Phillips Academy 10th Grade Literature Exam

Phillips Academy is known as one of the uppermost high schools in the United States. Before you in a sample of their 10th grade literary examination. Can you pass it? Let's put you to the Philips Academy test!
 
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In 'The Great Gatsby,' where were Nick and Tom educated?
Harvard
Yale
NYU
Columbia
 
2 of 18
How does Romeo kill himself?
With a dagger
With a sword
With poison
With a knife
 
3 of 18
Who is Hamlet?
A soldier and guardsman at Elsinore
The King of Denmark
The young Prince of Norway
The Prince of Denmark
 
4 of 18
What is the 'catcher in the rye'?
Holden’s dream for himself
Holden’s thesis
Holden’s stage name
Holden’s favorite novel
 
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Who kills Piggy in 'Lord of the Flies'?
A shark
Roger
Ralph
 
6 of 18
In what century is the story of Hester Prynne set?
5th
17th
19th
12th
 
7 of 18
On what writer did Harper Lee base Dill in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
Truman Capote
William Shakespeare
Ernest Hemingway
J. K. Rowling
 
8 of 18
In 'Animal Farm', Snowball teaches the animals to read and write.
True
False
 
9 of 18
Holden Caulfield contemplates the fate of which animals in Central Park?
Squirrels
Horses
Ducks
Dogs
 
10 of 18
In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', what is Scout’s real name?
Jean Louise Finch
Louise Scott Finch
Louise May Finch
 
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Where does Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy take place?
At Nick’s house
On Park Avenue
In Minnesota
At Daisy’s house
 
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In the book "Animal Farm", Who is Old Major?
A donkey
An aged prize Middle White boar
A poetic pig who writes the second and third national anthems of Animal Farm
The former owner of the farm
 
13 of 18
Who kills Macbeth?
Macduff
Fleance
Lady Macbeth
 
14 of 18
In the 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', where does Huck intend to go at the novel’s end?
The West
The East
The North
The South
 
15 of 18
Where does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?
Mantua
Venice
Milan
Rome
Florence
 
16 of 18
In 'The Scarlet Letter', Where do Hester and Pearl live?
Boston
San Francisco
New York
Dallas
 
17 of 18
In 'The Great Gatsby': Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Tom
Nick
Daisy
Gatsby
 
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Where does Boo leave presents for Scout and Jem in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
In his mailbox
In a hole in an oak tree
In a big birthday box
In the basement
 
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