A Mixture of Literature! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Carlo Piero Guercio

Carlo writes a series of letters throughout the book, confessing his sexuality and his love for Fransesco. Before the Nazi massacre of the Italians, Carlo gives these papers to Pelagia, to read when he was dead.

Answer: He jumps into a fast flowing river

Javert is filled with guilt and confusion that Jean Valjean had spared him his life although he had been hunting Valjean for years. His world of strict discipline and no second chances breaks down and, unable to live with his life owing to a convict, he drops from into the river where it 'flows in a dangerous rapid'.

Answer: Zebra Drive

Mma Ramotswe 'became the first lady private detective in Botswana' after a nightmare marriage and her Daddy's death and she solves her cases with sharp wit and intelligence coupled with wisdom.

Answer: By using Piggy's glasses

At first the boys hold the noble notion of the 'after all, we're not savages. We're English'. They light a fire on the top of a mountain to make smoke and get rescued but after a while, they become wild and even murderous.

Answer: Bobbie

Roberta is the oldest of the three children (the others are Peter and Phyllis). She is motherly, clever and kind to the others and helpful to her mother. She is the only child to learn about Father's 'terrible secret'.

Answer: Pigs

The pigs stir up a rebellion, started by old Major, against Man and try to rule over Animal Farm. It starts off well but soon the idea of equality among all animals collapses.

Answer: The Republic of Heaven

Painfully, Will and Lyra realise that they have to live separately in their own world and build a Republic of Heaven where they are because for them 'there is no else where'. They have to carry out rich and fulfilled lives so they can tell stories to the harpies and find each other again after they die.

Answer: True

It is only nearer the end that Celie finds the letters that Nettie had sent which had been hidden by Mr ----. It's a tear jerking moment when the two sisters find each other again after so long.

Answer: Pantoufle

Pantoufle is Anouk's imaginary friend that she is always playing and talking with. However, he gets 'usurped by more tangible playmates' at the end as they get more stable in the village, and comes to Anouk less and less.

Answer: Basil Hallward

Dorian, influenced by Lord Henry, sells his soul for everlasting beauty and youth. He stays young and handsome but the potrait bears the mark of his corrupt and devastating lifestyle.

Answer: False

Bridget thinks that it is 'a lovely little gold truncated biro' and doesn't realise that it is a live bullet sent by a disturbed builder!

Answer: Heathcliff

One of the rare moments that Heathcliff shows that he still has a heart left, he desparately pleads with his one love's ghost in a famous, haunting Gothic scene.

Answer: Her father

Anne didn't work well with her mother very much but had a special place in her heart for 'Pim', her father who later published her diary and spread this amazing account all over the world.

Answer: Eighty seven

The boy says, "Remember how you went eight-seven days without fish...?" This "great record" is nearly broken as it has been eight-four days since the old man has last caught a fish but on the eight-fifth day he hooks the great marlin. After a long and painful struggle, the old man manages to kill it but on the way back home, the fish gets eaten by sharks and the old man returns empty handed and sleeps, dreaming about the lions.

Answer: "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"

This famous book starts with a famous quote, tinged with longing and wistfullness. All the other quotes are from the book at various stages.

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