Art & Literature 119054

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1. Q: Who is the lover in “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” by D H Lawrence?
   A: Oliver Mellors. Lady Chatterley, also known as Connie, begins an affair with Mellors, which becomes a central element of the novel.
2. Q: Which renowned Irish playwright and author is reputed to have said: “I can resist anything but temptation”?
   A: Oscar Wilde.
3. Q: Which American writer and humourist said, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times”?
   A: Mark Twain. The novelist Ernest Hemingway claimed that “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.”
4. Q: Who wrote the “Biggles” series of books?
   A: Capt. W.E. Johns – based on Johns’ service with the RFC and RAF in the First World War. Although they are currently out of fashion, these stories were very popular in the 1950s and 60s.
5. Q: Who wrote the 1954 novel “The Lord of the Flies”?
   A: William Golding – now a classic, is a stark story of survival, probing the depths of human nature, and what happens when civilisation collapses.
6. Q: Lanfranco Cassetti, going under the alias of Samuel Ratchett, was the murder victim in which Agatha Christie novel?
   A: Murder on the Orient Express. The investigation unmasks him as a ruthless kidnapper and murderer. Specifically, Hercule Poirot reveals that the man previously took the life of young Daisy Armstrong before fleeing justice under a false identity.
7. Q: In which Sherlock Holmes story was there a “curious incident of the dog in the night-time”?
   A: The Adventure of Silver Blaze. The “incident” centres on the dog’s refusal to bark during the theft of a valuable racehorse and the murder of its trainer. Specifically, Holmes identifies this silence as a crucial clue, concluding that the dog must have known the intruder personally.
8. Q: In Charles Dickens’ novel “Nicholas Nickleby”, who was the headmaster of Dotheboys Hall?
   A: Wackford Squeers. He is depicted as a cruel and abusive schoolmaster who mistreats the students, particularly the young Smike.
9. Q: In the Charles Dickens novel “David Copperfield”, the character Richard Babley was almost always known by what name?
   A: Mr Dick. David Copperfield was published as a serial in 1849 and 1850 and then as a book in 1850.
10. Q: Jadis the White Witch is the primary antagonist in which children’s book by C.S. Lewis?
    A: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. She also appears in “The Magician’s Nephew”, both part of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” series.