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CultureNL Libraries Great Bookish Menu - One Word Titles

Welcome to the CultureNL Libraries Great Bookish Menu quiz on our theme 'Read a Book with a One-Word Title'. Test your knowledge and get some reading suggestions at the same time. Most of all have fun.

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Are you ready to take the quiz? Let's get started. Only exact correct answers will score a point so check that spelling.

Ian McEwan's 'Atonement' is based around a false accusation of what?

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Rape

Murder

Theft

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What does the eponymous heroine of Jane Austen's 'Emma' fancy she has a talent for?

1 point

Singing

Needlework

Matchmaking

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In 'Room' by Emma Donoghue why do Jack and Ma inhabit a single room?

1 point

They can't afford anything bigger.

Ma likes to keep Jack close to her.

They are being kept there against their will.

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In which novel do Francis Begbie, Daniel Murphy, Simon Williamson and Mark Renton appear?

1 point

Trainspotting

Glue

Filth

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When Eilis Lacey returns to Ireland from Brooklyn, in the novel of the same name, what is the secret she is keeping?

1 point

She has lost her job.

She is married.

She is unwell.

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In the novel 'Fingersmith' by Sarah Waters, what does Gentleman want from Maud Lilly?

1 point

A job

Her Lady's Maid

Her fortune

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In 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier, what is the name of the rather sinister housekeeper?

1 point

Mrs Daniels

Mrs Danvers

Mrs Denvers

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What was the title of Felix Salten's 1942 novel, later made into a popular Walt Disney film?

1 point

Pinocchio

Pocahontas

Bambi

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In the novel by Johanna Spyri, Heidi was taken from the mountains of Switzerland to Frankfurt, for what reason?

1 point

To attend school.

To work in a wurst factory.

To become a lady's companion.

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The first book in Marian Keyes's series of books about the Walsh family is entitled what?

1 point

Peach

Papaya

Watermelon

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Name Ali Smith's Quartet of novels, which are separate but interconnected?

1 point

Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer

North, South, East, West

Earth, Wind, Fire, Rain

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William McIlvanney's book, set in a small fictional mining town in Scotland, at the beginning of the 20th century is called?

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Docherty

Galbraith

Rankin

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