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How to do it? Try a kind of "Consequences" game. Use book titles to generate ideas. You must not steal the idea itself, of course, but it is quite legitimate to develop your own ideas from the titles. Here's how.

A multiple-choice quiz by Toeknee448. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Toeknee448

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
360,634

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1400

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Question 1 of 10

1. You need a hero for the story you want to write. In the book by Alexander Dumas, no one knows who this man of mystery can be. Who is the man who would be a good start? Hint

Tarzan of the Apes

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Old Man and the Sea

Robinson Crusoe

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Question 2 of 10

2. You need a heroine in your book. Which one of these could be adapted for your purposes? Wilkie Collins wrote about this woman of mystery. Hint

Tess of the D'Urbevilles

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Alice in Wonderland

The Woman in White

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where did your hero meet your heroine? The answer is the title of a book by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

Hint

Treasure Island

The Secret Garden

The Road to Brighton Pier

Middlemarch

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Question 4 of 10

4. She said to him "I want ...". Her wants reveal exotic tastes with visions of vast treasure, written about by Alexander Dumas. What does she want to do? Hint

To marry "An Ideal Husband"

To meet the fellow with "The Philosopher's Stone"

To find "The Moonstone"

To meet "The Count of Monte Cristo"

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Question 5 of 10

5. He said to her "We must go to the place Richard Adams wrote about, where the rabbits live." Now, where was that? Hint

Watership Down

Animal Farm

East of Eden

This Side of Paradise

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Question 6 of 10

6. How and where your heroes travelled is important. En route they might go to a place described by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Which of his books was full of dinosaurs and danger? Hint

Three Men in a Boat

The Lost World

The Time Machine

The House at Pooh Corner

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Question 7 of 10

7. At their destination, your heroes found a turmoil as described by William Shakespeare. What was that? Hint

The Talisman

Dracula

The Tempest

Five Children and It

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Question 8 of 10

8. William Makepeace Thackeray wrote about an exotic place which might endanger your heroine. What dangerous thing did she do? Hint

She went off in "The Pursuit of Love" .

She made some "Dangerous Liaisons".

She went to "Vanity Fair".

She made friends with "Lolita".

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Question 9 of 10

9. Just in time, the heroine discovered that this man's secret was known to Kingsley Amis who wrote about it. Who was this man of mystery? Hint

Casanova

Robin Hood

Lucky Jim

The Little Prince

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Question 10 of 10

10. With the secret told and the adventure done, Agatha Christie has supplied the place for your heroine to go to sleep at the close of your story. Where did she eventually come to rest? Hint

In "Northanger Abbey"

At "Bertram's Hotel"

At "The Sweet Shop of Dreams"

In "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. You need a hero for the story you want to write. In the book by Alexander Dumas, no one knows who this man of mystery can be. Who is the man who would be a good start?

Answer: The Man in the Iron Mask

Your hero can take only one attribute from this character. Then you must make him your own. He is hiding his face, but how and why? Is his face famous, or badly scarred, or on wanted posters? Is he the sort of fellow that would use bandages, or sunglasses or a hoodie?

"Tarzan of the Apes" was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, "The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway and "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe.

2. You need a heroine in your book. Which one of these could be adapted for your purposes? Wilkie Collins wrote about this woman of mystery.

Answer: The Woman in White

Here you have a start for your description. Not every woman can or would wear white. Why does she? Has she been playing tennis or is it a uniform of a waitress or scientist? You must give her a reason for meeting the hero. Was it deliberate or an accident? Was she introduced or did she go to consult a detective or someone else who sent her where she would find him?

"Tess of the D'Urbevilles" was written by Thomas Hardy, "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carol and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Steig Larson.

3. Where did your hero meet your heroine? The answer is the title of a book by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

Answer: The Secret Garden

Why was each of them there? Was it by appointment? Who arrived first? What was the place like? What was the secret of the garden?

"Treasure Island" was written by Robert Louis Stevenson; "The Road to Brighton Pier" by George Orwell and "Middlemarch" by George Elliot.

4. She said to him "I want ...". Her wants reveal exotic tastes with visions of vast treasure, written about by Alexander Dumas. What does she want to do?

Answer: To meet "The Count of Monte Cristo"

Once she has a need, the story can be about the efforts they make to answer it and the story begins to have a point. She also begins to show her character and you could reveal this by showing why she has this need.

"An Ideal Husband" is a play by Oscar Wilde. "The Moonstone" is by Wilkie Collins. "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is by J K Rowling.

5. He said to her "We must go to the place Richard Adams wrote about, where the rabbits live." Now, where was that?

Answer: Watership Down

A journey is always a good thread in a story. There can be all sorts of interesting problems for the characters to meet on the way.

"East of Eden" is by John Steinbeck. "Animal Farm" is by George Orwell. "This Side of Paradise" is by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

6. How and where your heroes travelled is important. En route they might go to a place described by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Which of his books was full of dinosaurs and danger?

Answer: The Lost World

The journey can have many hazards, and the stops and the destination need to be worth reaching. Be careful to make it all your own. You must not steal the details from any other writer.

"Three Men in a Boat" is by Jerome K Jerome. "The House at Pooh Corner" is by A A Milne. "The Time Machine" is by H G Wells.

7. At their destination, your heroes found a turmoil as described by William Shakespeare. What was that?

Answer: The Tempest

All sorts of strange things might await them - family quarrels, ghostly invasions, crime, all waiting for our hero and heroine to resolve.

"Dracula" is by Bram Stoker. "Five Children and It" is by Elizabeth Nesbit and "The Talisman" by Sir Walter Scott.

8. William Makepeace Thackeray wrote about an exotic place which might endanger your heroine. What dangerous thing did she do?

Answer: She went to "Vanity Fair".

Just when the reader thinks all is going to sort itself out, the heroine is drawn aside into more danger and temptation. This is conventionally an important part of a plot. What could "Vanity Fair" be? A boutique? An Antiques Fair? A luxury yacht?

"Dangerous Liaisons" is a play by Christopher Hampton. "Lolita" was written by Vladimir Nabokov. "The Pursuit of Love" is by Nancy Mitford.

9. Just in time, the heroine discovered that this man's secret was known to Kingsley Amis who wrote about it. Who was this man of mystery?

Answer: Lucky Jim

At this point you have to resolve all the problems. You might want to bring back an extra person that you have only hinted at before, who knows the secret answer.

"Robin Hood" is a traditional folk hero, whose stories have been re-written by many people. "The Little Prince", by Antoine de Saint-Exupery has been loved by children since 1943. "Casanova", who may indeed have been a real person, has been written about by many authors.

10. With the secret told and the adventure done, Agatha Christie has supplied the place for your heroine to go to sleep at the close of your story. Where did she eventually come to rest?

Answer: At "Bertram's Hotel"

Now you are at the end of your story. "It was all a dream" is overdone, but you can have her go to sleep, thinking about all that has happened and maybe wondering how much of it has been real.

"Northanger Abbey" is by Jane Austin. "The Sweet Shop of Dreams" is by Jenny Colgan. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Source: Author Toeknee448

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