Decades Quiz 18 – 1840-1849
Decades Quiz 18 – 1840-1849
Each quiz in this series goes back a decade in time and is about books published in that decade and also books set in it. This quiz takes us back to the turbulent days of the 1840s which saw more revolutions across the world than any other decade – and more extraordinary novels that have stood the test of time.
Each quiz in this series goes back a decade in time and is about books published in that decade and also books set in it. This quiz takes us back to the turbulent days of the 1840s which saw more revolutions across the world than any other decade – and more extraordinary novels that have stood the test of time.
Which Bronte heroine of 1847 says these words: ‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will.’
Allende’s 1999 novel, Daughter of Fortune is set in the 1840s Gold Rush. What is the name of the heroine?
In 1843 which ghost takes Scrooge to the Cratchitt’s Christmas dinner?
Which Alexandre Dumas wrote The Three Musketeers in 1844: the father or the son?
Which of his creations, introduced in 1849, was Dickens’ favourite child?
In Atwood’s 1996 historical novel, Alias Grace, what was Grace’s punishment for the crime that had taken place?
In 1847 when Heathcliff and Catherine go to spy on the Lintons, how does Catherine get her injury?
Which 1847 historical novel is subtitled A Novel Without a Hero?
Which Bronte sister wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1848?
The 2002 novel, Disquiet Heart by Randall Silvis is set in 1847 and tells the story of which famous writer?
Which 1845 poem begins: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary…
Finish the title of Gaskell’s first novel, published in 1848: Mary Barton, Tale of --- Life.
Who wrote Cousin Bette in 1846?
What is the first name of the 1848 creation the Lady of the Camellias?
Who wrote 1846’s Book of Nonsense?
Who wrote this in 1845: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach…
The 1970 novel Royal Flash is set during the 1848 revolutions, which historical character is at the centre of the novel?
Who wrote the 1842 novel Dead Souls which aimed to demonstrate the flaws of the Russian character?
Twain’s 1876 classic Tom Sawyer is set in the 1840s in which fictional town alongside the Mississippi river?
A Hero of our Time, published in 1840, is set in which country?