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If you can answer these questions, then you were truly a stellar lit student.

"Lord of the Flies" is on the left with a teacher writing on a board on the right

If You Pass This Quiz, Then You Were Probably Your English Teacher's Favorite Student

Were You An Amazing English Student? Prove It 

_Macbeth_

Which Shakespeare play includes the characters Banquo, Fleance, and Duncan?

Just don't watch the movie since it's highly censored and not authentic to the message of the original text!

_Cat on a Hot Tin Roof_

Which Tennessee Williams play was about repressed homosexuality and masculine expectations?

And there's an entire play written about her! C'mon! READ IT!

Antigone

What's the name of Oedipus's defiant daughter?

Have you read this book!? YES??? Have you read it again because it gets better every time.

A ghost

In Toni Morrison's novel _Beloved_, who was Beloved?

The villagers might just start pelting you with rocks, yo.

Shirley Jackson

You've heard it influenced so many other artists. Have you read these other poets?

Gil Scott-Heron

Which poet wrote "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"?

Derived from the Latin root of cap for head! It's changing often!

Capricious

What's the correct word for someone who changes often and is unpredictable?

I mean, there's a movie too, but of course the book is better! READ IT!

_The Color Purple_

What novel finds Celie and Shug in a lesbian romance?

Do you want to get depressed from the potential brutality of human nature? Oh yeah, probably. So you probably already read this book.

_The Road_

Which dark post-apocalyptic book was written by Cormac McCarthy?

You know, just the typical story of workers getting mashed up into meat grinders.

_The Jungle_

What's the name of the classic muckraking novel that changed working conditions?

Well, what's learning anyways? I mean, is education defined by school and assignments? Because you say NO, and you do your own thing. Yeah, you do you.

A student is writing on paper during a test

Ehhh, sooo...

Nice try buddy, but you probably liked science or math and wanted numbers instead of complicated characters with internal conflicts. It's ok. Not everyone wants to spend time examining complicated motifs.

Mrs. Norbury is eating a donut at a table while chatting

Maybe English wasn't your favorite class

Nice job! You were really good at reading your assignments and getting frustrated with some antagonists who were somehow never brought to justice. You liked to read on your own and can probably recommend tons of books.

A professor is sitting at a desk, holding a book

You loved to nerd out about literature

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