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Fiction | Set 1

1. Robinson Crusoe’s parents wanted him to become :-

Correct : C. A lawyer

2. Crusoe is able to survive on the island for :-

Correct : B. 28 years

3. Crusoe saves Friday on his :-

Correct : C. 25th year on the island

4. Crusoe teaches Friday to eat:-

Correct : C. Animal flesh

5. Crusoe is a man at peace with :-

Correct : D. Nature

6. The novel Robinson Crusoe is set in the :-

Correct : B. 17th century

7. The English mutineers who landed on Crusoe’s island are just as dangerous to him as :-

Correct : D. Any cannibal

8. Crusoe was born in

Correct : B. City of York

9. Crusoe's father wanted him to be

Correct : C. a lawyer

10. What according to Crusoe pushed him on?

Correct : D. his ill fate

11. Crusoe made an oven out of

Correct : A. clay

12. Crusoe was born in the year

Correct : A. 1632

13. Crusoe was rescued by

Correct : D. a Portuguese ship

14. Robinson Crusoe serves as a slave for two years in

Correct : B. Morocco

15. Crusoe named the savage Friday to commemorate the day

Correct : A. he saved the savage’s life

16. The cross that Crusoe erects on the island serves as a

Correct : C. calendar

17. In the first entry of his journal Crusoe called the island

Correct : B. island of fear

18. When Crusoe revisited the island he was pleased to see how the ________ established a successful colony with the English mutineers.

Correct : D. Caribbean natives

19. Crusoe’s father wishes his son to go into which profession?

Correct : A. Law

20. How does Crusoe impress the natives on the African coast?

Correct : D. Sailing the boat in circles

21. In Europe Crusoe encounters ravenous wolves in which country?

Correct : B. Africa

22. Crusoe names the servant Friday in honour of what?

Correct : C. The last work day before the weekend

23. When Crusoe departs on his second voyage, with whom does he leave some of his money?

Correct : B. His sister

24. According to Crusoe’s father, peace of mind and prosperity attended upon a _______ in life

Correct : C. middle station

25. Without asking God’s blessing, nor of his father’s consent, Crusoe boarded a ship bound for London on

Correct : B. September 1, 1659

26. Crusoe was kept as a slave by the Turkish Captain for

Correct : B. two years

27. How did Crusoe mark the one year anniversary of his shipwreck on the Island of Despair?

Correct : A. He grew both barley and rice on the island

28. What does Crusoe see on the island that fills him with fear?

Correct : D. A human footprint

29. Crusoe left the island after 28 years on

Correct : C. December 19, 1686

30. Crusoe’s father wanted him to be a

Correct : B. Lawyer

31. Robinson Crusoe celebrated his first anniversary in the island on

Correct : A. September 30, 1661

32. The first ship Robinson Crusoe boarded was going to

Correct : D. America

33. Den Wild Zee is a

Correct : C. Dutch phraseology

34. How many canoes did Friday see on the seashore?

Correct : C. Five

35. What did Crusoe give to the widow?

Correct : B. Two hundred pounds

36. Nelly tells Lockwood that she has lived at Thrushcross Grange for :-

Correct : C. 18 years

37. Catherine was engaged to Edgar for :-

Correct : D. 3 years

38. Wuthering Heights opens in :-

Correct : B. 1801

39. The diary that Lockwood found in the room at Wuthering Heights was:-

Correct : D. 25 years old

40. Mr Earnshaw brought Heathcliff from :-

Correct : B. Liverpool

41. Linton is the son of :-

Correct : A. Isabella and Heathcliff

42. Catherine gives birth to a daughter :-

Correct : D. 2 months prematurely

43. Heathcliff told Nelly that Catherine’s ghost had tormented him every night for the last :-

Correct : D. 18 years

44. Where did Heathcliff live?

Correct : C. Wuthering Heights

45. Who is the narrator of Wuthering Heights?

Correct : C. Both a & b

46. What is inscribed above the entrance of Wuthering Heights?

Correct : D. "Hareton Earnshaw 1500"

47. Over the course of the novel, which characters claimed to see Catherine's ghost?

Correct : D. Lockwood and Heathcliff

48. To which Shakespearan hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing?

Correct : C. King Lear

49. Whom does Catherine Earnshaw marry?

Correct : A. Edgar Linton

50. What is the name of Mr. Earnshaw’s adopted son?

Correct : C. Heathcliff

51. In the middle of the night, Lockwood is awakened by a ghostly child who calls herself _____

Correct : C. Catherine Linton

52. What is the name of the housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange?

Correct : B. Nelly Dean

53. When Nelly takes over the narration of Wuthering Heights, how many years had passed?

Correct : A. Thirty years

54. When Mr. Earnshaw set off for Liverpool, what did Hindley ask for to bring back to him?

Correct : C. A fiddle

55. In Wuthering Heights, what is the name of Hindley’s wife who died not long after her son’s birth?

Correct : D. Frances

56. When Hindley gambled away all his money, to whom did the mortgage of Wuthering Heights went entirely to?

Correct : D. Heathcliff

57. Why does Lockwood visit Heathcliff in chapter one of Wuthering Heights?

Correct : B. To sell him a Bible

58. To which Shakespearean hero does Lockwood compare himself after Joseph and Heathcliff accuse him of stealing?

Correct : C. King Lear

59. Who intercedes in the argument in Chapter two and ensures that Lockwood can spend the night at Wuthering Heights?

Correct : B. Zillah

60. Why do most of the servants leave Wuthering Heights after Frances dies?

Correct : C. They are disgusted by Hindley's treatment of Heathcliff

61. What gift did Mr. Earnshaw promise to bring Nelly Dean from Liverpool?

Correct : A. Fruit

62. Why does Ellen stay in the room when Edgar Linton visits Cathy?

Correct : D. Hindley asked her to

63. Who plans to live at Thrushcross Grange at the end of the novel, Wuthering Heights?

Correct : A. Young Catherine and Hareton

64. Over the course of Wuthering Heights, which character claim to see Catherine’s ghost?

Correct : C. Joseph and Nelly Dean

65. Who raises Hareton during the early years of his life?

Correct : B. Catherine

66. Young Catherine and Hareton plan to be married on

Correct : C. New Year’s Eve

67. Where is Catherine buried?

Correct : A. In a Churchyard overlooking the moors

68. What happens to Catherine the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange?

Correct : A. She catches a cold

69. The novel Wuthering Heights begins with the year

Correct : C. 1803

70. Emily Bronte was a

Correct : B. Romantic novelist

71. Heathcliff is adopted by

Correct : C. Edgar Linton

72. What happens to Cathy the first time she goes to Thrushcross Grange?

Correct : A. She falls down a rocky hill

73. In what place does Cathy think she wouldn't feel at home?

Correct : A. Boarding school

74. Lockwood describes the Yorkshire countryside as

Correct : A. A green valley

75. The Native in Thomas Hardy’s novel is :-

Correct : B. Clym Yeobright

76. The person who is returning from Paris in a few months for Christmas is :-

Correct : D. Clym Yeobright

77. The reddleman in The Return of the Native is :-

Correct : A. Diggory Venn

78. The untameable nighttime heath is symbolized by:-

Correct : C. Eustacia Vye

79. The Queen of Night is :-

Correct : B. Eustacia Vye

80. Mrs Yeobright is :-

Correct : C. Manipulative and deceitful

81. The fateful day on which the novel The Return of the Native started is :-

Correct : A. November 5th

82. Clym at the end of the novel becomes :-

Correct : C. A preacher

83. What was Clym Yeobright's occupation in Paris?

Correct : B. Diamond Merchant

84. Eustacia Vye longs to be

Correct : A. A big city girl

85. On the night of the departure of Damon and Eustacia

Correct : A. The two end up drowning

86. What is the name of Mrs Yeobright's House?

Correct : D. Bloom's End

87. What title does Hardy give Eustacia Vye?

Correct : C. Queen of Night

88. Where is the novel The Return of the Native set?

Correct : A. Budworth Heath

89. In Chapter One of The Return of the Native, what does Hardy describe the “enemy” of the heath?

Correct : C. The furze cutter

90. What does the reddleman have in his cart at the opening of the novel, The Return of the Native?

Correct : D. A trophy

91. What is described as “Eustacia's great desire” in The Return of the Native?

Correct : A. To have a baby

92. How does Diggory come to overhear Eustacia and Wildeve on the heath?

Correct : B. He reads their letters

93. On what day does the story begin in Hardy’s novel The Return of the Native?

Correct : D. October 13th

94. Egdon Heath is a gloomy wasteland in

Correct : A. Southern England

95. Who attempts to commit suicide in The Return of the Native?

Correct : B. ClymYeobright

96. The Clyms live in

Correct : C. Blooms End

97. Who is described as a “lady – killer” in The Return of the Native?

Correct : D. Charley

98. Who said this? “O, I could live in a street for a world; Egdon is a ridiculous old place: but I have got used to it and I could not be happy anywhere else at all”.

Correct : C. Thomasin

99. Who wore the appearance of an installment of night which had taken up its place before its astronomical hour?

Correct : A. The Heath

100. Eustacia marries

Correct : C. Diggory Venn