Q 01/05

Which kind of schooling did Christopher Paolini have before writing Eragon at fifteen?

A) Boarding school

B) Homeschooling

C) Military academy

D) Performing arts school

Answer · why

B) Homeschooling

Homeschooling let him finish high school at fifteen. He began Eragon as a hobby with no thought of publishing it, spending a year on the first draft a...

Q 02/05

Who first published Eragon?

A) Paolini's parents, through their own company

B) Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

C) Scholastic's children's imprint

D) Tor Books, the fantasy publisher

Answer · why

A) Paolini's parents, through their own company

Paolini's parents, through their own company, spent a year turning the manuscript into a book: editing, typesetting and printing it, with a dragon's e...

Q 03/05

Which Florida novelist recommended Eragon to his publisher, Knopf, after his stepson read it on holiday?

A) Stephen King

B) Carl Hiaasen

C) Dave Barry

D) Philip Pullman

Answer · why

B) Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen passed the book to his own editor. Knopf's Michelle Frey then wrote to the Paolini family offering to publish it, and her edition became ...

Q 04/05

Eragon's home valley is named after which fantasy artist?

A) Frank Frazetta

B) John Jude Palencar

C) Michael Whelan

D) Boris Vallejo

Answer · why

B) John Jude Palencar

John Jude Palencar got the tribute from a teenage fan: Paolini named Palancar Valley after the painter, and only afterwards did the publisher happen t...

Q 05/05

What did the teenage Paolini wear for many of his 135-plus Eragon talks?

A) A dragon suit

B) A cowboy outfit

C) Medieval costume

D) A school uniform

Answer · why

C) Medieval costume

Medieval costume was no shortcut: standing at a bookshop table and talking to every customer for eight hours, he might sell forty books on a good day.