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A Lovely Quiz

Love is in the air. This quiz tests your knowledge of romance in literature.

A multiple-choice quiz by JoeWolfhound. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
JoeWolfhound

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
333,276

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
477

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which 'lovely' title is one of the most famous works by the English novelist Nancy Mitford? Hint

Love in a Cold Climate

Love on a Cold Day

Love on a Hot Tin Roof

Love in the Tropics

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which 'lovely' genre of novel is frequently claimed to be the most popular in terms of sales? Hint

Crime

Romance

Fantasy

War

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which British publisher is famous for producing vast numbers of romantic potboilers? Hint

Fantasy Books

Bills and Moon

Mills and Boon

Top Shelf

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which Shakespearean play's famous opening lines are: "If music be the food of love, play on"? Hint

Measure for Measure

Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night

Much Ado about Nothing

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which 'lovely' Louis de Bernieres novel revolves around a romance between an Italian soldier and a girl on a Greek island? Hint

A Partisan's Daughter

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Birds without Wings

The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman

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Question 6 of 10

6. "The love that dare not speak its name" was famously cited as a euphemism for homosexuality at the trial of which 19th century writer? Hint

Byron

Keats

Shelley

Wilde

7. H G Wells is best known as a science-fiction writer but he also wrote several gently romantic novels of middle-class life in England. "Kipps" and "The History of Mr Polly" were two; but which is the correct title of another? Hint

Love and Mr Lewisham

Love and Mr Maidstone

Love and Mr Aldershot

Love and Mr Aylesford

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Question 8 of 10

8. The screenplay of the classic movie "Love Story" was written by Erich Segal. It is based on which other famous work? Hint

None, it's his own original story

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

Jane Austen's Emma

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Nobel Prize winning, South American novelist wrote the somewhat curiously titled 'Love in the Time of Cholera'? Hint

Mario Vargas Llhosa

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Jorge Luis Borges

Roberto Bolano

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Question 10 of 10

10. The somewhat saucily titled novel "The Way of All Flesh" was written as a reaction to Victorian values by which novelist? Hint

Sir Walter Scott

Anthony Trollope

Samuel Butler

William Thackeray

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which 'lovely' title is one of the most famous works by the English novelist Nancy Mitford?

Answer: Love in a Cold Climate

The title derives from George Orwell's novel 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying'.

2. Which 'lovely' genre of novel is frequently claimed to be the most popular in terms of sales?

Answer: Romance

Market research by the Romance Writers of America claimed that nearly 75 million Americans read at least one romance novel in 2008, 95% of whom were women.

3. Which British publisher is famous for producing vast numbers of romantic potboilers?

Answer: Mills and Boon

Mills and Boon claim to be the world's largest publisher of romantic fiction, releasing 50 new titles per month according to their website.

4. Which Shakespearean play's famous opening lines are: "If music be the food of love, play on"?

Answer: Twelfth Night

Less well known are the next two lines: "Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die."

5. Which 'lovely' Louis de Bernieres novel revolves around a romance between an Italian soldier and a girl on a Greek island?

Answer: Captain Corelli's Mandolin

The enormous popularity of this tear-jerker is evidenced by it being ranked 19th in the BBC audience poll of all-time favourite books.

6. "The love that dare not speak its name" was famously cited as a euphemism for homosexuality at the trial of which 19th century writer?

Answer: Wilde

While the quote is often associated with Oscar Wilde, it actually derives from the poem "Two Loves" by his intimate, Lord Alfred Douglas.

Answer: Love and Mr Lewisham

Wells' writings were enormously popular in the first half of the 20th century. His science fiction remains well regarded ("The War of the Worlds", "The Time Machine" and "The Invisible Man"); but at the time his non-fiction works on the threat of totalitarianism were at least as influential.

8. The screenplay of the classic movie "Love Story" was written by Erich Segal. It is based on which other famous work?

Answer: None, it's his own original story

Erich Segal was nominated for an Oscar for 'Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material not Previously Published'. On top of the film's success, the book went on to be a bestseller for him.

9. Which Nobel Prize winning, South American novelist wrote the somewhat curiously titled 'Love in the Time of Cholera'?

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Llhosa and Marquez have both won the Nobel Prize for Literature (Llhosa in 2010). Borges was famously not awarded the Prize and said to have been much upset by this.

10. The somewhat saucily titled novel "The Way of All Flesh" was written as a reaction to Victorian values by which novelist?

Answer: Samuel Butler

Butler is less well-known today but "The Way of All Flesh" and "Erewhon" are two classic English novels that were highly regarded in their day. Butler was also a well regarded artist.

Source: Author JoeWolfhound

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