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?
NYU
Columbia
Harvard
Yale
 
2 of 18
How does Romeo kill himself?
With a knife
With poison
With a sword
With a dagger
 
3 of 18
Who is Hamlet?
The King of Denmark
A soldier and guardsman at Elsinore
The Prince of Denmark
The young Prince of Norway
 
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What is the 'catcher in the rye'?
Holden’s stage name
Holden’s favorite novel
Holden’s dream for himself
Holden’s thesis
 
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Who kills Piggy in 'Lord of the Flies'?
Roger
A shark
Ralph
 
6 of 18
In what century is the story of Hester Prynne set?
12th
17th
19th
5th
 
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?
Ducks
Horses
Dogs
Squirrels
 
10 of 18
In 'To Kill a Mockingbird', what is Scout’s real name?
Louise May Finch
Jean Louise Finch
Louise Scott Finch
 
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Where does Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy take place?
At Daisy’s house
At Nick’s house
On Park Avenue
In Minnesota
 
12 of 18
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?
Lady Macbeth
Fleance
Macduff
 
14 of 18
In the 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', where does Huck intend to go at the novel’s end?
The East
The South
The North
The West
 
15 of 18
Where does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?
Rome
Milan
Mantua
Venice
Florence
 
16 of 18
In 'The Scarlet Letter', Where do Hester and Pearl live?
Dallas
New York
San Francisco
Boston
 
17 of 18
In 'The Great Gatsby': Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Tom
Nick
Gatsby
Daisy
 
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Where does Boo leave presents for Scout and Jem in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'?
In the basement
In a big birthday box
In his mailbox
In a hole in an oak tree
 
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