What A Story! The Incredible Ten! Quiz

Answer: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was one of the best European writers of all time. He is known both for his poems and novels, which include "Les Miserables", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and many others. He played a pivotal role in the Romantic movement during the 19th century.

Answer: Baudolino

"Baudolino" was published in 2001. The main character is Baudolino, a young man who, in 1204, in Constantinople, during the 4th Crusade, meets the real-life historian Niketas Choniates and tells him the story of his life, which takes place in both the real and the fictional world of the Middle Ages.

Answer: Astronomy

"The Island of Doctor Moreau" is one of Wells' best novels. It is the story of Edward Prendick, a castaway who is picked up by the assistant of Dr. Moreau, a mad scientist who tries to surgically transform animals into humans, despite the pain he inflicts on his subjects.

Answer: Provis

"Great Expectations", one of Dickens' best works, centers around the life of Philip Pirrip, an England country boy who is sent to London and becomes a gentleman with the money of the convict, to whom Pip had given some food while he was trying to escape from prison.

Answer: To his grandfather

The story centers around Vanka, a little boy who is sent to Moscow in order to become a shoemaker, where he suffers at the hands of his cruel employer. On Christmas Eve, he writes a letter to his grandfather, begging him to take him back to his village.

However, the reader knows that the letter will never arrive to him, for two obvous reasons: it did not have a stamp and no address was written, just the words "To the village".

Answer: A boa which has eaten an elephant

"The Little Prince" was published in 1943 and was voted the best French novella of the 20th century. It remains one of the most read books worldwide, translated into more than 250 languages. It centers around a pilot who has a plane crash in the Sahara Desert, where he meets the "Little Prince", a small man from the planet B-612, who, journeying the universe, has landed on the Earth.

Answer: Thermopylae, 480 BC

Steven Pressfield's book is one of the best works about ancient Greece, embracing the honor and splendor of the Greek civilization. It was followed by other masterpieces, including "Tides of War", which depicts the Pelopponesian War and "The Afghan Campaign", which is a magnificent narrative of Alexander the Great's wars.

Answer: Akbar

"The Fifth Mountain" has as its basic summary the Biblical story of Elijah. However, it explores subjects such as man's relations with God, rebellion, freedom, wisdom and desire to help other humans. The book was published in 1996.

Answer: Washington

"The Canterville Ghost" was published in 1887. It centers around the castle's ghost who wants to retire, but the family that buys the castle does not leave it to lead a peaceful after-death life. It therefore tries to terrorize them, ending up being repeatedly terrorized and outwitted itself.

Answer: Battle of Shiloh

"Gone with the Wind", published in 1936, remains the most read book about the Civil War and one of the most popular books worldwide. It surpassed "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ", which had dominated the sales of the second half of the 19th century. The plot centers around the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, from the standpoint of Southern soldiers and civilians alike, describing how war changes all the aspects of man's personality, being simultaneously a perfect literal study of love, hatred and passion.