Question 1
Who wrote the allegorical novel about farm animals overthrowing their human owner?
- George Orwell
- Aldous Huxley
- Ray Bradbury
- H. G. Wells
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George Orwell
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Satire trivia quiz
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Question 2
Who wrote the novel in which a ship's surgeon visits lands inhabited by tiny people and giants?
- Charles Dickens
- Jonathan Swift
- Daniel Defoe
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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Jonathan Swift
Question 3
Which French writer created the optimistic philosopher Pangloss?
- Victor Hugo
- Alexandre Dumas
- Voltaire
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Voltaire
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