Q 01/05

What was the family profession that Stevenson's father, grandfather and uncles all followed?

A) Medicine and surgery

B) Lighthouse engineering

C) The Presbyterian ministry

D) Shipbuilding on the Clyde

Answer · why

B) Lighthouse engineering

Lighthouse engineering. His grandfather Robert Stevenson built the Bell Rock lighthouse, but Louis, sent to learn the trade on harbour works, wrote th...

Q 02/05

Which birth name, his mother's maiden name, did Stevenson drop and give to Kidnapped's hero David?

A) Stewart

B) Campbell

C) Balfour

D) Rankeillor

Answer · why

C) Balfour

Balfour. He also respelled Lewis as Louis at about 18, yet only the spelling changed: his family and close friends went on calling him Lewis all his l...

Q 03/05

Which innkeeper's son, cabin boy of the Hispaniola, narrates most of Treasure Island?

A) Billy Bones

B) Jim Hawkins

C) Tom Redruth

D) Dick Johnson

Answer · why

B) Jim Hawkins

Jim Hawkins. Hiding in the ship's apple barrel, he overhears Long John Silver plotting mutiny, and his warning saves the squire's party.

Q 04/05

To whom did Stevenson dedicate A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)?

A) His father Thomas Stevenson

B) His professor Fleeming Jenkin

C) His wife Fanny Osbourne

D) His nurse Alison Cunningham

Answer · why

D) His nurse Alison Cunningham

His nurse Alison Cunningham. 'Cummy' nursed him through his sick childhood nights, reading him the Bible and Bunyan, and his dedication thanks her as ...

Q 05/05

Stevenson's first publication, printed at his father's expense when he was 16, recounted which event?

A) The Jacobite rising of 1745

B) The Covenanters' rebellion of 1666

C) The Darien scheme of 1698

D) The Glorious Revolution of 1688

Answer · why

B) The Covenanters' rebellion of 1666

The Covenanters' rebellion of 1666. Raised on tales of these Presbyterian rebels, he wrote The Pentland Rising for the 200th anniversary of their defe...