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Quiz about Gone With the Wind Movie vs Novel

"Gone With the Wind" - Movie vs. Novel Quiz

"Gone With the Wind" was a terrific movie, but nothing compares to the book. How much do you know about the differences between the book and the film?

A multiple-choice quiz by jfye. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jfye

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
290,483

Updated
Mar 12 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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1602

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 73 (10/10), Guest 31 (6/10), Guest 174 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the movie, Scarlett has one child, Bonnie. In the novel, how many children does she have? Hint

One

None

Two

Three

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the movie, Ashley has one sister, India. In the novel, he has two. What is the other sister's name? Hint

Dimity

Honey

Kathleen

Fanny

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Question 3 of 10

3. In the movie, Scarlett goes to Atlanta for the first time right after her first husband, Charles, dies. In the novel, which of these cities does she visit before she goes to Atlanta? Hint

Richmond

New Orleans

Montgomery

Charleston

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the movie, Melanie is the first to give up her wedding ring "for the cause" at the Atlanta Bazaar. In the novel, who donates her ring first? Hint

Mrs. Merriweather

Mrs. Meade

Maybelle

Scarlett

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Question 5 of 10

5. In the movie, when Ashley returns from the war, Mammy restrains Scarlett from running to greet him. Who restrains her in the novel? Hint

Melanie

Pork

Suellen

Will

6. In the movie, Gerald dies before Scarlett visits Rhett in the Yankee jail. After Rhett refuses to give her the money to pay the taxes on Tara, she marries Frank. What is the sequence of events in the novel? Hint

Gerald dies - Scarlett visits Rhett in jail - Scarlett marries Frank

Scarlett marries Frank - Scarlett visits Rhett in jail - Gerald dies

Scarlett visits Rhett in jail - Scarlett marries Frank - Gerald dies

Gerald dies - Scarlett marries Frank - Scarlett visits Rhett in jail

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the movie, Scarlett's sister Careen stays on at Tara after the war. In the novel, what happens to her? Hint

She marries Will Benteen

She goes to New York and works in a bank

She marries Brent Tarleton

She enters a convent in Charleston

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the movie, Mammy is at the sewing party while the ladies wait to hear word about their husband's involvement in the Shantytown raid. In the novel, who is there instead of Mammy? Hint

Archie

Will

Prissy

Dilcey

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Question 9 of 10

9. In the movie, at that same sewing party, Melanie reads aloud from "David Copperfield". In the novel, what book does she read from? Hint

Great Expectations

Les Miserables

Vanity Fair

The Bible

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Question 10 of 10

10. In the movie, Bonnie is afraid of the dark, but it is never explained why. In the novel, we learn the reason. Who causes Bonnie to be afraid of the dark? Hint

Scarlett

Her pony

Mammy

Prissy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the movie, Scarlett has one child, Bonnie. In the novel, how many children does she have?

Answer: Three

In the book, Scarlett has one child by each of her three husbands: a boy named Wade Hampton Hamilton by her first husband, Charles; a girl called Ella Lorena by her second husband, Frank Kennedy; and, of course, Bonnie Blue, her child with Rhett Butler.

2. In the movie, Ashley has one sister, India. In the novel, he has two. What is the other sister's name?

Answer: Honey

In the book, it was Honey Wilkes who was in love with Charles Hamilton, not India. India's beau was Stuart Tarleton. There were girls named Dimity, Kathleen, and Fanny in the book, but they were not related to the Wilkes family.

3. In the movie, Scarlett goes to Atlanta for the first time right after her first husband, Charles, dies. In the novel, which of these cities does she visit before she goes to Atlanta?

Answer: Charleston

In the novel, Scarlett visits her mother's relatives in Charleston and also her father's relatives in Savannah before visiting Aunt Pittypat and Melanie in Atlanta.

4. In the movie, Melanie is the first to give up her wedding ring "for the cause" at the Atlanta Bazaar. In the novel, who donates her ring first?

Answer: Scarlett

Another difference: in the movie, Rhett redeems both Melanie's and Scarlett's ring, but in the book he only returns Melanie's.

5. In the movie, when Ashley returns from the war, Mammy restrains Scarlett from running to greet him. Who restrains her in the novel?

Answer: Will

Will Benteen is a great character from the book who unfortunately was not in the movie at all.

Answer: Scarlett visits Rhett in jail - Scarlett marries Frank - Gerald dies

In the novel it is long after Scarlett marries Frank that her father Gerald dies. Will Benteen explains to her how it happened, and it is an interesting story - also much different than the movie - involving Scarlett's sister Suellen.

7. In the movie, Scarlett's sister Careen stays on at Tara after the war. In the novel, what happens to her?

Answer: She enters a convent in Charleston

In the novel, while Will does fall in love with Careen, they do not marry. Careen never gets over the death of her only love, Brent Tarleton. It is Ashley who almost goes to work in a bank in New York before Scarlett asks him to manage her lumber mill. Will does get married in the book... to Scarlett's other sister, Suellen!

8. In the movie, Mammy is at the sewing party while the ladies wait to hear word about their husband's involvement in the Shantytown raid. In the novel, who is there instead of Mammy?

Answer: Archie

Archie is another great character from the book who, like Will, doesn't make it to the movie. Scarlett hires him to drive her around Atlanta, which he does until she hires the convicts for her lumber mill. Since he was a former convict, he quits. Archie turns up later, discovering Ashley embracing Scarlett at the mill, another episode different in the movie.

9. In the movie, at that same sewing party, Melanie reads aloud from "David Copperfield". In the novel, what book does she read from?

Answer: Les Miserables

In the novel, "Les Miserables" is a popular book of the American Civil War era because the Confederate soldiers liked to call it "Lee's Miserables". When it was initially published, "GWTW" was compared to "Vanity Fair" because that novel also had a very strong-willed heroine.

10. In the movie, Bonnie is afraid of the dark, but it is never explained why. In the novel, we learn the reason. Who causes Bonnie to be afraid of the dark?

Answer: Mammy

In the novel, Mammy she explains to Rhett that Bonnie was not scared of anything and used to run through the house at night in the dark; Mammy was afraid Bonnie would hurt herself so she told Bonnie there were "ghosts and buggerboos" in the dark.

Source: Author jfye

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