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Each question refers to the works of a great writer. You just have to identify the character.

A multiple-choice quiz by EnglishJedi. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
EnglishJedi
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
359,955
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
348
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Question 1 of 10
1. Charlotte Lucas is the best friend of which Jane Austen character? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Which Charles Dickens character benefits from the goodwill of a escaped convict named Abel Magwitch? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. Which baseball-loving Ernest Hemingway character has an apprentice named Manolin? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. Which Tennessee Williams character is accused of statutory rape with a 16-year old named Charlotte Goodall? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. The elderly Mrs Moore is a companion to which E. M. Forster character? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Which George Orwell character has a girlfriend named Rosemary Waterlow and a sister called Julia? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. Which H. G. Wells character takes up residence in the Coach & Horses Inn, which is run by Janny and George Hall? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. A student named Axel is the nephew of which Jules Verne character? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. Which John Steinbeck character is a farmer with a wife named Liza and nine children? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Which Graham Greene character is a divorced former vacuum cleaner salesman with a manipulative 16-year old daughter named Milly? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Charlotte Lucas is the best friend of which Jane Austen character?

Answer: Elizabeth Bennet

 Charlotte Lucas features in "Pride & Prejudice". She eventually marries William Collins, a man whose proposal of marriage had been rejected by Charlotte's best friend, Elizabeth Bennet.
2. Which Charles Dickens character benefits from the goodwill of a escaped convict named Abel Magwitch?

Answer: Philip Pirrip

 The orphan Philip Pirrip, nicknamed 'Pip', is the protagonist in "Great Expectations". Pip travels to London to become a gentleman under the assumption that his benefactor is Miss Havisham, and he is shocked when he eventually discovers the truth.
3. Which baseball-loving Ernest Hemingway character has an apprentice named Manolin?

Answer: Santiago

 Santiago is the titular character in Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Old Man and the Sea". Santiago is considered so unlucky that Manolin's parents insist that he goes fishing with more successful fishermen. Manolin still visits Santiago, though, bringing food and discussing baseball with him.
4. Which Tennessee Williams character is accused of statutory rape with a 16-year old named Charlotte Goodall?

Answer: T. Lawrence Shannon

 Former minister T. Lawrence Shannon is the central character in "The Night of the Iguana". Having earlier been institutionalized with a nervous breakdown after being locked out of his church for describing God as a senile delinquent during a sermon, Shannon is working as a tour guide in Mexico when he is accused of statutory rape with one of his tour group.
5. The elderly Mrs Moore is a companion to which E. M. Forster character?

Answer: Adela Quested

 Adela Quested, a British schoolmistress, is the protagonist in Forster's classic "A Passage to India". She travels to the sub-continent in the days of the Raj to meet Mrs. Moore's son, a possible husband. An assault accusation and the subsequent trial highlight the prejudices and racial tensions of the time.
6. Which George Orwell character has a girlfriend named Rosemary Waterlow and a sister called Julia?

Answer: Gordon Comstock

 Gordon Comstock is sure that his girlfriend (Rosemary) would love him more if he were richer in "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", Orwell's social criticism of society's obsession with money. Julia is Comstock's sister, and it is also the name of Winston Smith's love interest in "1984".
7. Which H. G. Wells character takes up residence in the Coach & Horses Inn, which is run by Janny and George Hall?

Answer: Griffin

 Griffin (we never learn his first name in the novel but it is Jack according to the film adaptation) is the titular character in "The Invisible Man". A brilliant scientist, he discovers a formula that makes him invisible, but he has no way or reversing the process. Griffin robs his father (causing him to commit suicide) and then burns down his own flat, and that's before things even get bad for him!
8. A student named Axel is the nephew of which Jules Verne character?

Answer: Otto Lidenbrock

 Professor Otto Lidenbrock, his goddaughter Grauben, his nephew Axel and their Icelandic guide Hans Bjelke are the main characters in Verne's 1864 classic "Journey to the Centre of the Earth".
9. Which John Steinbeck character is a farmer with a wife named Liza and nine children?

Answer: Samuel Hamilton

 Samuel Hamilton is the father in one of the two families (the Hamiltons and the Trasks) whose story is told in Steinbeck's 1952 classic "East of Eden".
10. Which Graham Greene character is a divorced former vacuum cleaner salesman with a manipulative 16-year old daughter named Milly?

Answer: James Wormold

 James Wormold is the title character in Greene's 1958 black comedy "Our Man in Havana". Recruited by the British secret service and sent to Cuba, Wormold has nothing substantial to report so he creates a network of fictional agents and feeds London a diet of information gleaned from local papers and pure fabrication.
Source: Author EnglishJedi

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Referenced Topics
Literature   Food & Drink   First Names   Literary Characters   Jane Austen   Horse   Names   Charles Dickens   John Steinbeck   George Orwell   Character Creators   Ernest Hemingway   Tennessee Williams   Jules Verne   Great Expectations   H. G. Wells   Graham Greene   East of Eden   E. M. Forster  

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