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Book of the Month Club Books Trivia Quiz

Ten questions on ten books that have been discussed in the FunTrivia Book of the Month Club forum. This quiz is for all readers--you need not have participated in the club to play!

A multiple-choice quiz by skylarb. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
skylarb

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
163,645

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. One of our selections was Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart." From which poet's work does this novel take its title? Hint

William Butler Yeats

William Blake

William Wordsworth

William Carols Williams

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Question 2 of 10

2. Our November 2003 selection was "The Map that Changed the World." The work talks about the beginnings of modern geology. Whose life does it chronicle? Hint

William Smith

George Fredric Matthew

Charles Darwin

Abraham Gesner

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Question 3 of 10

3. One of our book club selections covered the work of this author, who gave us the term "quixotic." Hint

Samuel Johnson

Miguel de Cervantes

George Eliot

Charles Dickens

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Question 4 of 10

4. We also discussed "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. What does the "S" stand for? Hint

Sean

Stephen

Staples

Steadman

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Question 5 of 10

5. We read "Adam Bede." Was the author of this novel a woman?

Yes

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Question 6 of 10

6. This book of the month club selection was penned by Charles Dickens. Hint

The Sign of Four

A Tale of a Tub

The Inferno

The Pickwick Papers

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which science-fiction author brought us "The Time Machine," the subject of our August 2003 book club discussion? Hint

Arthur C. Clarke

H.P. Lovecraft

Ray Bradbury

H.G. Wells

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Question 8 of 10

8. The book club discussed the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. In which tale do we meet Fortunato? Hint

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Fall of the House of Usher

The Cask of Amontillado

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which book of the month club selection begins, "Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case."? Hint

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Sign of Four

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the February 2004 book club selection, Queen Elizabeth reads this woman's secret diary. Hint

Anne Frank

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Katherine Parr

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. One of our selections was Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart." From which poet's work does this novel take its title?

Answer: William Butler Yeats

In Yeats "The Second Coming," the poet writes, "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; /
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." Achebe's novel is considered by many academics to be the seminal African novel. It depicts, with some ambiguity, the fate of a people as the ties that bind their culture are threatened by both colonization and evangelization.

2. Our November 2003 selection was "The Map that Changed the World." The work talks about the beginnings of modern geology. Whose life does it chronicle?

Answer: William Smith

The book, subtitled "William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology," was written by Simon Winchester, who also penned "The Professor and the Madman," covering the fascinating story behind the Oxford English Dictionary.

3. One of our book club selections covered the work of this author, who gave us the term "quixotic."

Answer: Miguel de Cervantes

The book was "Don Quixote." According to The American Heritage Dictionary, quixotic is defined as "idealistic without regard to practicality."

4. We also discussed "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. What does the "S" stand for?

Answer: Staples

Clive Staples Lewis was simply called "Jack" by his friends. He authored "The Chronicles of Narnia," a series of childrens' fantasy novels that provide an allegory for Christianity.

5. We read "Adam Bede." Was the author of this novel a woman?

Answer: Yes

"Adam Bede" was written by George Eliot, who was born Mary Ann Evans in 1819.

6. This book of the month club selection was penned by Charles Dickens.

Answer: The Pickwick Papers

"The Pickwick Papers" was written from 1836-37. Dickens wrote numerous novels, including "A Tale of Two Cities." It was Jonathan Swift, however, who brought us "A Tale of a Tub."

7. Which science-fiction author brought us "The Time Machine," the subject of our August 2003 book club discussion?

Answer: H.G. Wells

In the novel, our time traveler finds himself thousands of years in the future, where he meets the future race of humans, the Eloi.

8. The book club discussed the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. In which tale do we meet Fortunato?

Answer: The Cask of Amontillado

The room where Edgar Allan Poe resided while he attended the University of Virginia can still be seen. A mock raven rests on the bedpost.

9. Which book of the month club selection begins, "Sherlock Holmes took his bottle from the corner of the mantel-piece, and his hypodermic syringe from its neat morocco case."?

Answer: The Sign of Four

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" was written by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" by Agatha Christie.

10. In the February 2004 book club selection, Queen Elizabeth reads this woman's secret diary.

Answer: Anne Boleyn

"The Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn" by Robin Maxwell is a work of fiction that takes as its premise the supposition that Henry VIII's second wife kept a secret diary.

Source: Author skylarb

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