This marks the first of our monthly quizzes where, on the first of every month, we put your literary knowledge to the test! We’re kicking off with an easy one.
1 – Which author created the aggressive, lethal plants called Triffids?
2 – Name the Scottish schoolteacher played by Maggie Smith in the film of one of Muriel Spark’s novel?
3 – Which character in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens, always insisted that he was ‘very ‘umble’?
4 – Under what name is the author Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known?
5 – Jeeves was the perfect butler. Who was his employer?
6 – Who wrote ‘On Beauty‘ and ‘White Teeth‘?
7 – Detective Inspector John Rebus created by Ian Rankin works in which city?
8 – What is the name of the fourth book in the Harry Potter series?
9 – Name the first three books in Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series.
10 – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the autobiography of which American writer and poet?
When you’re done, let us know your answers in the comments! We’ll be posting the correct answers with our next quiz on the 1st of November!