Q 01/05

Which Derbyshire estate owned by Jane Austen's Mr. Darcy does Elizabeth Bennet tour with her aunt and uncle?

A) Netherfield

B) Rosings Park

C) Pemberley

D) Longbourn

Answer · why

C) Pemberley

Pemberley is where Elizabeth and the Gardiners meet Darcy unexpectedly, and his gracious welcome there begins to win her good opinion.

Q 02/05

In Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, at which mansion does the heroine work as governess to Mr. Rochester's ward, Adèle?

A) Thornfield Hall

B) Gateshead Hall

C) Ferndean Manor

D) Thrushcross Grange

Answer · why

A) Thornfield Hall

Thornfield Hall takes the heroine on after she advertises her services in a newspaper, and the reply comes from its housekeeper, Alice Fairfax, not it...

Q 03/05

Which Diana Gabaldon novel sends army nurse Claire Randall through a Scottish stone circle back to 1743?

A) Poldark

B) Lorna Doone

C) Waverley

D) Outlander

Answer · why

D) Outlander

Outlander is how the Highlanders of 1743 see the English newcomer: a Sassenach, an outsider ignorant of Gaelic culture.

Q 04/05

Fifty Shades of Grey grew out of online fan fiction about the characters of which bestselling vampire romance series?

A) Vampire Academy

B) Twilight

C) House of Night

D) Blue Bloods

Answer · why

B) Twilight

Twilight inspired a serial called Master of the Universe, posted in episodes on fan fiction websites before it was reworked into a trilogy.

Q 05/05

Which novelist's debut The Notebook was inspired by the long marriage of his wife's grandparents?

A) Nicholas Sparks

B) Nicholas Evans

C) Mitch Albom

D) Richard Paul Evans

Answer · why

A) Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks wrote the book in six months in 1994, and the couple who inspired it had been married for more than 60 years when he met them.