A new series. Each quiz focuses on a specific genre with the questions in date order – a kind of potted history genre by genre.
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The title of the first truly epistolary novel is translated as Prison of Love. What language was it written in?
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Spanish
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French
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Finish the title of the famous book: Letters to a Portuguese —
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Nun
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Father
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In Pamela by Samuel Richardson what position does the 15 year old Pamela hold in Mr B’s household?
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Servant
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Scullery maid
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Who wrote the infamous Les Liaisons Dangereuses?
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Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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What was Jane Austen’s epistolary novel called?
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Lady Susan
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Sanditon
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Who writes the letters in Shelley’s Frankenstein that frame the rest of the novel?
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Captain Walton
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Dr Frankenstein
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In Balzac’s History of Two Brides, what are the names of the protagonists?
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Louise and Renée
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Marie and Agnes
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Which Brontë sister wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?
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Anne
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Charlotte
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The final note in Stoker’s Dracula is ‘written’ how many years after the main events in the novel?
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7
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2
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The Documents in the Case is a crime novel written in epistolary form. Who wrote it?
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Dorothy L Sayers
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Agatha Christie
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Finish the title of Wilder’s novel: The Ides of —
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March
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May
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In Bellow’s Herzog, what number divorce is Herzog going through?
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2nd
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4th
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In Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, what animal is Algernon?
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Mouse
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Cat
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What was Stephen King’s first published novel?
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Carrie
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Salem’s lot
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Walker’s The Color Purple takes place in which state in the southern United States?
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Georgia
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South Carolina
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In Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, how old is Charlie, the protagonist?
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15
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17
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Meg Cabot’s novel The Boy Next Door takes the epistolary novel into the electronic age. Which electronic device is used instead of traditional letters?
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Emails
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Text Messages
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga is set in which country?
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India
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Afghanistan
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What is the name of the protagonist in Weir’s The Martian?
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Mark
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Mike
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The Wright Sister by Patty Dann imagines the life of the sister of the famous Wilbur and Orville Wright. What is her name?
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Katherine
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Kitty
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