
Answer: Tell a story
Why: A folk ballad usually starts right at the turning point of its story and leaves listeners to guess the backstory.
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Who gave the essay its name in 1580?
Answer: Michel de Montaigne
Why: His French title, Essais, simply means attempts or trials.
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How did Orwell subtitle Animal Farm?
Answer: A Fairy Story
Why: American publishers dropped the subtitle when the book came out in the United States in 1946.
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