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1. Which of the following books was NOT written by Isabel Allende?
2. Which Arturo Perez-Reverte book does the following synopsis describe? After a hacker known only as 'Vespers' cracks the Vatican's firewall and e-mails a cryptic message directly to the Pope, Father Lorenzo Quart of the Holy See's Institute of External Affair is sent to Spain to investigate. Murder and mayhem ensue as the locals fight over keeping a church alive or allowing it to be sold to land developers?
3. Name the title of Isabel Allende's 2001 novel.
4. This Isabel Allende novel follows the Trueba family from the turn of the century until the violent overthrow of Salvador Allende in 1973. Esteban is the proud and often cruel patriarch of the family and is extremely possessive of his wife Clara. It is also the story of their rebellious daughter Blanca who becomes involved with the son of her father's foreman, whom Esteban hates. The novel was adapted into a motion picture staring Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, and Glenn Close.
5. This highly praised Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel tells, through the voices and experiences of the Buendia family, the story of the birth and growth of a small town called Macondo. It is filled with many colorful characters.
6. Set in Mexico, this Laura Esquivel novel tells the story of Tita. She is 'raised in the kitchen' and is expected to remain single and care for Mama Elena. She is tormented when her sister becomes engaged to Pedro, the man she loves. Tita expresses her feelings of love to Pedro through the dishes she prepares for him. This book was also adapted into a movie.
7. This Paulo Coelho novel tells the story of Santiago a well educated man who initially intends to become a priest but later decides to become a shepherd instead. Santiago has two dreams about finding hidden treasure in the Pyramids of Egypt. On the advice of a fortune teller, he decides to follow his dreams.
8. This Isabel Allende novel which was adapted into a movie staring Antonio Banderas and Jennifer Connelly, tells the story of Irene Beltran and Francisco Leal, a journalist and photographer living in a Latin American dictatorship. Irene Beltran and Francisco Leal are working together on an assignment for a magazine when they inadvertantly discover the body of a 15-year-old girl, Evangelina Ranquileo, in an unmarked grave along with other corpses. This discovery embroils them in a chilling political intrigue that could cost them their lives.
9. In this Perez-Reverte novel, rare book detective Lucas Corso becomes embroiled in a mystery when he seeks to authenticate a manuscript of Chapter 42 of The Three Musketeers. The search for this manuscript leads him on yet another mission that could prove deadly... the search for The Book of the Nine Doors to the Kingdom of Darkness, a work of the occult that had been banned in the 17th century. This book was recently adapted into a movie staring Johnny Depp.
10. Name the recently published Isabel Allende book from which the following characters come: Eliza Sommers, Joaquin, Tao Chi'en.
11. In this Isabelle Allende novel, the reader hears twenty-three rich, vibrant, and enchanting stories as told by the narrator to her lover, Rolf Carle.
12. Eva Luna, a character who appears in two of Isabel Allende's novels, has been compared to another literary character who wove fanciful tales for her husband. To whom is she compared?
13. With which South American country is Isabel Allende most closely associated, having spent many of her formative years there?
14. In this Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, Florentino Ariza tells the story of his prolonged passion for Fermina Daza. At a funeral Florentino is reunited with Fermina Daza and renews a courtship he had begun 50 years earlier. This book retraces the story of their love and separation.
15. This Laura Esquivel novel flashes back to 1521, with the conquest of Tenochtitlan by the Spanish. Rodrigo Diaz, the conquering hero, rapes Princess Citlali on the site of an Aztec pyramid of love. When his wife, Isabel, gives birth, Citlali avenges herself by murdering the baby. Citlali's actions set in motion a cycle of retribution. As karma would have it, 14,000 lives later, Citlali, Rodrigo and Isabel are eternally bound in conflict. Years later, In her present incarnation, Citlali, or Azucena, is a 'highly evolved astro-analyst' who wakes up one morning to find her twin soul, Rodrigo, missing ... he's kidnapped by planetary presidential candidate Isabel.
16. This Paulo Coelho novel is a retelling of the prophet Elijah. During the ninth century B.C., Jezebel, the wife of Israel's ruler, demands the execution of all prophets who refuse to worship Baal. Elijah, at the command of an angel of God flees Israel, finding short-lived safety in the land of Zarephath, and falls in love with a young widow. It is a story of faith and sorrow.
17. This Allende novel is the story of Gregory Reeves and his search for peace and happiness. Gregory's struggle for peace is influenced by the contending philosophies of Catholicism, the Bahai faith of his mother, and his father's metaphysical explanation of the universe. A rich and engrossing tale that follows the fortunes of Gregory Reeves as he overcomes his childhood of poverty to make a place for himself in a violent and racist world.
18. True or False? Isabel Allende wrote a memoir as a result of her daughter Paula's illness and tragic death.
19. True or False? Arturo Perez-Reverte authored a novel entitled, The General in His Labyrinth, which tells the story of the last years of Simon Bolivar's life.
20. Name Arturo Perez-Reverte's 2000 novel.
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