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Author - Sir Walter Scott 0001

Sir Walter Scott is the author of many classics of both English and Scottish literature. Scott enriched the world of literature with writings about Rob Roy, The Bride of Lammermoor, Ivanhoe, Waverley and The Lady of the Lake. Test your knowledge of him with this quiz.

  1. In 1844 work was completed on a monument to Scott in which city?

  2. In the novel Ivanhoe, what is the first name of the title character?

  3. Rob Roy is set at the time of the Jacobite Rising that took place in what year?

  4. In The Antiquary, the character Edie Ochiltree is a licenced 'gaberlunzie'. What is the modern term for a gaberlunzie?

  5. In 1799 Scott was appointed Sheriff-Deputy of which county?

  6. Which term is used to refer to Scott's novels?

  7. Which novel is set in England at the time of the Civil War?

  8. Which Scottish football club was named after a Scott novel?

  9. The 1819 novel The Bride of Lammermoor was the inspiration for an opera by which composer?

  10. Scott's former residence, Abbotsford House, stands near which town in the Scottish Borders?

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