Fictional Females Trivia

1. "Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns" was a 1939 novel by which 1929 Nobel Prize winning German author?

From Quiz "L"iterary Leading Ladies

Answer: Thomas Mann

Some literary scholars think that this novel by Thomas Mann was written as a response to Goethe's novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther", which was published in 1774. It was a story of requited love but also was a political statement against Germany's aggressive military practices and their social oppression. The story focuses on Lotte, who goes to see the man (Goethe) who had loved her 40 years before and whom she had scorned. The novel is based on real people and real events but is a work of fiction.

From Quiz Mixed Up Heroines

Answer: The Blue Castle

Valancy is the heroine of "The Blue Castle" by L.M. Montgomery. Her husband, Barney Snaith, turned out to be both John Foster the author, and Bernard Snaith Redfern, heir to a fortune. Valancy's problem turns out to have been misdiagnosed.

From Quiz Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

Answer: Bandini

"Wait until Spring, Bandini" (1938) is the story of how 14-year-old Arturo Bandini copes with poverty and puberty. Svevo is his father's name, Rocco Saccone the father's drinking companion. Dan Fante is John Fante's son.

From Quiz Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye

Published in 1951

From Quiz "L"iterary Leading Ladies

Answer: Her step-father

This scandalous novel about pedophilia, unwanted pregnancy and murder caused quite a stir when it was published. The story is narrated by Humbert, a middle aged English professor who has married a woman so that he can be near her 12 year daughter with whom he has become obsessed. He describes the 12 year old as being the aggressor and sexually precocious. In the end, Lolita dies in childbirth along with her baby, Humbert ends up in jail and two other characters are dead. The term "Lolita" has become a synonym for nymphet and can be found in most modern dictionaries.

From Quiz Mixed Up Heroines

Answer: "Tam Lin" by Pamela Dean

"Tam Lin" is a fascinating book; one of several versions of the "Tam Lin" ballad. The setting is an American arts college in the 1970s.

From Quiz Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

Answer: Lionheart

"The Lionheart Brothers", Karl and Jonathan, have Lion as their surname, but become Lionhearts by rejecting cowardice and being brave. Karlsson and Blomqvist are other Lindgren figures.

From Quiz Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines

Answer: The Magic Mountain & Der Zauberberg

Published in 1924.

From Quiz "L"iterary Leading Ladies

Answer: The Virgin Suicides

Eugenides wrote this dark comedy about the disintegration of the family unit. The story is about a group of men and their obsession with five sisters. After one of the sisters dies, the parents force them to live a life of solitary isolation. After trying to cope with their parents' overreaction, the sisters all kill themselves. The group of men mentioned in the first sentence were actually teenage boyfriends of these sisters who have gotten back together to reminisce about what happened and what might have been.

From Quiz Mixed Up Heroines

Answer: The Ladies of Missalonghi

Missy's real name is "Missalonghi Wright", and she marries John Smith, who has bought "her" valley. Smith turns out to be respectable enough in the end, and Missy's condition is much less serious than she led Smith to believe. "The Ladies of Missalonghi" was written by Colleen McCullough.

From Quiz Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

Answer: George Milton

Big Joe is met in "Tortilla Flat", Tom Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath", Doc in "Cannery Row".

From Quiz Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines

Answer: Of Human Bondage

'Of Human Bondage' is considered to be fairly autobiographic.

From Quiz There, But for the Grace of God, Go I

Answer: Constance Chatterley

The lady in the description appeared in 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', the novel by D H Lawrence which was banned in many countries, including Australia, the USA and Canada. It was the subject of an obscenity trial in the UK in 1960, when the publishers, Penguin, were prosecuted for publishing obscene material. The novel explored Constance's need for physical affection, which she found with the gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. The novel has much more depth than what it is often remembered for - its use of Anglo-Saxon language. Molly Bloom appeared in 'Ulysses', by James Joyce, and the other novels referenced in the answer options were Daniel Defoe's 'Moll Flanders' and 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie', by Muriel Spark.

From Quiz "L"iterary Leading Ladies

Answer: Lavinia

"Lavinia" by Ursula K. Le Guin is an attempt to retell the story of Virgil's "Aeneid" (19 B.C.). This story about the ancient Greek world and the antique virtues of grace and loyalty looks at the relationship between the princess Lavinia and her husband Aeneas. The character of Lavinia is also mentioned in Dante's "Divine Comedy" (1308).

From Quiz "Tomboys" in Literature

Answer: Josie Brooke

Jo from 'Little Women' would have been too easy! Jo always wanted to be a writer, but all the girls loved acting, and this thespian streak came to a head in Meg Brooke's daughter in 'Jo's Boys'. Josie is mistaken for a boy by Miss Cameron, a famous actress who gives Josie encouragement. Bess Laurence is Amy and Laurie's daughter and Alice Heath becomes Demi Brooke's fiance.

From Quiz Mixed Up Heroines

Answer: "Fire and Hemlock", by Diana Wynne Jones

Polly has to fight Laurel for Tom's life, but fortunately Tom has obliquely given her the weapons she needs for the battle. This is another modern version of the Tam Lin story, taking place in 1980s Bristol.

From Quiz Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

Answer: Bovary & bovary & Emma Bovary & emma bovary & Emma bovary & emma Bovary

"Madame Bovary" was published in 1857.

From Quiz Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines

Answer: The Last of the Mohicans

Natty Bumppo is from the "Leatherstocking Tales"

From Quiz There, But for the Grace of God, Go I

Answer: The Forsyte Saga

If not for the grace of God, I could have been Irene Forsyte. 'The Forsyte Saga' comprised five novels, published between 1906 and 1921, written by John Galsworthy. The first book, called 'A Man of Property', was focused on Soames Forsyte, who treated his wife, Irene, as one of his possessions, even to the extent of forcing himself upon her sexually. His plan to hide her in the country, so only he can see her, backfired when she fell in love with the architect designing the country house and left Soames following his brutality to her. 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire' were written by Anthony Trollope in the late nineteenth century. 'Brideshead Revisited' was by Evelyn Waugh and published in 1945 while 'The Ballantyne Novels', written by Wilbur Smith, were much later, coming out in the 1980s.

From Quiz Somebody That I Used to Know

Answer: Eyre

Mrs Rochester was Jane Eyre before she eventually married her beloved Edward, after his first wife killed herself after setting fire to their home. Although Edward was blinded and lost his hand in the fire, he did recover his sight sufficiently to be able to see his and Jane's son when he was born. "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography" was written by Charlotte Bronte, and was first published under the name Currer Bell, in 1847.

From Quiz "L"iterary Leading Ladies

Answer: His Dark Materials

Lyra Silvertongue, aka Lyra Belacqua, is a teenage girl who lives in a parallel universe to our own. This trilogy of books includes "Northern Lights" (1995), "The Subtle Knife" (1997) and "The Amber Spyglass" (2000). This epic contains fantasy elements such as armored polar bears, evil witches and demons. They all deal with the coming of age of Lyra and her male friend Will Parry, who travel together through these universes and learn about good and evil. By the end of the trilogy, Lyra has become a young woman.

From Quiz "Tomboys" in Literature

Answer: Kirsty

Kirsty is a go-getting girl from the books 'Only You Can Save Mankind' and 'Johnny and the Bomb'. She doesn't appear in the other book ('Johnny and the Dead') in the Johnny Maxwell series. Although these books are ostensibly for children, they say some extremely wise and saddening things about war. All the wrong answers are Johnny's friends.

From Quiz Mixed Up Heroines

Answer: Friday's Child

"Friday's Child" is one of Georgette Heyer's romantic comedies.

From Quiz Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

Answer: Vladimir and Estragon

All alternatives are Beckett characters, from plays or prose works.

From Quiz Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines

Answer: A Farewell to Arms

Her beloved is Frederic Henry , often called 'Tenente' in the book.- The hero from 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' was Robert Jordan , not Michael.

From Quiz Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

Answer: Tom Sawyer & tom sawyer & Tom sawyer & tom Sawyer

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn were published nine years later.

From Quiz Famous Literary Heroes And Heroines

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath

Published in 1939

From Quiz "L"iterary Leading Ladies

Answer: The narrator's dog

Lorelei is the narrator's pet dog. After coming home and finding his wife has passed away, he spends the rest of the novel trying to get his dog Lorelei to speak. He wants the dog to tell him what happened to his wife, since the dog was the only witness. The title of the book alludes to the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel and the inability of everyone to communicate because they do not speak the same language. After a tortuous journey of grief, the narrator comes to terms with the death of his wife, which turns out to be a suicide. He is also reunited with his dog Lorelei, from whom he had been separated after many experimental attempts to teach the dog to communicate in English.

From Quiz Mixed Up Heroines

Answer: They think they are cousins but are actually half siblings.

Maree's adoptive father and Nick's supposed father are brothers, but it turns out that they share a different father entirely.

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