I Wish You Would Trivia Quiz

Answer: Jane Eyre ('Jane Eyre')

The quote in the question is something Jane Eyre said in response to Rochester. He told her to be still and compared her to a wild bird. Jane answered back, 'I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.'

There were numerous occasions in 'Jane Eyre' where Rochester tried to change Jane. Throughout the book he referred to her as Janet. He also gave her expensive gifts, despite claiming that he liked her simple way of life. She felt uncomfortable accepting gifts from him because of the difference in their social statuses.

Answer: Victor Frankenstein ('Frankenstein')

Victor Frankenstein built his 'monster' in a laboratory using a vague mixture of alchemy and chemistry. He was so repulsed by his creation, he ran away, leaving it to fend for itself.

Answer: Offred ('The Handmaid's Tale')

Offred lived in a dystopian world where she was the fertile slave of a high-ranking married couple. A religious fundamentalist group gained control of America and systematically removed human rights, particularly the rights of women. Throughout the novel, Offred thought about how her life used to be, and remembered her husband and child before they were separated.

Answer: George Kranky ('George's Marvellous Medicine')

George Kranky's grandma needed to take her medicine. His parents had gone out, so it was George's job to administer it. She was such a horrible old woman, however, that George decided to give her a completely different kind of medicine. He went from room to room, pouring in different liquids and potions until it was just right.

Answer: Briony Tallis ('Atonement')

In 'Atonement', the thirteen-year-old Briony caused the imprisonment of her older sister's lover, Robbie Turner. To come to terms with her mistake, she wrote a novel later in life to tell the imaginary story of Robbie and Cecilia's life together.

Answer: Lennie Small ('Of Mice and Men')

Lennie Small and George Milton were migrant ranch workers in 'Of Mice and Men' during the Great Depression. Lennie was a mentally disabled man who wanted to settle down on a piece of land with George, where they would live off what they produced themselves. Lennie's biggest desire was to tend rabbits, and liked listening to George describing what their own farm would be like.

Answer: Edna Pontellier ('The Awakening')

In 'The Awakening', Edna withdrew from her duties as a wife and a mother. She pursued her own happiness and fell in love with another man. In the end, she swam out into the sea and thought of her husband and children, and that 'they need not have thought that they could possess her, body and soul'.

The themes and contexts that Kate Chopin explored in 'The Awakening' led to her professional and social decline. She struggled to publish any more short stories before her death not long afterwards.

Answer: Santiago ('The Old Man and the Sea')

Santiago was an old Cuban fisher in pursuit of a giant marlin. After a prolonged bout of bad luck, Santiago finally hooked a phenomenally large fish. The story followed his attempt to stay awake for days until the marlin ran out of energy and stopped swimming.

Answer: The narrator ('The War of the Worlds')

The unnamed narrator in 'The War of the Worlds' met a curate who lacked survival techniques. He was overcome by shock and worry at the Martian invasion when the narrator first came across him. Together, they hid in an abandoned house for days, but the conditions took their toll on the curate.

Although the food they shared was rationed, he tried to steal more for himself. He would not 'desist from... his noisy babbling to himself', which eventually led to his demise.

Answer: Dorian Gray ('The Picture of Dorian Gray')

Dorian Gray wished that a painted portrait of himself would age instead of the man himself. Influenced by artist Basil Hallward and, in particular, Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian decided to seek physical beauty and sensual self-indulgence. As he wished, the painting turned ugly and began to show the effects of Dorian's behaviour.