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Which of the following novels was written by Harper Lee?

  1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

  2. Long Day's Journey Into Night

  3. To Kill a Mockingbird

  4. The Old Man and the Sea

The correct answer is: To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird was written by Harper Lee. This option is correct because Harper Lee is the author of this novel. While the other options may also be well-known novels, they were not written by Harper Lee. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was written by Ken Kesey, Long Day's Journey Into Night was written by Eugene O'Neill, and The Old Man and the Sea was written by Ernest Hemingway. It is important to pay attention to the authorship when selecting the correct answer for this question.