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Don't have time to read a whole story? Well, here's some plots, in a nutshell. Just tell me what book. No quotation marks necessary, and give ONLY the (complete) name of the novel. Have fun! (Thanks to rinkworks.com for the idea; these, though are mine.)

A multiple-choice quiz by --xKIWIx--. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. RODION ROMANOVICH RASKOLNIKOV: I'm bored. I think I will kill someone. (He kills not one, but two people.) RAZUMIKHIN: Who did it? RASKOLNIKOV: I didn't do it. (Some time passes.) PORFIRY: I think you did it, Rodion. RASKOLNIKOV: I didn't do it! (Some more time passes.) RASKOLNIKOV: Okay, I did it. (THE END.)

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 2 of 10

2. PATRICK BATEMAN: I might look like a normal young man, but really, I'm a nut. (He has sex with some women. He kills them. Then he kills some more people. Or does he?) (THE END.) Hint

American Psycho

The Rules Of Attraction

Less Than Zero

The Informers

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Question 3 of 10

3. A SAILOR loses his ship, and his clothes. But he still manages to find pockets, which he then fills with various objects necessary to his survival. Then he gets rescued from the island he washed up on. (THE END.)

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. LELAND GAUNT: I will give you anything you wish, but you must give me your souls first. MOST TOWN INHABITANTS: Sounds like a fair enough trade. (They do.) SOME UNEASY FOLK: No! We must fight him and win back our souls! (They do.) (THE END.) Hint

The Stand

Black House

The Talisman

Needful Things

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Question 5 of 10

5. YOUNG GIRL: I need to get to school and-- but what's this letter? (She opens it.) YOUNG GIRL: Ooh, a strange man asking me strange questions. How mysterious. I will investigate further. (She does.) STRANGE MAN: Now that we've been introduced, in a way, I will tell you about the history of western philosophy. (He does.) (THE END.) Hint

The Solitaire Mystery

Vita Brevis

The Christmas Mystery

Sophie's World

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Question 6 of 10

6. LOONY MAN: Lady, I love you! (The lady is oblivious.) LOONY MAN: Lady, I will win you, but first I must dress myself up like a knight and fight some villains. (He does, except that the "villains" are actually things such as windmills. It's all rather hilarious.) LOONY MAN: Okay, well, that's my adventure done. Boy, what fun. I will die now. (He does.) (THE END.)

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 7 of 10

7. An ASSORTED BUNCH have adventures in a magical land. They learn pseudo-religious things, defeat evil, then go home. (THE END.) Hint

Both of these

C.S. Lewis's "Narnia Chronicles"

Neither of these

J.R.R. Tolkien's "Middle Earth" series

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Question 8 of 10

8. ENGLISH SAILORS: Oh! A storm! (They battle the storm; some die, others live and are washed ashore.) SAILORS: Where are we? (They see some Japanese people and it becomes clear exactly where they are.) WARLORDS: Let's use these Englishmen as pawns in our power struggle. (They do.) (THE END.) Hint

Tai-Pan

Gai-Jin

King Rat

Shogun

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Question 9 of 10

9. HOWARD ROARK laughs. Then he shows some people what's wrong with classic architecture, the government, and religion. (THE END.)

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. INVADERS: We don't wish harm to you. We just want to take over your farms, businesses, culture and general way of life. SOME VILLAGERS: Sure, you got a deal! OTHER VILLAGERS: Over our dead bodies! INVADERS: Very well. (They shoot the OTHER VILLAGERS, including the MAYOR.) JOHN STEINBECK: The Nazis are a bad lot. (THE END.) Hint

The Moon is Down

Once There Was A War

The Winter of our Discontent

The Short Reign of Pippin IV

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1866 novel is rather a lot more involving than the above, and well worth a read! Also surprisingly easy to read, given that it was written in a time when, apparently, the idea "bigger is better" was in vogue. Bigger often led to mind-numbingly boring, in my opinion, but not here.

2. PATRICK BATEMAN: I might look like a normal young man, but really, I'm a nut. (He has sex with some women. He kills them. Then he kills some more people. Or does he?) (THE END.)

Answer: American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis's very strange 1991 novel "American Psycho" was made into an equally strange and controversial movie starring Christian Bale as the killer-who-might-not-be-a-killer-after-all. So... did he? I still don't know. The other titles, by the way, are also Ellis stories.

Answer: Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe's 1719 story of shipwreck survival was based on the real-life story of the Scotsman Alexander Selkirk, who spent five years living on a remote island. The full title of "Crusoe" is "The Life and Strange and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe".

Answer: Needful Things

Stephen King's "Needful Things" was published in 1991 and made into a movie two years later. The other books, also King stories, to some extent or another also feature a similar situation to the one outlined, but Leland Gaunt appears as the antagonist of "Needful Things".

Answer: Sophie's World

Norwegian professor Jostein Gaarder's first book published in English, "Sophie's World", appeared in 1995, although he had written it four years earlier. Sounds like a dry subject for a novel? It certainly isn't. Apart from being a highly-informative, easy-to-read introduction to philosophy from Ancient Greece through to modern times, there's also a "story within a story" here which will certainly keep you guessing.

A fascinating reading experience which I recommend highly! The other titles are also Gaarder's works, each in themselves well worth tracking down.

Answer: Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra is regarded as one of Spain's earliest and greatest novelists. His "Don Quixote", published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, is a classic work lampooning the chivalric values adhered to by Cervantes' contemporaries.

7. An ASSORTED BUNCH have adventures in a magical land. They learn pseudo-religious things, defeat evil, then go home. (THE END.)

Answer: Both of these

Clive Staples Lewis (1898 - 1963) and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892 - 1973) were close friends for many years, and both were concerned with their Christian faith, although Lewis was much more overt. Both Lewis's "Narnia Chronicles" and Tolkien's "Middle Earth" series, including "The Lord of the Rings", have been interpreted as allegories of Christian behaviour and ideals.

In Lewis's case that's clear; Tolkien's "meaning" has been the subject of much debate. Either way, the basic plots of both these wonderful stories are pretty similar!

Answer: Shogun

James Clavell's magnificent "Asian saga" spans four centuries and half a dozen countries, beginning in feudal Japan in the year 1600 with "Shogun" and ending with "Whirlwind" and "Escape", both set in 1979 at the time of the Iranian Revolution. The best, in my opinion, are "Tai-Pan", set on the island of Hong Kong in 1841-2, and "King Rat", which takes place in Changi POW camp in Singapore in 1945. Read 'em! :-)

9. HOWARD ROARK laughs. Then he shows some people what's wrong with classic architecture, the government, and religion. (THE END.)

Answer: The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand's 1943 novel has been championed by libertarians and freethinkers ever since its publication. "Less government = More freedom": not a bad concept.

Answer: The Moon is Down

Steinbeck wrote "The Moon is Down" as Allied propaganda during the Second World War. The nationalities of the participants are not specified, but it would seem obvious that the invaders are German and the conquered are Scandinavian, possibly from Norway.

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