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1. The fictional town where six of Trollope's novels were set was_____ .
2. The shrewish wife of the bishop in 'Barsetshire Towers' was named Mrs. _______ .
3. The second 'set' of novels written by Trollope are known as the Parliamentary or ____________ novels.
4. The heroine of "The Eustace Diamonds", reminiscent of Becky Sharp in "Vanity Fair", was...?
5. In which Trollope novel does the kidnapping of a child by his father figure as a major plot element?
6. The only Trollope novel to take place mostly in London instead of in the country and widely considered to be the most 'modern' is _____ .
7. In the novel 'Is He Popenjoy?', what will be the result of the answer to the question?
8. Which recent British Prime Minister said that 'The Small House at Allington' would be "my pick for the only novel I could have" if left on a desert island?
9. In which novel, the first in the 'political' series, does an heiress nearly, but not quite, run off to be married to a 'no-account' adonis?
10. The Times of London was represented in Trollope novels as ______.
11. A central character of the Parliamentary novels was the Duke of ______ .
12. A penurious but proud clergyman was the central character of the final 'Barsetshire' novel: ______ .
13. The discovery of the 'real' will and its dislosure (or not!) is the plot of which uncharacteristically psychological Trollope novel?
14. With what part of the British government did Trollope remain associated while he wrote his novels?
15. Which of the following British writers was NOT a contemporary of Trollope?
16. Trollope wrote under a false name after he became famous.
17. Most of Trollope's first novels dealt with _______.
18. The novel that dealt most extensively with law and its effect on inheritance of land was?
19. Who nobly declines a proposal of marriage from the aging Duke of Omnium?
20. Which Trollope character goes to Australia to work the gold mines?
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