The Best of British Book Quiz
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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