Alternate history is a subgenre of science fiction and historical fiction in which history has departed from the world’s true history. Test your knowledge of this genre with our Alternative History Book Quiz
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#1. Mr Beethoven by Paul Griffiths sees Beethoven do what in his later years?
In Paul Griffiths’s novel, Beethoven accepts a commission to write an oratorio and traveled to the United States to oversee its first performance.
#2. Published in 2018, who wrote American Hippo?
Unlucky! Sarah Gailey wrote American Hippo
#3. The Man In the High Castle by Philip K Dick was published when?
Unlucky! The Man in the High Castle was published in 1962
#4. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson explores how world history might have been different if the ........ plague had killed 99 percent of Europe's population.
Unlucky! It was the Black Death plague, which happened around 1346- 1353
#5. What is the first book in Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series?
Unlucky! In the Balance was the first installment in the series
#6. Who wrote SS-GB?
Unlucky! Len Deighton wrote SS-GB in 1978
#7. In The Plot Against America by Philip Roth who is elected US President in 1940?
Unlucky! Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh is elected president in the book.
#8. In 2017, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead won which literature prize?
Unlucky! The Underground Railroad won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
#9. Published in 2007, who wrote The Yiddish Policemen's Union?
Unlucky! Michael Chabon wrote The Yiddish Policemen’s Union
#10. In The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling which natural disaster causes upheavel to Europe's population?
Unlucky! It was a meteor shower that struck earth in 1878
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