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Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in what year?

Answer: 1988

Bonus fact: Beloved was published in 1987, and Morrison later received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

Who wrote the novel "The Octopus"?

Answer: Frank Norris

Bonus fact: Norris was associated with American literary naturalism.

"The Octopus" centers on conflict between California wheat farmers and what powerful industry?

Answer: Railroads

Bonus fact: The novel portrays the railroad as a vast corporate force squeezing farmers.

"The Octopus" was intended as the first volume of what planned Frank Norris trilogy?

Answer: The Epic of the Wheat

Bonus fact: Norris completed "The Octopus" and "The Pit" before his death; the third planned novel was never written.

Who wrote the novel "McTeague"?

Answer: Frank Norris

Bonus fact: Published in 1899, the novel is a major work of American literary naturalism.

What profession does McTeague practice at the start of the novel?

Answer: Dentistry

Bonus fact: McTeague works as an unlicensed dentist in San Francisco.

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