This one-of-a kind miniature house was handcrafted in the 1730s. As that time, doll’s houses were not considered to be toys; rather, they were called “baby houses” and used to teach girls how to run a household.
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Five questions today: a variation on a theme.
One
A Doll’s House (1879) was written by whom, and in what European capital city did it make its debut?
Two
What term best describes title character of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich on the one day in question, and where is he?
Three
What publication which mentions Mount Zion and the Wicket Gate introduced the Slough of Despond; and in what decade was it first published?
Four
Who wrote the 2004 Booker Prize-winning novel The Line of …; and what word completes the title?
Five
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet.
The following line originally written down as a poem is best known from the chorus of a song. What song, and who originally wrote it down as a poem?
Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.
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