Famous Books and There Authors

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Famous books and there authors

Team 1

1.J.K Rowling has written companion books to the "Harry Potter" series. She

has donated the royalties to charities. Which is NOT a companion book in the"Harry Potter" series?

Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

The History of House Elves

Quidditch through the Ages

2. Anita Diamant's debut novel "The Red Tent" (1997) is a fictional account ofthe lives of the daughter of Jacob and Leah and the women of Jacob's family.What is the title of her 2001 novel of two women in a small town who findfriendship and hope?

Saying Kaddish

The Last Days of Dogtown

Good Harbor

Choosing a Jewish Life

3. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -time" (2003) by British authorMark Haddon is the first person account of a young man with what disor der?

Paranoid Personality Disorcer

Mental Retardation

Autism (Asperger's Syndrome)

Schizophrenia

4. "Runaway" is a collection of short stories named to the New York TimesBest Books of 2004. Which Canadian author is acclaimed as one of theworld's best short story writers?

Sue Monk Kidd

Alice Walker

Alice Munro


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Zora Hurston

5. The debut novel in 2003 by physician KhaledHosseini takes the reader toAfghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the rise of the Taliban Regime.Hosseini shows us his native country and his adoptive country through aremarkable story of betrayal and redemption. Which book is this?

The Kite Runner

The Veil

A Thousand Splendid Suns

The Refugee

6. His debut novel "She's Come Undone" was published in 1992 and rose to

the top of the New York Times Best Seller List. His third work of fiction "TheHour I First Believed" (2008) is a fictional account of the Columbine HighSchool shootings.

Jay McInerney

Augusten Burroughs

Wally Lamb

John Grogan

7. What post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy was published in 2006,won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 2007 and was made into a mo vie in2009?

The Road

The End of The Road

The Shack

Child of God

8. Set in the South during the civil turbulence of 1964, "The Secret Life ofBees" was a best selling debut novel (2002) for what nurse tu rned novelist?

ZoraNeale Hurston

Alice Munro

Anita Diamant


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Sue Monk Kidd

9. Dan Brown's book "Angels and Demons" (2000) introduced us to RobertLangdon--the star of his novel "The DaVinci Code". In "Angels and Demons"Brown introduced me to the fascinating art of ambigrams. What is anambigram?

A design that reads the same word when oriented in two different ways .

A word with scrambled letters

A word that reads the same forward and backwards.

A word that means the opposite of what you expect

10. John Grisham is best known for his suspenseful, legal thrillers. Which of

his nonlegal novels, published in 2000, is a description of cotton farming in1950s Arkansas?

Bleachers

A Painted House

Skipping Christmas

Playing for Pizza

answers1. J.K Rowling has written companion books to the "Harry Potter" series. Shehas donated the royalties to charities. Which is NOT a companion book in the"Harry Potter" series?

The correct answer was The History of House Elves

Rowling is a co-founder of the Children's High Level Group, a charitydedicated to the welfare of children; she donated all her proceeds from "The

Tales of Beedle the Bard" to the charity. "Quidditch through the Ages" and"Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them" were sold as a set and theproceeds went to Comic Relief.


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2. Anita Diamant's debut novel "The Red Tent" (1997) is a fictional account ofthe lives of the daughter of Jacob and Leah and the women of Jacob's family.What is the title of her 2001 novel of two women in a small town who findfriendship and hope?

The correct answer was Good Harbor

"Choosing a Jewish Life" and "Saying Kaddish" are two of Diamant'snonfiction works on Contemporary Jewish living. "The Last Days of Dogtown" isher 2005 third novel.

3. "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" (2003) by British authorMark Haddon is the first person account of a young man with what disor der?

The correct answer was Autism (Asperger's Syndrome)

Haddon worked with autistic children as a young man. Much o f his writing is

for children including his "Agent Z" series.

4. "Runaway" is a collection of short stories named to the New York TimesBest Books of 2004. Which Canadian author is acclaimed as one of theworld's best short story writers?

The correct answer was Alice Munro

Munro has won Canada's Governor General's Literary Award more than once.She has won numerous national and international prizes including the GillerPrize twice and the Man Booker International Pri ze (U.K.).


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5. The debut novel in 2003 by physician KhaledHosseini takes the reader to

Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the rise of the Taliban Regime.Hosseini shows us his native country and his adoptive country through aremarkable story of betrayal and redemption. Which book is this?

The correct answer was TheKite Runner

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" is Hosseini's second book, a story of women inAfghanistan. Following the success of his books, Dr. Hosseini left his medicalpractice to work with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees(UNHCR) on behalf of refugees. "The Kite Runner" was made into a motion

picture in 2007.

6. His debut novel "She's Come Undone" was published in 1992 and rose tothe top of the New York Times Best Seller List. His third work of fiction "TheHour I First Believed" (2008) is a fictional account of the Columbine HighSchool shootings.

The correct answerwas Wally Lamb

Augusten Burroughs is the author of "Running With Scissors"; John Grogan isthe author of "Marley and Me" and Jay McInerney is the author of "BrightLights, Big City".

7. What post-apocalyptic novel by Cormac McCarthy was published in 2006,won the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 2007 and was made into a movie in2009?

The correct answer was The Road

"Child of God" by McCarthy was published in 1973 is about a lost soul. "TheShack" is by William Young about finding faith in adversity. "The End of theRoad" is a book of contemporary photography. The 2009 film of "The Road"stars Viggo Mortensen.


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8. Set in the South during the civil turbulence of 1964, "The Secret Life of

Bees" was a best selling debut novel (2002) for what nur se turned novelist?

The correct answer was Sue Monk Kidd

Kidd was a contributing editor to "The Guidepost" magazine. Her secondnovel is "The Mermaid Chair" (2005). "The Secret Life of Bees" was asuccessful film of 2008 starring Dakota Fann ing and Queen Latifah.

9. Dan Brown's book "Angels and Demons" (2000) introduced us to RobertLangdon--the star of his novel "The DaVinci Code". In "Angels and Demons"Brown introduced me to the fascinating art of ambigrams . What isanambigram?

The correct answer was A design that reads the same word when oriente d in

two different ways.

In "Angels and Demons" the amigrams were Earth, Air, Fir e and Water.

A word read the same forward and backward is a palindrome.

10. John Grisham is best known for his suspenseful, legal thrillers. Which ofhis nonlegal novels, published in 2000, is a description of cotton f arming in1950s Arkansas?

The correctanswer was A Painted House


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Grisham is an attorney and most of his work involves courtrooms and lawyers,but these four books are 'non-legal' fiction.


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2ndteam1.What book is actually an epic poem written by the 17th century poet JohnMilton?

Heaven and Hell

Paradise Lost

The Battle

Adam and Eve

2. Which book by Daniel Keyes features a man who goes from being

developmentally challenged to becoming a certified geniu s?

You Shall Know Our Velocity!

Of Mice and Men

Flowers for Algernon

Einstein's Dreams

3. This book by Yann Martel follows the story of a young boy who is lost at

sea.Life of Pi

Lost

The Deep Blue

The Story of a Life

4. This children's book by Natalie Babbitt about a family who lives forever wasrecently made into a movie.

Tuck Everlasting

Our Secret

My Family

The Wellspring


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5. Which future-minded novel by Aldous Huxley has been grouped with bookslike "1984" and "Fahrenheit 451"?

Brave New World

Fear and Wonder

Bold Planet

Animal Farm

6. Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote this novel about a man who commits murder andthen becomes seriously ill.

The Idiot

Crime and Punishment

War and Peace

Anna Karenina

7. Another children's book that has stayed with me is this story about twosisters by Katherine Paterson.

Strider

Jacob Have I Loved

Holes

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

8. Everyone will roll their eyes to see this one in here, but it has to be done.Which Shakespeare play features a young man dealing with the death of hisfather?

Coriolanus

Othello

Hamlet

Macbeth

9. This might be cheating a little, but this collection deserves a slight bendingof the rules. Which Southern-American author is known for her disturbing andunforgettable short stories?


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Toni Morrison

Flannery O'Connor

Sandra Cisneros

Caryl Churchill

10. This extremely long novel by George Eliot about a virtuous woman andher elderly husband, and the town they live in, taught me that I can getthrough a Victorian novel and like it!

Middlemarch

David Copperfield

The Mill on the Floss

Villette

answers1. What book is actually an epic poem written by the 17th century poet JohnMilton?

The correct answer was Paradise Lost

Milton also wrote a sequel called "Paradise Regained." I made up the other

three titles.

2. Which book by Daniel Keyes features a man who goes from beingdevelopmentally challenged to becoming a certified genius ?

The correct answer was Flowers for Algernon

This book was eventually made into a movie as well. "Of Mice and Men" is byJohn Steinbeck, "Einstein's Dreams" is by Alan Lightman. "You Shall KnowOur Velocity!" is by Dave Eggers.


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3. This book by Yann Martel follows the story of a young boy who is lost at

sea.

The correct answer was Lifeof Pi

Yann Martel has lived in Alaska, Spain, France, British Columbia, Costa Rica,Mexico and Ontario, and studied philosophy at Trent University. I made up thealternate answers.

4. This children's book by Natalie Babbitt about a family who lives forever wasrecently made into a movie.

The correct answer was Tuck Everlasting

Jean Stafford of The New Yorker said of the book; "A fearsome andbeautifully written book that can't be put down or forgotten." Again, the othertitles are non-existent, to my knowledge.

5. Which future-minded novel by Aldous Huxley has been grouped with bookslike "1984" and "Fahrenheit 451"?

The correct answer was Brave New World


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The title for this novel comes from Shakespeare's "The Tempest," duringMiranda's speech in Act 5. "Animal Farm" is by George Orwell; the oth ers arefake.

6. Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote this novel about a man who commits murder andthen becomes seriously ill.

The correct answer was Crimeand Punishment

"The Idiot" is another Dostoevsky novel, "War and Peace" and "AnnaKarenina" areby Leo Tolstoy.

7. Another children's book that has stayed with me is this story about twosisters by Katherine Paterson.

The correct answer was Jacob Have I Loved

This title comes from a verse in the Bible, in the Old Testament referring toIsaac's two children, Jacob and Esau. The other three are also favorites ofmine from childhood. "Strider," is by Beverly Cleary; "Holes" and "SidewaysStories" are both by Louis Sachar.

8. Everyone will roll their eyes to see this one in here, but it has to be done.Which Shakespeare play features a young man dealing with the d eath of hisfather?


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The correct answer was Hamlet

Many of our modern cliches come from this play, including "every dog has hisday." The other three plays are also by Shakespeare.

9. This might be cheating a little, but this collection deserves a slight bendingof the rules. Which Southern-American author is known for her disturbing andunforgettable short stories?

The correct answer was Flannery O'Connor

Toni Morrison is the author of books such as "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye."Sandra Cisneros wrote "The House on Mango Street." Caryl Churchill is aplaywright whose work includes "Top Girls," and "Cloud Nine."

10. This extremely long novel by George Eliot about a virtuous woman andher elderly husband, and the town they live in, taught me that I can getthrough a Victorian noveland like it!

The correct answer was Middlemarch

"The Mill on the Floss" is also by George Eliot, "David Copperfield" is byCharles Dickens, and "Villette" is by Charlotte Bronte.


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3rd

team

1.Who is the odd one out?

Aramis

Athos

Barabbas

Porthos

2. What were the names of the four children in the book "The Lion, the Witchand the Wardrobe"?

Carl, Colin, Chloe and Clare

Stephen, Chris, Lisa and Gemma

Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy

Lewis, Andrew, Julie and Wendy

3. What story would you be reading if you came across character s such asHobbits, elves, Gandalf the Wizard, and Goll um ?

The Wizard of Oz

Lord of the Flies

The Great Gatsby

The Lord of the Rings

4. Who found himself in the strange land of Lil liput?

Robinson Crusoe

Gulliver

Peter Pan

Herman

5. In what book would we read about a character called Capta in Nemo?

Moby Dick

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea


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Utopia

Catch- 22

6. Who wrote "Watership Down"?

Anthony Hope

George Elliot

Jack London

Richard Adams

7. True or false: Ian Fleming wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

True

False

8. In what book would we find the characters Rat, Mole, Badge r, and Toad?

Watership Down

Peter Rabbit

The Wizard of Oz

The Wind in the Willows

9. Who is Sherlock Holmes's clever brother?

Morris

Lewis

Ashcroft

Mycroft

10. Who wrote "Lord of the Flies"?

William Greene

William Silver

William Browning


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William Golding

Answers1. Who is the odd one out?

The correct answer was Barabbas

Barabbas is the odd one out; he is someone in the Bible.

The other three are "The Three Musketeers" from the book written byAlexandre Dumas.

2. What were the names of the four children in the book "The Lion, the Witchand the Wardrobe"?

The correct answer was Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy

This is a children's book by CS Lewis. The children find a new and strangeland called Narnia by going through the back of the wardrobe.

3. What story would you be reading if you came across characters such as

Hobbits, elves, Gandalf the Wizard, and Gollum ?

The correct answer was The Lord of theRings

A great book, this is the name of the trilogy of books. The first being "TheFellowship of the Ring".This was written by JRR T olkien.


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4. Who found himself in the strange land of Li lliput?

The correct answer wasGulliver

Gulliver found himself in the land of Lilliput, where he found people who werevery small. The book was written by Jonathan Swift.

5. In what book would we read about a character called Cap tain Nemo?

The correct answer was 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Captain Nemo was in charge of the submarine called "The Nautilus". The

author of the book wasJules Verne.

6. Who wrote "Watership Down"?

The correct answer was Richard Adams

A lovely story about a group of rabbits' p light to survive.


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7. True or false: Ian Fleming wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang".

The correct answer was t

Ian Fleming did write "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", although he is better knownfor his James Bond books.

8. In what book would we find the characters Rat, Mole, Badger, and Toad?

The correct answer was The Wind in the Willows

You would find these characters in the children's book "The Wind in theWillows" by Kenneth Grahame.

9. Who is Sherlock Holmes's cleverbrother?

The correct answer was Mycroft

Sherlock Holmes was a detective whose close friend was Dr Watson. Thebooks were written by Arthur Conan Doyle.


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10. Who wrote "Lord ofthe Flies"?

The correctanswer was William Golding

"Lord of the Flies" is the story of a group of school boys shipwrecked on adesert island and how they survive with each other.


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4th team

1.Who is the author of 'The Great Gatsby'?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway

Aldous Huxley

Joseph Heller

2. OK, you know the author, but who is the narrator of 'The Great Gatsby '?

Answer: (First and Last Name)

3.Who wrote 'Lonesome Dove'?

Answer: (First and Last Name)

4. Which of these people was NOT a character in 'Lonesome Dove'?

Newt

Tex

Pea Eye

Dish

5.Which of these is NOT a class of people in the novel, 'Brave New World'?

Alphas

Zetas

Betas

Epsilons

6. The book 'Night', by Elie Wiesel takes place during what significant event inhistory?

Answer: (One Word)


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7.Who is the author of 'The Chronicles of Narnia', containing such books as,'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'?

Answer: (Last Name Only)

8. What is the name of the main character from the book, 'Catch 22'?

Tappman

Yossarian

Clevinger

Dunbar

9.How many people are shipwrecked in, 'Swiss Family Robinson'?

4

7

5

6

10. The FINAL question, I'm sure you've read 'The Adventures of Huckleberry

Finn', but where on Earth is that kid fro m?

New Orleans, Louisiana

Hannibal, Missouri

St. Petersburg, Missouri

Jackson's Island, Missouri


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Answers1. Who is the author of 'The Great Gatsby'?

The correct answer was F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. OK, you know the author, but who is the narrator of 'The Great Gatsby'?

The correct answer was Nick Carraway

Other accepted answers: Nick Caraway

3. Who wrote 'Lonesome Dove'?

The correct answerwas Larry McMurtry

4. Which of these people was NOT a character in 'Lonesome Do ve'?

The correct answer was Tex


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5. Which of these is NOT a class of people in the novel, 'Brave New World'?

The correct answer was Zetas

6. The book 'Night', by Elie Wiesel takes place during what significant event inhistory?

The correct answer was Holocaust

Other accepted answers: The Holocaust

7. Who is the author of 'The Chronicles of Narnia', containing such books as,'The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe'?

The correct answer was Lewis

Other accepted answers: C.S. Lewis C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis C. S. LewisCS Lewis C S Lewis

8. What is the name of the main character from the book, 'Catch 22'?The correct answer was Yossarian


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9. How many people are shipwrecked in, 'Swiss Family Robinson'?

The correct answer was 6

10. The FINAL question, I'm sure you've read 'The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn', but where on Earth is that kidfrom?

The correct answer was St. Petersburg, Missouri


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5th team

1.Alexandre Dumas is world famous for masterpieces such as "The ThreeMusketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". Which of these is one of his

lesser-known novels?"The Two Dianas"

"Madame Bovary"

"Red and Black"

"History of a Crime"

2. "PippiLongstocking", a story for children, was written by this notable autho r.

Astrid Lindgren

Lewis Carrol

Hans Christian Andersen

Terry Pratchett

3. Who's the author of the most famous vampire book ever writ ten?

Mary Shelley

Bram Stoker

Stephen King

H.P. Lovecraft

4. Complete the title of this world-famous novel (from the year 1929): "AllQuiet on the ..."

Answer: (Two Words)

5. Afranius is a character from which novel?

"Master and Margarita"

"Crime and Punishment"

"Dead Souls"


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"Lolita"

6. Which of these CANNOT be considered the genre of "Lord of the Flies" (byWilliam Golding)?

allegory

satire

castaway-fiction

loss-of-innocence fiction

7. Who wrote "Wuthering Heights" (1847)?

Anne Bronte

Charlotte Bronte

Emily Bronte

JaneAusten

8. "Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?"And you'll see how everything changes And no grown -up will everunderstand how such a thing could be so important!"

Which book contains these lines?

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"

"In Watermelon Sugar"

"The Little Prince"

"Metamorphosis"

9. Boccaccio's 'Decameron' consists of how many novels?

10100

1000

50


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10. Name the author of the story that begins with this sentence: 'AsGregorSamsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himselftransformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.'

Answer: (full orlast name)

Answers1.Alexandre Dumas is world famous for masterpieces such as "The ThreeMusketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". Which of these is one of hislesser-known novels?

The correct answer was "The Two Dianas"

"The Two Dianas" is one of my favourites of Dumas's works. The rest of thechoices are also novels by well-known French authors - Stendhal, Flaubertand Hugo.

2. "PippiLongstocking", a story for children, was written by this notable author .

The correct answer was Astrid Lindgren

Lindgren (1907-2002) has written over 80 books, which have been translatedinto 76 languages.

3. Who's the author of the most famous vampire book ever writ ten?

The correct answer was Bram Stoker

The book is 'Dracula', of course.


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4. Complete the title of this world-famous novel (from the year 1929): "AllQuiet on the ..."

The correct answer was Western Front

Other accepted answers: western front

A book by Erich Maria Remarque, it is one of the best -known anti-war novelsever written.

5. Afranius is a character from which novel?

The correct answer was "Master and Margarita"

"Master and Margarita" by Mikhail Bulgakov.Afranius is Pilate's Head of theSecret Police, master of disguise and deception.

6. Which of these CANNOT be considered the genre of "Lord of the Flies" (byWilliam Golding)?

The correct answer was satire

The theme of the novel is the conflict between the instinct of civilization andthe instinct of savagery.

7. Who wrote "Wuthering Heights" (1847)?

The correct answer was Emily Bronte


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The tragic love of Heathcli ff and Catherine ...

8. "Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?"And you'll see how everything changes And no grown -up will everunderstand how such a thing could be so important!"

Which book contains these lines?

The correct answer was "The Little Prince"

A beautiful fable by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

9. Boccaccio's 'Decameron' consists of how many novels?


'The Decameron' is a collection of ten times ten tales by ten young peoplewho had retired to the countryside outside Florence to es cape from the BlackDeath.

10. Name the author of the story that begins with this sentence: 'AsGregorSamsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himselftransformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.'

The correct answer was Franz Kafka

Other accepted answers:franzkafkaKafkakafka


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'The Metamorphosis'


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6th team

1.What is the name of the captain in Melville's 'Moby Dick'?

Herman

John

Nathaniel

Ahab

2. Where did Sherlock Holmes live?

9, Chancery Lane15B, Pudding Lane

23A, Oxford Street

221B, Baker Street

3. What government department did the lead character in Orwell's '1984' workfor?

Ministry of Love

Ministry of Truth

Thought Police

Ministry of Peace

4. George Eliot was the pseudonym for which w riter?

Mary-Ann Evans

Katy Bentham

Charlotte Bronte

JaneAusten

5. What word did Holden Caulfield use to describe people he didn't like inSalinger's 'A Catcher in the Rye'?


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Losers

Jerks

Schmucks

Phoneys

6. How may sisters did Elizabeth have in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Answer: (number)

7. In Dickens' 'Great Expectations', what relation was Joe Gargery to Pip?

Brother-in-law

Uncle

Father-in-law

Father

8. Who wrote 'Middlemarch'?

George Eliot

Katy Bentham

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Austen

9. And who wrote 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'?

Wordsworth

Keats

Shelley

Byron

10. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' was Oscar Wilde's last novel, true or false?

Answer: (One Word)


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Answers1. What is the name of the captain in Melville's 'Moby Dick'?

The correct answer wasAhab

I think his first name was James but I might be wrong... .

2. Where did Sherlock Holmes live?

The correct answer was 221B, Baker Street

3. What government department did the lead character in Orwell's '1984' workfor?

The correct answerwas Ministry ofTruth

I wish it was true, I quite fancy varicoseveins

4. George Eliot was the pseudonym for which w riter?

The correct answer was Mary-Ann Evans

5. What word did Holden Caulfield use to describe people he didn't like inSalinger's 'A Catcher in the Rye'?

The correct answer was Phoneys

He didn't seem to like anybody, especially teachers, except the one who likedhim rather too much..phoney


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6. How may sisters did Elizabeth have in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'?


Other accepted answers: four

A splendid bunch of lasses, although extre mely irritating

7. In Dickens' 'Great Expectations', what relation was Joe Gargery to Pip?

The correct answer was Brother-in-law

Good old Joe was my hero of the book, kind, gentle and loving

8. Who wrote 'Middlemarch'?

The correct answer was George Eliot

9. And who wrote 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'?

The correct answer was Keats

10. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' was Oscar Wilde's last novel, trueor false?

The correct answer was true


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Other accepted answers: T

He only wrote one novel


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