Test your knowledge life and work of the Brontë sisters, the famous 19th-century English novelists and poets. Enjoy The Enigmatic Brontë Book Quiz!
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The Enigmatic Brontë Book Quiz
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#1. What was the pen name of Emily Brontë?
Unlucky! Ellis Bell was Emily’s pen name
#2. Which was the first of the Brontë Sisters novels to be published?
Unlucky! Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë was the first, published in Oct 1847
#3. Which of the sisters married?
Unlucky! Charlotte married the Reverend Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father’s curate, on June 29, 1854.
#4. In which European city did Charlotte and Emily teach?
Unlucky! They both taught in Belgium at the Pensionnat Héger, Brussels
#5. Caroline Helstone is a character in which Brontë sisters novel?
Unlucky! In Shirley by Charlotte Brontë she modeled Caroline largely on her sister, Anne Brontë
#6. What was the only novel written by Emily Brontë?
Unlucky! Wuthering Heights was her only novel, published in 1847
#7. A Prisoner in a Dungeon Deep was a poem written by which sister?
Unlucky! A Prisoner in a Dungeon Deep was written by Anne Brontë
#8. Which of their novels was published posthumously?
Unlucky! Charlotte Brontë’s first-written novel, The Professor, was published posthumously in 1857, two years after her death
#9. Which region of England were the Brontë family from?
Unlucky! They were from Yorkshire
#10. The Brontë Sisters had a brother who also was a writer, what was his name?
Unlucky! Branwell was the only son and fourth child of Patrick and Maria Brontë, and the close playmate of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne
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