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The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
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1
of 5
As a child, Suzanne Collins received extensive lessons from her father in which subject?
Organic chemistry
Military history
Animal husbandry
Broadcasting
2
of 5
Collins borrowed the concept of male and female "tributes" from the Greek myth featuring which monstrous beast?
The Cyclops
The Kraken
The Minotaur
The Gorgon
3
of 5
While working on The Hunger Games, Collins continued to work as a writer for ___.
A children's television show
the New York Times
Vogue magazine
CNN
4
of 5
From what Latin phrase did Suzanne Collins take the name of her fictional dystopia in The Hunger Games?
Panem et circenses
Persona non grata
Pater familias
Per annum
5
of 5
In what year was the first Hunger Games film released?
2008
2011
2012
2014
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