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Quiz about Images From Mary Stewart
Quiz about Images From Mary Stewart

Images From Mary Stewart Trivia Quiz


I first read the novels of Mary Stewart many years ago, but images and impressions from them have stayed in my mind. Can you identify the novel from the images I describe?

A multiple-choice quiz by agony. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
agony
Time
5 mins
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208,263
Updated
May 13 23
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Question 1 of 10
1. A white-walled convent, dozing under the hot Pyrenees sun; a young man with three chestnut horses; a fair, grey-eyed young woman, framed in a farmhouse door - which Mary Stewart novel are these images from? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This Mary Stewart novel seems to be full of cars and driving - a tense chase from Avignon to Marseilles; a hunt through the maze of the city streets; a Bond-esque struggle in a speeding car with the villain clinging to the side. Which early novel is this? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A vast and crumbing ancient palace overlooking a Lebanese gorge; two grey Arab hounds, running with a rider in a white burnoose; the picture of a red dog, painted on a tree in a field of sunflowers. Which of Mary Stewart's novels do these images come from? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A Greek theatre in the moonlight, where the sounds of ancient poetry - and of modern plans - travel to the ears of hidden listeners; a cave on Parnassus, where guns and gold are concealed, and, in a secret green grotto, there stands a much older treasure. From which Mary Stewart novel do these images come?

Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The main impressions I carry away from this novel are of mist and mountains; there is a great scene where the heroine hides in the mist while the murderer searches for her. Another scene that stays in my mind is of the heroine in a locked room, guarding the unconscious girl who holds the secret of the murderer's name. "Ever so gently, the door-handle turned. Ever so softly, the door rattled as somebody pressed against it..." What novel am I thinking of? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This novel, set in an elegant chateau in the Savoy region of France, left me with images of a small boy in peril: laughing on a mountain path in red hat and mittens, only to be narrowly missed by a bullet; clinging to the edge of a balcony, as the balustrade crashes to the stone terrace thirty feet below; poisoned chocolate in a blue beaker. What novel is this? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The snowy peaks of Albania to the north; an old actor gallantly quoting from "The Tempest"; and, of course, the dolphin. Which Mary Stewart novel are these images from? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Only one image stays in my mind from this novel, but it's a good one. I'll give it to you in Mary Stewart's own words:
"And in the high Alpine meadow, with only me for audience, old Piebald settled his hind hoofs, arched his crest and tail, and, lame forefoot clear of the ground, lifted into and held the same royal and beautiful levade."
What novel is this from?
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Question 9 of 10
9. A motif that runs through this novel is that of stone - rocks, caves, standing stones. There are standing stones in Brittany and England, and a very special cave in Wales. Which novel am I thinking of? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. An injured man, hiding in a shepherd's hut; a man in Cretan dress, searching the hillsides with a rifle; a bloodstained rope abandoned in a windmill. In which novel will you find these images? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A white-walled convent, dozing under the hot Pyrenees sun; a young man with three chestnut horses; a fair, grey-eyed young woman, framed in a farmhouse door - which Mary Stewart novel are these images from?

Answer: Thunder on the Right

Jenny Silver has come to the Pyrenees to visit her cousin Gillian, who has written her about joining a convent there. Now the nuns are telling her that Gillian is dead - or is she? A story of smuggling, secrets, and just a bit of sex, with a great climax.
2. This Mary Stewart novel seems to be full of cars and driving - a tense chase from Avignon to Marseilles; a hunt through the maze of the city streets; a Bond-esque struggle in a speeding car with the villain clinging to the side. Which early novel is this?

Answer: Madam, Will You Talk?

Charity Selbourne comes to the south of France for a holiday, but soon becomes involved in the drama of a young boy, trying to escape his murderous father. Fittingly, a car crash figures in the climax.
3. A vast and crumbing ancient palace overlooking a Lebanese gorge; two grey Arab hounds, running with a rider in a white burnoose; the picture of a red dog, painted on a tree in a field of sunflowers. Which of Mary Stewart's novels do these images come from?

Answer: The Gabriel Hounds

Cousins Christy and Charles intend to visit their eccentric Great-Aunt, who lives in romantic squalour in a decaying palace in Lebanon. It proves to be more difficult than they anticipated.... An atmospheric tale of drug smuggling, with the unusual sight of a Stewart heroine smoking reefer! (Don't worry, the bad guys made her do it)
4. A Greek theatre in the moonlight, where the sounds of ancient poetry - and of modern plans - travel to the ears of hidden listeners; a cave on Parnassus, where guns and gold are concealed, and, in a secret green grotto, there stands a much older treasure. From which Mary Stewart novel do these images come?

Answer: My Brother Michael

"Nothing ever happens to me", writes Camilla Haven, just before she is swept off on an adventure to Delphi. A nice mix of modern and ancient secrets, this novel had me longing to visit Greece.
5. The main impressions I carry away from this novel are of mist and mountains; there is a great scene where the heroine hides in the mist while the murderer searches for her. Another scene that stays in my mind is of the heroine in a locked room, guarding the unconscious girl who holds the secret of the murderer's name. "Ever so gently, the door-handle turned. Ever so softly, the door rattled as somebody pressed against it..." What novel am I thinking of?

Answer: Wildfire at Midnight

Another great image from this novel is that of bonfires blazing in the mountain night, while the murderer dances around the bodies of his victims. Hilary's ascent of Everest is an important plot point in this novel, set in the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation.
6. This novel, set in an elegant chateau in the Savoy region of France, left me with images of a small boy in peril: laughing on a mountain path in red hat and mittens, only to be narrowly missed by a bullet; clinging to the edge of a balcony, as the balustrade crashes to the stone terrace thirty feet below; poisoned chocolate in a blue beaker. What novel is this?

Answer: Nine Coaches Waiting

Linda Martin was born and raised in France, and has always wanted to return, so the offer of a job as governess to the young Comte de Valmy seems heaven-sent. Only, the boy's guardians seem to want a governess who speaks no French...
7. The snowy peaks of Albania to the north; an old actor gallantly quoting from "The Tempest"; and, of course, the dolphin. Which Mary Stewart novel are these images from?

Answer: This Rough Magic

Lucy Waring is in Corfu, visiting her sister, when some shots fired at a tame(ish) dolphin plunge her into adventure. This novel gives a loving portrait of the island, rumoured (by one of the characters, at least) to be Prospero's magic isle. The title is a quote from Shakespeare's "The Tempest":
"But this rough magic
I here abjure, and, when I have required
Some heavenly music. . .
I'll break my staff,
Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,
And deeper than did ever plummet sound
I'll drown my book."
8. Only one image stays in my mind from this novel, but it's a good one. I'll give it to you in Mary Stewart's own words: "And in the high Alpine meadow, with only me for audience, old Piebald settled his hind hoofs, arched his crest and tail, and, lame forefoot clear of the ground, lifted into and held the same royal and beautiful levade." What novel is this from?

Answer: Airs Above the Ground

Yet again, a young boy in danger. For me, though, the show stealer in this novel is the old Lipizzaner stallion, dancing, all alone in his meadow, to the music from the town below.
9. A motif that runs through this novel is that of stone - rocks, caves, standing stones. There are standing stones in Brittany and England, and a very special cave in Wales. Which novel am I thinking of?

Answer: The Crystal Cave

This novel, and the three others that follow it, marks a departure for Mary Stewart. It tells the story of the Arthurian legend - the first three books from Merlin's point of view, and the third from the eye of Mordred.
10. An injured man, hiding in a shepherd's hut; a man in Cretan dress, searching the hillsides with a rifle; a bloodstained rope abandoned in a windmill. In which novel will you find these images?

Answer: The Moon-Spinners

Nicola Ferris is on holiday in Crete, when she finds a wounded Englishman hiding on the hillside. There is, yet again, a young boy in peril, this time the 15 year old brother of our hero, who has been spirited off by the bad guys. There was a 1964 Hayley Mills movie made of this book, of which the only thing I remember is that there was much more focus put on the windmill.
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