In Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World,' what is the name of the euphoria-producing drug distributed to keep citizens docile?

Literature

Which author wrote the 1932 novel 'Brave New World,' which imagined a future society pacified through pleasure rather than fear?

Aldous Huxley predicted in Brave New World that people would be controlled not by force but pleasure and pharmaceutical distraction—now studied by neuroscientists.

Literature

Who wrote 'The Handmaid's Tale'?

'The Handmaid's Tale' won the Booker Prize and has been adapted into acclaimed television and theatrical productions.

Literature

T.S. Eliot's use of dense literary allusion so complex it required his own footnotes is most closely associated with which early 20th-century poetry movement?

Modernist poets like T.S. Eliot required footnotes for their own work because allusions were so dense that readers couldn't follow without scholarly guides.

Literature

What is the title of Albrecht von Haller's 1732 poem that popularized appreciation for Alpine scenery and influenced Romantic attitudes toward nature?

The Romantic movement began partly because a Swiss scientist proved mountains weren't ugly—Albrecht von Haller's poetry made Alpine peaks fashionable to celebrate.

Literature

Jane Austen's financial earnings from writing remained modest for most of her career, but spiked dramatically in which year — the same year she died?

Jane Austen earned more money in her final year of life than the previous 14 years combined, but died before seeing most profits.

Literature

In Homer's 'The Iliad,' the entire Trojan War is set in motion by the abduction of which Greek queen?

The phrase 'the face that launched a thousand ships' referring to Helen was coined not in ancient Greece but by playwright Christopher Marlowe in his 1592 play 'Doctor Faustus.'