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Quizzes here are about Historical Fiction offerings by a variety of authors. Quizzes on the work of a single author will be found under that author's name.
6 Historical Fiction quizzes and 62 Historical Fiction trivia questions.
1.
  The Art of the Historical Novel   best quiz  
Ordering Quiz
 12 Qns
The novels featured in this quiz - some very well-known, others somewhat more obscure - are all outstanding examples of historical fiction. Can you put them in chronological order according to their historical setting?
Average, 12 Qns, LadyNym, Sep 06 24
Recommended for grades: 11,12
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LadyNym gold member
Sep 06 24
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  WWII Novel Match   top quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Match each description of a novel set during World War II with its title and author.
Easier, 10 Qns, Catreona, Nov 23 23
Easier
Catreona gold member
Nov 23 23
314 plays
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  Back In Time   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
When I noticed there were not yet any quizzes in the category "Literature / Historic Fiction", I decided to write one. What do you know about the following novels set in a historic background? Have fun.
Average, 10 Qns, JanIQ, Jun 30 13
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  Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear   best quiz  
Match Quiz
 10 Qns
Historical Fiction
I took this as an author's challenge. Let's go back to those days of yesteryear through the eyes of historical fiction! Match the book title and its plot to the time in history in which it took place.
Easier, 10 Qns, stephgm67, Dec 07 22
Easier
stephgm67 gold member
Dec 07 22
288 plays
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I love historical novels of all sorts. Match some of the novels on my bookshelf (on the left) with their authors (on the right).
Average, 10 Qns, VegemiteKid, Mar 18 20
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VegemiteKid gold member
Mar 18 20
522 plays
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  Historical Novels on My Bookshelf   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I've got lots of historical novels on my shelves. Let's take a look at what I have from 2001-2016.
Tough, 10 Qns, Caseena, Oct 20 18
Tough
Caseena
Oct 20 18
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trivia question Quick Question
What animals did Ayla discover had been previous inhabitants of the cave?

From Quiz ""Valley of Horses" - Jean Auel"




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Historical Fiction Trivia Questions

1. The first book I spot is 2014's "Flight of the Sparrow". This book is a fictional account of which woman, who wrote a famous captivity narrative about her time living with Indians?

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Historical Novels on My Bookshelf

Answer: Mary Rowlandson

Rowlandson is kidnapped and forced to live with the Indians for months. In that time, she sees how their way of life can be better than that of the Puritans. The book shows Mary being considerably more sympathetic towards the Indians than the real Mary's narrative does. The discrepancy is explained thus: Mary wants her narrative to show the good things she observed in captivity. However, Increase Mather, who asks her to write, alters her words to make the Indians less sympathetic.

2. In "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett, the protagonist is Tom Builder. What is the magnum opus Tom Builder wants to realise?

From Quiz Back In Time

Answer: A Gothic cathedral

Ken Follett was born in 1949. He started writing novels in 1974. "Pillars of the Earth" is one of his biggest successes. This novel (published in 1989) and the sequel "World Without End" concentrate on medieval England. Tom Builder is a fictional character, who settles down in Kingsbridge and gets appointed to ameliorate the abbey over there. Gradually his ambition grows, and he finally undertakes an attempt to build a cathedral in Kingsbridge. Ken Follett has declared on his own website the village of Kingsbridge is fictional, but the cathedral Tom Builder had in mind would certainly resemble Salisbury Cathedral. Trajan' s Column was built in Rome in 113 AD, probably by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus. Gustave Eiffel completed the Eiffel Tower in Paris in 1889, just in time for the World's Fair. Jorn Utzon was the architect who designed and constructed the Sydney Opera House, which opened in 1973.

3. This next book I look at is historical AND fantasy too. In which book does a Chinese woman in Malaya have to marry a dead man?

From Quiz Historical Novels on My Bookshelf

Answer: The Ghost Bride

Protagonist Li Lan agrees to marry a dead man so that his soul can be at peace. The marriage also helps her family financially. The fantasy aspects come in when Li Lan ventures into the land of the dead. "The Wooden Man's Bride" is a film with a similar premise--a woman must marry her dead fiance when he dies trying to rescue her from bandits--albeit with no fantasy elements.

4. In Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose", a British friar travels to an Italian monastery where several monks die under suspicious circumstances. What is the name of the friar who finally unravels several mysteries?

From Quiz Back In Time

Answer: William of Baskerville

Umberto Eco (born 1932) is a professor of philosophy. His debut as novelist was published in 2000: "The Name of the Rose", in which Biblical analysis and knowledge of ancient manuscripts help to solve several murders. The protagonist is William of Baskerville, a fictional Franciscan friar from England. His name clearly points to one of the best known mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Hound of the Baskervilles". William states in the book that he received some formal education by Roger Bacon. In fact, William of Baskerville is described in quite a similar way (both in appearance as in manners) as Sherlock Holmes. Eco continued to write novels such as "Foucault's Pendulum" and "The Prague Cemetery". William of Aquitaine (1099-1132), Duke of Poitou, was the father of Eleanor of Aquitaine, who would become Queen Consort of France and later of England. William of Dartmouth (born 1949) is a British politician. He was member of the Conservative party up till 2007, when he joined the party for UK independence. William of Gloucester (1941-1972) was member of the British Royal family. He died in an accident at an air show.

5. Time for a French historic novel. Emile Zola left us a novel in which he described a coalminers' strike in the north of France. What is the title of this book?

From Quiz Back In Time

Answer: Germinal

Zola (1840-1902) was a prolific French author. Between 1871 and 1893, he published about two dozen stories involving two middle-class families: the Rougon family and the Macquart family, who are related by marriage. "Germinal" (1885) is one of the novels in the Rougon-Macquart series, and describes how Etienne (a descendant of the Macquart family) starts a coalminer's strike. After battles with the police, the coalminers resume work without having obtained any real prospects for better work conditions or better wages. "Les misérables" is the title of a historic novel by Victor Hugo (1802-1885). The story follows Jean Valjean, an ex-convict. "La reine Margot" (translated in English as "Queen Margot") is a historic novel by Alexandre Dumas père (1802-1870), who also left us "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo". The novel cited here as a red herring is set in Paris on and about August 23rd, 1572 (Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre). "La condition humaine" (translated as "Man's Fate") is a novel by André Malraux, published in 1933, and describing a failed revolt in Shanghai.

6. One of the most striking novels on the trench war, was "Im Westen Nichts Neues" - translated into English as "All Quiet on the Western Front". Who was the author?

From Quiz Back In Time

Answer: Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) was a German novelist. He fought during the First World War in the trenches on the western front, and many incidents he survived are retold in the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front". "All Quiet on the Western Front" focuses on Paul Bäumer, a young student enlisted in the German army in the Great War (as it was called at that time). Paul and some of his friends are bored between actions, and see the most atrocious scenes when the fighting gets intense. As Remarque explains, the book "will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war." Remarque's other works have almost all been translated into English. Some titles : "Arch of Triumph"; "Heaven Has No Favorites". Rilke (1875-1926), Heine (1797-1856) and Klopstock (1724-1803) were famous German poets. Some titles: Rilke wrote "Duino Elegies" and "Sonnets to Orpheus"; Heine is famed for "Germany: A Winter's Tale"; and Klopstock's best known poem is "The Messiah".

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