
Literature Quiz 3
1. Which bird did the Ancient Mariner kill?
2. Whose schoolmates were Bob Cherry, Frank Nugent and Harry Wharton?
3. Which heroine, a member of an outlaw family, falls in love with John Rudd in a famous novel?
4. In Wuthering Heights, what is Cathy?s surname?
5. In which H.G. Wells novel do invading aliens get killed by the common cold?
6. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
7. Who wrote Blott on the Landscape?
8. Which film star?s autobiography was called "My Wicked Wicked Ways"?
9. What was the name of the Bronte sister?s only brother?
10. Who was the Yorkshire vet who wrote "All Creatures Great and Small"?
Which authors created the following fictional characters ?
11. Dracula
12. The Scarlet Pimpernel
13. Tommy and Tuppence
14. Mike Hammer
15. Gemima Puddleduck
16. Billy Bunter
17. Bilbo Baggins
18. Harry Palmer
19. Hal 9000
20. Augustus Snodgras
ANSWERS
1. Albatross
2. Billy Bunter
3. Lorna Doone
4. Earnshaw
5. The War of the Worlds.
6. Daniel Defoe
7. Tom Sharpe
8. Errol Flynn
9. Branwell
10. James Herriot
11. Bram Stoker
12. Baroness Orczy
13. Agatha Christie
14. Mickey Spillane
15. Beatrix Potter
16. Frank Richards
17. JRR Tolkien
18. Len Deighton
19. Arthur C Clarke
20. Charles Dickens