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Literary Miscreants

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Literary Miscreants game quiz
"These literary characters are among the most wretched you will ever run across."

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1. In which of Charles Dickens' novels will you find the ruthless career criminal Bill Sykes?
    Great Expectations
    Oliver Twist
    Little Dorrit
    Nicholas Nickelby


2. This work was originally published in a German language edition. It tells the macabre tale of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a twisted character who stalks and murders young women in an attempt to attain the ultimate scent for himself. Do you know the english language title of Patrick Suskind's bizarre novel?
    The Idiot
    The Tale of Halcyon Crane
    The Yellow Room
    Perfume: The Story of a Murder


3. This cleverly written novel by Gregory Maguire weaves the tale of Elphaba, the arch nemesis of Dorothy from Frank L. Baum's classic "The Wizard of Oz". Which witch tale is it?
    Glinda: Not Such a Good Witch After All
    I'll Get You My Pretty
    Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
    The Witches


4. Who wrote the children's novella, "Fantastic Mr. Fox", which tells the story of three mean old farmers named Bogus, Bunce and Bean who are determined to get the wily creature stealing from them at any cost?
    Roald Dahl
    Phillip Ardagh
    Lemony Snicket
    E.B. White


5. What is the first name of the title character in Patricia Highsmith's darkly amoral tale "The Talented Mr. Ripley"?
    Dickie
    Tom
    Harry
    Wills


6. "The Cask of Amontillado" was written by a master storyteller. The villain in the story seeks revenge on a fellow nobleman by bricking him in and leaving him to die in the catacombs. Which author created the unrepentant villain Fortunato?
    Peter Carey
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Edgar Allan Poe
    Victor Hugo


7. Sir Percival Glyde and the evil Count Fosco are partners in a diabolical plot to swindle a naive young woman out of her inheritance. What is the missing colour in the title of this Wilkie Collins novel "The Woman in ________"?
    Black
    White
    Red
    Violet


8. "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis is a classic tale of temptation. It is written in a groundbreaking style as correspondence between Wormwood and his clever Uncle Screwtape. Who is Uncle Screwtape?
    A senior devil
    Lucy's father
    Saint Peter
    Mr. Tumnus


9. This Shakespearean character will stop at nothing to gain the position he believes is rightfully his. In the end he even kills his wife Emilia when he sees her as an obstacle and a nuisance. Who is this character that is evil to the core?
    Macbeth
    Hamlet
    Brutus
    Iago


10. This housekeeper of Manderley relentlessly torments the lead character taking her to the brink of committing suicide. In the end she is presumed dead when she disappears after setting fire to the mansion. What is the first name of the nightmarish character Mrs. Danvers, in Daphne du Maurier's tale "Rebecca"?
    Mariah
    Elizabeth
    Victoria
    It is never given


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Compiled Jun 28 12