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1) The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered _________in the field of _________ .
2) Doyle was a _______supporter of compulsory vaccination and wrote several ________advocating for the practice.
3) As he was_________________ by the paranormal he took part in poltergeist investigation.
4) He served in the U.S. Navy as a__________, which greatly__________ many of his novels.
5) The novel The Last of the Mohicans is often regarded as his _________
6) Cooper gives contrasting views of Native characters to emphasize their potential for good, or____________, their proclivity for___________.
7) Wells is often called a "father of science fiction" as he__________ the advent of airplanes, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons , _____________and something resembling the world wide web.
8) In his opinion, the author should always _________to make the story as credible as possible, even if both the writer and the reader knew certain elements are impossible.
9) Although the notion of magic as something real had disappeared from society, he used scientific ideas and theories as___________ for magic to justify the impossible.
10) In 1933 Wells's works were____________ libraries and bookstores because of his criticism of the political situation in Germany.
11) His famous pen name was not__________ his invention, he wrote that it came from the time when he worked as a_____________ on the Mississippi River.
12) His wit and satire, in prose and in speech,_______________ from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents, artists, industrialists, and European royalty.
13) Oscar Wilde is best remembered for his epigrams and plays, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray_______________ the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.
14) The purpose of art would be__________ life as if beauty alone were its object.
15) Both author and producer assiduously revised, prepared and _________every line, scene and setting in the months before the premiere, creating a carefully constructed representation of late-Victorian society, yet_________ mocking it.