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Fantastic Books Trivia Quiz

A tremendous quiz which I thoroughly enjoyed writing....it should be fairly easy if you have read the books, if not then you'll be in the same boat as I am.

A multiple-choice quiz by onearmedbandi55. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
onearmedbandi55

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
25,323

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3500

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. What is the name of the captain in Melville's 'Moby Dick'? Hint

Herman

Ahab

Nathaniel

John

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where did Sherlock Holmes live, according to the stories? Hint

9 Chancery Lane

15B Pudding Lane

23A Oxford Street

221B Baker Street

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Question 3 of 10

3. What government department did the lead character in Orwell's '1984' work for? Hint

Ministry of Love

Ministry of Peace

Thought Police

Ministry of Truth

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Question 4 of 10

4. George Eliot was the pseudonym for which writer? Hint

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Austen

Katy Bentham

Mary-Ann Evans

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Question 5 of 10

5. What word did Holden Caulfield use to describe people he didn't like in Salinger's 'A Catcher in the Rye'? Hint

Jerks

Losers

Phoneys

Schmucks

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Question 6 of 10

6. How many sisters did Elizabeth have in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Answer: (number)

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Question 7 of 10

7. In Dickens' 'Great Expectations', what relation was Joe Gargery to Pip? Hint

Brother-in-law

Uncle

Father-in-law

Father

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who wrote 'Middlemarch'? Hint

George Eliot

Katy Bentham

Charlotte Bronte

Jane Austen

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Question 9 of 10

9. And who wrote 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'? Hint

Byron

Wordsworth

Keats

Shelley

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' was Oscar Wilde's last novel, true or false?

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the name of the captain in Melville's 'Moby Dick'?

Answer: Ahab

Captain of the Pequod.

2. Where did Sherlock Holmes live, according to the stories?

Answer: 221B Baker Street

3. What government department did the lead character in Orwell's '1984' work for?

Answer: Ministry of Truth

I wish it was true, I quite fancy varicose veins

4. George Eliot was the pseudonym for which writer?

Answer: Mary-Ann Evans

5. What word did Holden Caulfield use to describe people he didn't like in Salinger's 'A Catcher in the Rye'?

Answer: Phoneys

He didn't seem to like anybody, especially teachers, except the one who liked him rather too much..phoney

6. How many sisters did Elizabeth have in Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'?

Answer: 4

A splendid bunch of lasses, although extremely irritating

7. In Dickens' 'Great Expectations', what relation was Joe Gargery to Pip?

Answer: Brother-in-law

Good old Joe was my hero of the book, kind, gentle and loving

8. Who wrote 'Middlemarch'?

Answer: George Eliot

9. And who wrote 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'?

Answer: Keats

10. 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' was Oscar Wilde's last novel, true or false?

Answer: True

He only wrote one novel.

Source: Author onearmedbandi55

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