Advice from the Bookshelf Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dorothea Brooke

Dorothea, heroine of George Eliot's "Middlemarch," stayed true to her old husband until the end, unlike certain other people.
Edward Rochester is from "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte, Hester Prynne is the heroine of "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Godfrey Cass is in George Eliot's "Silas Marner."

Answer: Henry Wotton

Lord Henry, best known for his influence over Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde's novel, would definitely help with societal matters, though not with matters of the heart.
Silas Marner is in the novel of the same name by George Eliot, Mary Bennet is in "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, and Edward Casaubon is the aging scholar in "Middlemarch" by George Eliot.

Answer: Catherine Morland

Watson occasionally helped Sherlock in his cases, but Catherine Morland's mind only led her to jump to incorrect conclusions in "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen. Hercule Poirot is the detective in many Agatha Christie mysteries, and Auguste Dupin is Edgar Allan Poe's detective from such stories as "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Purloined Letter."

Answer: Frederick Wentworth

While all charming, only Wentworth of "Persuasion" was a real hero. Wickham was in "Pride and Prejudice," Willoughby was in "Sense and Sensibility," and Churchill was in "Emma."

Answer: Jane Eyre

Ah, yes, Jane, who risked her life to avoid a life of sin, would be the best choice among these romantics - Sibyl Vane from "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and Isabella Linton of "Wuthering Heights" made horrible life-changing (or ending) decisions on a whim, and Marianne Dashwood of "Sense and Sensibility" grew wiser from her mistakes.

Answer: Fanny Price

Think what you may of poor Fanny, heroine of Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park," but she rejected the proposal of a man she did not love, who could have made her comfortable for the rest of her life. Blanche Ingram of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," Charlotte Lucas of "Pride and Prejudice," and Lizzie Greystock of Anthony Trollope's "The Eustace Diamonds" put other things first.

Answer: Estella Havisham

Estella, unlike the other choices, was pretty much devoid of emotion in "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Anne Shirley was the imaginative but well-intentioned heroine of L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables", Little Nell was the virtuous girl in Charles Dickens's novel "The Old Curiosity Shop", and Eppie Marner caused a big change in George Eliot's "Silas Marner".

Answer: Franklin Blake

Apparently, weak men come in all ages, but Franklin Blake from Wilkie Collins's "The Moonstone" never succombed to illness, like Arthur Dimmesdale of Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," Mr. Woodhouse, father of Jane Austen's heroine "Emma," or Linton Heathcliff, of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights."

Answer: False

Locksley, better known as Robin Hood, was the prime example of defiance for the good of others.

Answer: Tertius Lydgate

Will lived happily ever after with his love, Dorothea, as did Fred and Mary. Tertius rushed to marriage with the lovely Rosamond, leading to a life of stress and unhappiness, in George Eliot's masterpiece.
I hope you now know that good advice is never far away, if you know where to look.