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Shakespeare gave us phrases you've probably used today without noticing. Know your classics? @circe15 scored 894 in Classic Literature & Shakespeare on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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  1. 1Books › PoetryHardWhich three poets are traditionally called the Lake Poets?Right3.1s+98
  2. 2Books › PoetryExpertIn Dante's 'Inferno', how many circles of Hell are there?Right2.1s+100
  3. 3Books › Children's & YAMediumIn "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", what riddle does the Mad Hatter ask?Right2.5s+99
  4. 4Books › ShakespeareMediumIn "The Merchant of Venice", Portia disguises herself as what to save Antonio?Right1.9s+100
  5. 5Books › AuthorsMediumWhich great Spanish novelist died in April 1616, the same month as Shakespeare?Right1.8s+100
  6. 6Books › PoetryHardColeridge blamed a visitor from Porlock for leaving which poem unfinished?Right1.1s+100
  7. 7Books › Publishing & PrintVery hardWhich two actors gathered Shakespeare's plays for the 1623 First Folio?Wrong2.3s0
  8. 8Books › Sci-Fi & FantasyHardWhat do the 20,000 leagues in Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" measure?Right3.7s+97
  9. 9Books › ClassicsEasyIn "Oliver Twist", what food does Oliver famously ask for more of?Right2.3s+100
  10. 10Books › World LiteratureEasyDon Quixote attacks windmills because he believes they are what?Right1.5s+100