CCA1 (FC) : 143 (Items 1 to 21)

This revolutionary writer and pamphleteer, known for his fiery prose, famously declared, "These are the times that try men's souls" in his influential work "The American Crisis."

• Thomas Paine

• Herman Hesse

• James Madison

• D.H. Lawrence

“Of man’s first disobedience , and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree” is the opening to:

• The Fairie Quenne by Edmund Spenser

• The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

• Paradise Lost by John Milton

• The Vision of Delight by Ben Jonson

Which literary work begins with the line “Lo I the man, whose Muse whilome did maske, As time her taught, in lowly Shepheards weeds”?

• Paradise Lost

• The Pilgrim’s Progress

• The Vision of Delight

• The Fairie Queene

Which collection of Jewish oral laws and interpretations was compiled in the 2nd century CE and serves as a primary source of Jewish religious law?

• The Quran

• The Mishnah

• The New Testament

• The Hebrew Bible

This epic poem recounts the perilous journey of Odysseus, the Greek hero-king of Ithaca, as he strives to return home after the Trojan War.

• Metamorphoses

• The Iliad

• The Aeneid

• The Odyssey

Which canon of religious literature, considered sacred by Christians, was primarily finalized at the end of the 4th century AD, following decisions made by the Council of Nicaea?

• The Hebrew Bible

• The Mishnah

• The New Testament

• The Quran

Which holy book is considered the central religious text of Islam and is believed to be the word of God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad?

CLUE: Focuses on the central religious text of Islam, contrasting it with the other Christian and Jewish texts.

• The Quran

• The Mishnah

• The New Testament

• The Hebrew Bible

Which allegorical novel by John Bunyan tells the story of a Christian's spiritual journey towards salvation?

• Paradise Lost

• The Vision of Delight

• The Pilgrim's Progress

• The Faerie Queene

Which economist is best known for his theory that population increases geometrically while the means of subsistence increases arithmetically, leading to potential societal problems?

• John Maynard Keynes

• Adam Smith

• Karl Max

• Thomas Malthus

Who wrote the gothic novel "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde", exploring the duality of human nature?

• Mary Shelley

• Robert Louis Stevenson

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Bram Stoker