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Founding Works of Genre Fiction

Intermediate

Five questions on the specific works and authors literary scholarship credits with founding Gothic fiction, detective fiction, science fiction and the Bildungsroman, plus the English sonnet's own origin.

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Untimed. Take as long as you like with each question. Practice attempts are never scored on the leaderboard.
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Timed, to keep the leaderboard fair. You will see exactly how much time you have before you begin. Limited to three ranked attempts per length.