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Bigger Than Ben-Hur Trivia Quiz

This quiz deals with books that are lengthy and the key details about them.

A multiple-choice quiz by bernie73. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
bernie73
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
382,800
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
600
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Question 1 of 10
1. In 1851, Herman Melville published "Moby Dick". Of the many members of the crew of the whaling ship the "Pequod", only one survives. Who is it? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Leo Tolstoy's sprawling epic "War and Peace" (1869) tells about the effects of war on Russia. Which war is the focus of the novel? Hint


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Question 3 of 10
3. One of the first novels, "The Tale of Genji", was written in the eleventh century. From which nation was the author? Hint


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4. Famed author Charles Dickens described this 1849-50 novel as his "favorite child". Which novel was it? Hint


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Question 5 of 10
5. "One Thousand and One Nights" is a famous collection of various tales from Southwest and South Asia. Who is the in-story narrator of many of these tales, who is trying to save her own life? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas tells the story of D'Artagnan and his quest to join the Musketeers of the King of France. While his friends and companions are Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, which religious figure is the chief antagonist in the novel? Hint


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Question 7 of 10
7. "Les Miserables" is a famous novel by Victor Hugo that is particularly known for the hit musical of the same name. Whether one reads the novel or views the musical, one notices that many of the important characters die during the course of the story. Who is alive at the end? Hint


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Question 8 of 10
8. "Mysterious Island" is an 1874 novel by Jules Verne. In it a group of Americans are marooned when their hot air balloon crashes on a remote South Pacific island. While there, they receive aid from an important character from another Jules Verne novel. Who is it? Hint


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Question 9 of 10
9. "Don Quixote" is by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. In the novel, the main character, Alonso Quixano, imagines himself something that he is not. What does he imagine himself to be? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. This novel--featuring the characters Eliza, George, and Simon Legree--was the second best selling book of the nineteenth century. Which novel was it? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In 1851, Herman Melville published "Moby Dick". Of the many members of the crew of the whaling ship the "Pequod", only one survives. Who is it?

Answer: Ishmael

 If I had mentioned the famous opening line "Call me Ishmael", that might have been a tip-off. Captain Ahab's obsessive pursuit of Moby Dick, the whale who destroyed his lower leg on a previous voyage, eventually leads to the deaths of all of his crew except for the narrator, Ishmael. At least Starbuck would lend his name to a Seattle-based chain of coffee shops.
2. Leo Tolstoy's sprawling epic "War and Peace" (1869) tells about the effects of war on Russia. Which war is the focus of the novel?

Answer: The Napoleonic Wars

 Covering the years 1805-1812, Napoleon's invasion of Russia is a major focus of the book. I actually read the entire book once, but found it hard to keep track of the literally hundreds of fictional characters and historical figures that appear throughout the book. In the end, I compromised by picking one significant character and focusing on him for the last half of the book.
3. One of the first novels, "The Tale of Genji", was written in the eleventh century. From which nation was the author?

Answer: Japan

 "The Tale of Genji" was written by Murasaki Shikibu. The novel tells the story of Genji, the son of a Japanese Emperor and his concubine. Many of the novel's characters represent the nobility of eleventh century Japan.
4. Famed author Charles Dickens described this 1849-50 novel as his "favorite child". Which novel was it?

Answer: David Copperfield

 The full title of the book was "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery (Which He Never Meant to Publish on Any Account)". It was published serially over the course of nineteen months. The title character is sometimes seen as a stand-in for Dickens himself.
5. "One Thousand and One Nights" is a famous collection of various tales from Southwest and South Asia. Who is the in-story narrator of many of these tales, who is trying to save her own life?

Answer: Scheherazade

 Scheherazade has had the misfortune to be married to a sultan who marries a bride one day and executes her the next. By cleverly timing the cliffhangers in the stories she tells the sultan, she delays her execution until the sultan truly falls in love with her. Badroulbadour is the princess in the story of Aladdin's lamp. Morgiana comes from the story of Ali Baba.

The Fisherman's wife appears in the story of the Fisherman and the Djinni.
6. "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas tells the story of D'Artagnan and his quest to join the Musketeers of the King of France. While his friends and companions are Porthos, Athos, and Aramis, which religious figure is the chief antagonist in the novel?

Answer: Cardinal Richelieu

 Published in 1844, the novel has sequels including "Twenty Years After". Cardinal Richelieu was a real person who served for over twenty years as the chief minister for King Louis XIII of France. One of the Richelieu's chief agents in the book is the beautiful but evil Milady de Winter.
7. "Les Miserables" is a famous novel by Victor Hugo that is particularly known for the hit musical of the same name. Whether one reads the novel or views the musical, one notices that many of the important characters die during the course of the story. Who is alive at the end?

Answer: Marius

 The 1862 novel was a favorite of Confederate soldiers. Javert commits suicide after being shown mercy by Jean Valjean. Eponine dies in the course of the battle at the barricade. Fantine dies of an illness which leads to Jean Valjean becoming Cosette's foster father.
8. "Mysterious Island" is an 1874 novel by Jules Verne. In it a group of Americans are marooned when their hot air balloon crashes on a remote South Pacific island. While there, they receive aid from an important character from another Jules Verne novel. Who is it?

Answer: Captain Nemo

 Captain Nemo was the captain of the submarine "Nautilus", and a main character in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". Phileas Fogg appeared in "Around the World in Eighty Days". Otto Lidenbrock appeared in "Journey to the Center of the Earth". Impey Barbicane appeared in "From the Earth to the Moon".
9. "Don Quixote" is by the Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. In the novel, the main character, Alonso Quixano, imagines himself something that he is not. What does he imagine himself to be?

Answer: A knight-errant

 "Don Quixote" was published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615. It includes the famous scene where Don Quixote (Alonso's "kinght" name) jousts with a windmill, imagining it to be a giant. "Don Quixote" was the basis for the hit musical "Man of La Mancha".
10. This novel--featuring the characters Eliza, George, and Simon Legree--was the second best selling book of the nineteenth century. Which novel was it?

Answer: Uncle Tom's Cabin

 Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1851 novel was meant to be a critique of American slavery. The only book that sold more copies in the nineteenth century was the Bible. Referring to the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was supposed to have said that Harriet Beecher Stowe was "the little lady who started this great war." Whether that was true or not, the novel certain helped to shape the thinking of many nineteenth-century Americans.
Source: Author bernie73

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