Celebrating the Best of U.K Literature, enjoy our Best of British Book Quiz. 10 Questions on famous British Authors and Classic British Novels
The Best of British Book Quiz
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#1. What was real name of George Eliot, author of Middlemarch?
Unlucky! George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans
#2. What was Charles Dickens first novel?
Unlucky! Published as a monthly serial in 1836-37 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was his first novel
#3. In what year was Lord of the Flies by William Golding published?
Unlucky! It was his first novel and it was published in 1954
#4. In Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, what was the name of the butler?
Unlucky! Stevens was the Butler
#5. Ann, Charlotte and Emily Bronte were sisters, who was the oldest?
Unlucky! Charlotte was the oldest, Ann the youngest
#6. The Quiet American by Graham Greene was set in which Country
Unlucky! It was set in Vietnam
#7. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, charts Thomas Cromwell's rise in which Royal Era?
Unlucky! It was the Tudors (1485–1603)
#8. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf was set on which Scottish Island?
Unlucky! It was Skye that the Ramsey family visited
#9. How many books are in the J.R.R Tolkien Lord of the Rings series?
Unlucky! There were six books in the series
#10. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes won which literature prize?
Unlucky! It won the 2011 Booker Prize
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