Q 01/05

What was George Eliot's real name?

A) Charlotte Bronte

B) Mary Shelley

C) Mary Ann Evans

D) Elizabeth Gaskell

Answer · why

C) Mary Ann Evans

She was also known as Mary Anne or Marian, and died as Mary Ann Cross.

Q 02/05

In which English county was George Eliot born?

A) Warwickshire

B) Northamptonshire

C) Lincolnshire

D) Gloucestershire

Answer · why

A) Warwickshire

She was born at South Farm on the Arbury Hall estate near Nuneaton, where her father managed the estate.

Q 03/05

How many novels did George Eliot write?

A) Four

B) Seven

C) Ten

D) Twelve

Answer · why

B) Seven

They run from Adam Bede in 1859 to Daniel Deronda in 1876.

Q 04/05

Which married philosopher and critic lived with Eliot as her partner from 1854 to 1878?

A) Charles Bray

B) John Chapman

C) Herbert Spencer

D) George Henry Lewes

Answer · why

D) George Henry Lewes

He stayed legally married to Agnes Jervis, and Eliot signed herself Mary Ann Evans Lewes.

Q 05/05

What did George Eliot's father do for a living?

A) Kept a public house

B) Ran a ribbon factory

C) Managed a country estate

D) Served as a parish curate

Answer · why

C) Managed a country estate

Robert Evans ran the Arbury Hall estate, which gave his daughter access to the hall's library.

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