Q 01/05

Although published in the 1880s, Treasure Island is set in which period?

A) The 1700s

B) The 1600s

C) The 1500s

D) The 1800s

Answer · why

A) The 1700s

Stevenson summed up its subject as 'buccaneers and buried gold'.

Q 02/05

Under what working title did Stevenson originally write Treasure Island?

A) Skeleton Island

B) The Mutiny

C) The Buccaneers

D) The Sea Cook

Answer · why

D) The Sea Cook

The subtitle was 'A Story for Boys'.

Q 03/05

Treasure Island was first serialised in 1881–82 in which children's magazine?

A) Young Folks

B) Boy's Own Paper

C) The Strand

D) Chums

Answer · why

A) Young Folks

It ran in seventeen weekly instalments from October 1881 to January 1882.

Q 04/05

Under what pseudonym was the serialised Treasure Island credited?

A) Captain George North

B) Admiral Benbow

C) John Silver

D) Captain Flint

Answer · why

A) Captain George North

Stevenson was still a relatively unknown author when it appeared.

Q 05/05

In what year was Treasure Island first published as a book, by Cassell & Co.?

A) 1899

B) 1875

C) 1891

D) 1883

Answer · why

D) 1883

It came out on 14 November of that year.