Let's Write About Lost and Found Quiz

Answer: Lost Horizon

"Lost Horizon" is the novel from which the term "Shangri-La" originates. The book delves into the possibility of the perfect world, as well as the possibility of another World War. The novel was well-received and in 1937 Hollywood director Frank Capra turned the novel into a movie of the same name. This fictional novel can be found in the fantasy/adventure genre.

Answer: Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz has written multiple novel that are called his "Frankenstein Series". His novel "Lost Souls" is the fourth in the series. When released in 2010 it debuted at number seven on the New York Times Hardcover Best Seller list. While these novels may be considered by some readers as modern versions of Mary Shelley's original novel "Frankenstein" (1823), these novels are very different from each other.

Answer: John Milton

"Paradise Lost" is an epic poem that deals with the story of Adam and Eve. It deals with the paradise that is lost when Eve gives in to the temptations of Satan, and the ensuing expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The author, John Milton, revised and re-edited his work repeatedly.

Many readers are unaware that this great literary work was written while the author was completely blind. This inspired the great French artist Eugene Delacroix to create the painting "Milton Dictating 'Paradise Lost' to his Daughters" in 1826.

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"The Lost World" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a story about a hidden plateau in the Amazon jungle populated by dinosaurs. It follows an expedition searching for this location and the scientific marvels it contains. This novel was a reflection of the time in which it was written. First published in 1912, this novel came out during a period in history when science was making great leaps and bounds. Extinction, dinosaurs, and evolution were fairly new ideas that boggled the mind of the average man. There is no doubt that this novel is considered by most to be one of the early classics in the science fiction genre.

Answer: Dan Brown

"The Lost Symbol" is a thriller novel and is a sequel to the events outlined in Dan Brown's earlier novel "The Da Vinci Code" written in 2003. These novels deal with Freemasonry, the Catholic Church, and American history all woven together. These thrilling novels have been very popular and made Dan Brown an overnight millionaire.

They weave fact and fiction together so skillfully that it is hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.

Answer: True

Both of these literary works come from the fascinating mind of James Fenimore Cooper. Both were written in 1838 and are examples of early sea adventure novels. The focus is on a group of characters traveling together on a passenger ship. Each is a representative example of their home nations and their times.

It also explores each character's reaction to a storm which forces their damaged ship to seek haven in coastal Atlantic waters off of northwest Africa.

Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray

"On Being Found Out" was a narrative commentary on the repercussions if everyone's secrets were revealed. It explored the nature of mankind and the fact that we have all committed crimes, or wronged someone. Thackeray was an English novelist and poet whose works explored the inner workings of society and class designations. Most of his works were examples of satire and parody.

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

"MS. Found in a Bottle" is a sea-tale which explores the many things to be feared in maritime travel. The narrator of the message in a bottle tells of whirlpools, hurricanes, and being lost at sea without means of navigation. This story explores the emotions and thoughts of a man who knows that death is imminent and that he is impotent to stop it.

Answer: Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Sir Henry Morton Stanley was a Welsh-American journalist famous for his search for the Scottish missionary David Livingstone. Both men became more famous as intrepid explorers of the mysterious continent of Africa. This work is a narrative of how the two men explored eastern Africa establishing the fact that the Nile River did not start in Lake Tanganyika, as had been believed for decades.

Their escapades have been made into several movies, many of which use this literary work as a resource.

Answer: Rudyard Kipling

"The Ship That Found Herself" is the story of a ship making her maiden voyage. It explores people's behavior when their survival during a stormy crossing becomes questionable. It invokes many old sailors' legends and how social class becomes unimportant when faced with possible death.

It personifies the ship, which finds the strength to sail through the storm and ready itself for its next journey across the ocean.