September+24

=Classics in UK Literature=

1.   How many years did Robinson Crusoe spend on an inhabited island in the famous novel //Robinson Crusoe// by Daniel Defoe? (//28 years//)

2.  Who is the first child to go through the wardrobe in the book, //The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe// by C.S. Lewis? (//Lucy//) 3.  Who was the evil one in the story //Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde// by Robert Louis Stevenson? (//Mr. Hyde//) 4.  Anna Sewell wrote only one book, about a horse, in 1877 but it became a classic. What was its title? (//Black Beauty)// 5.  Name the sequel to //Alice in Wonderland// by Lewis Carroll. (//Through the Looking Glass)// 6.  Who leads Mary Lennox to the key to the garden in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic, //The Secret Garden//? (the robin) 7.  In what book did Jim Hawkins find documents and a map for a fabulous treasure that belonged to the infamous pirate Captain Flint? (//Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson)// 8.  What kind of creature is “It” in //Five Children and It// by Edith Nesbit? (//a sand fairy -// Psammead ) 9.  This famous English author was born in Mumbai, India. Many of his stories involve animals from that region and here are a few names: Baloo the bear, Shere Khan the tiger, and Baghreera the panther. Who is this author? 10.  What is the title of Philip Pullman’s famous trilogy of which The Amber Spyglass is the last book? (//His Dark Materials//) 11.  Name the author of //Kit’s Wilderness.// (//David Almond//) 12.  In this book, Michael Morpurgo relates how Jewish children escape from Germany during WW II. What is the title of the book? (//Waiting for Anya//) 13.  The //Illustrated Mum// by Jacqueline Wilson is told from a girl’s point of view. What is the name of the girl? (//Dolphin//) – Bonus point: what is her sister’s name? (//Star//) 14.  Name the sequel to //The Wolves of Willoughby Chase// by Joan Aiken (//Black Hearts in Battersea//) // 15.   //What book starts with the following line: //In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit // ? (The Hobbit). Name the author. (J.R.R. Tolkien) 16.  One of the following animals does not belong in the //The Wind in the Willows// by A.A. Milne. In Mole, Badger, Mouse, Rat, and Toad. (//Mouse//) 17.  Who has sisters called Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail? (//Peter Rabbit//) 18.  //Ivanhoe// was written by Sir Walter Scot in 1819, but when did the story take place? (Middle Ages – 1194) 19.  Lewis Carroll wrote the greatest nonsense poem in the English language. What is its title? (//The Jabberwocky//) 20.  What book starts with the following line: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times? (//A Tale of Two Cities// – Charles Dickens (bonus point)