The first quiz in a new series. Each quiz will focus on a specific genre with the questions in date order.
To compliment our current time, the first quiz is on that darkest of genres – Dystopian novels.
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In Swrift’s Gulliver’s Travels what type of animals are Houyhnhnms?
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Horses
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Apes
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Finish the title of Dostoevsky’s novel: — from the Underground
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Notes
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Cries
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The Time Machine by HG Wells begins in which English county?
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Surrey
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Sussex
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For what crime is Josef K arrested in Kafka’s The Trial?
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Unknown
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Theft
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Which of these phrases was introduced in Huxley’s Brave New World: Sleep-learning or memory hole?
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Sleep-learning
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Memory hole
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How many years before the outbreak of World War 2 was Katherine Burdekin’s Swastika Night written?
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2 years
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5 years
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Where is the setting for Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down?
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Northern Europe
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California
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Which one of these is NOT one of the 4 ministries in Orwell’s 1984: Ministry of Plenty or Ministry of War?
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Ministry of War
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Ministry of Plenty
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Finish the title of Bradbury’s novel: Fahrenheit —
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451
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541
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Who is the protagonist and leader in Golding’s Lord of the Flies?
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Ralph
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Jack
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In Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange where do Alex and his gang hang out?
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A milk-bar
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A record store
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Which American wrote the novel that spawned Blade Runner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
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Philip K Dick
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William Gibson
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What is the name of the ‘ideal’ future society in Piercy’s Woman on the Edge of Time?
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Mattapoisett
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Commonweal
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In King’s The Stand where does the virus first break out?
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Texas
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Wyoming
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‘We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.’ Is this the opening line of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale?
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Yes
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No
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Children of Men by PD James is set in 2021, but what event happens in 1994 that leads to the end of society?
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Men’s sperm count plummets
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Youth revolution
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Lois Lowry’s The Giver is a dystopian book written for which type of audience?
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Young Adult
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Children
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Which major prize did McCarthy’s The Road win in 2007?
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Pulitzer Prize
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Man Booker Prize
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‘I prop myself up on one elbow. There’s enough light in the bedroom to see them.’ Is this the opening line of Collins’ The Hunger Games?
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No
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Yes
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Who is the protagonist of Q by Christina Dalcher?
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Elena
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Jean
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