Welcome to the ultimate Classic Authors quiz featuring Brainscape’s flashcards (https://www.brainscape.com) from our ‘Get Smarter’ collection of general knowledge flashcards! Find those (and more literature flashcards) here:

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• https://www.brainscape.com/subjects/english/ (User-generated English literature flashcards)
• https://www.brainscape.com/subjects/english/classic-novels/ (User-generated classic novels flashcards)

In this video, we'll test your smarts with a selection of questions and answers that cover a wide range of the world’s most beloved, classic literature and authors. Some of the questions covered include:

0:18 - Celebrated for his wit, which Irish author wrote the novel ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and the play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’?

0:46 - Which English author and poet wrote ‘The Jungle Book’?

1:25 - Which American poet penned ‘The Mending Wall’, ‘Acquainted with the Night’, and ‘The Road not Taken’?

The questions and answers you see on the screen are actually screen recordings of Brainscape’s Classic Authors flashcards from our ‘Get Smarter’ collection (https://www.brainscape.com/learn/get-smarter), one of the most effective tools for improving your baseline knowledge in all the things you wished you’d learned in school! 

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So, whether you're a literature student, passionate reader, trivia buff, or just someone who loves to learn new things, this video, and the other 6 sets in this series, are totally for you! So sit back, relax, and get ready to put your knowledge to the test and get smarter (https://www.brainscape.com/academy/get-smarter/) with Brainscape's flashcards. 

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