Books 130409

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1   Which is the name of the first volume of Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings trilogy?
A   The Fellowship of the Ring

2   A Study in Scarlet, is the title of the first adventure in a series of books to feature which fictional detective?
A   Sherlock Holmes (first published in 1887)

3   In which Charles Dickens tale does Wilkins Micawber appear?
A   David Copperfield

4   Who or what is Christine in the 1983 Steven King horror novel of the same name?
A   A possessed car (a Plymouth Fury)

5   For writing what is Samuel Pepys the seventeenth-century Member of Parliament best remembered?
A   His Diary

6   What is the title of the book by Salman Rushdie that led to the imposition of a fatwa on him by Ayatollah Khomeini?
A   Satanic Verses

7   In which book of the Old Testament is the story of the parting of the Red Sea?
A   Exodus

8   What is the name of the notorious school bully in Tom Brown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes?
A   Flashman

9   Which dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury depicts a future American society that outlaws books and burns down houses containing them?
A   Fahrenheit 451 (dystopian: opposite of utopian)

10   Which Nobel Prize-winning author wrote the classic novels The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men?
A   John Steinbeck