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Books Quiz - Genre - Adventure Novels (Questions)

In adventure novels an unusual event or a series of unusual and dangerous events happen to the protagonist. A fast pace is an important factor in an adventure novel and the danger is the focus of the story, almost a character in itself. The genre has been around since the time of the Ancient Greeks, with heroes such as Odysseus facing peril after peril. It endured throughout the middle ages in tales of knights and dragons, and entered the modern age in espionage novels, the James Bond series for example or The 39 Steps. Science fiction has also seen many an adventure novel, and stories of war are also a common backdrop for adventure. So too are fantasy worlds inhabited by monsters and sorcerers!

Our quiz on adventure novels will test your knowledge of the great writers in this genre. You will find questions on many exhilarating reads including Robinson Crusoe, Lorna Doone, Treasure Island, The Call of the Wild, Beau Geste and The Guns of Navarone.

1. What is the title of Alistair MacLean's sequel to his 1957 novel The Guns of Navarone?
[ ] Force 8 From Navarone
[ ] Force 9 From Navarone
[ ] Force 10 From Navarone
[ ] Force 12 From Navarone
2. In P C Wren's 1924 novel Beau Geste, what is the real first name of the title character?
[ ] Malcolm
[ ] Martin
[ ] Maurice
[ ] Michael
3. Which 1841 novel by Frederick Marryat opens on board the ship the Pacific bound for Cape Horn?
[ ] Peter Simple
[ ] The Phantom Ship
[ ] Masterman Ready
[ ] Mr Midshipman Easy
4. At the start of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island, who is given the dreaded 'Black Spot'?
[ ] Billy Bones
[ ] Ben Gunn
[ ] Israel Hands
[ ] Blind Pew
5. What exactly is The Green Ray in the title of Jules Verne's 1882 novel?
[ ] A boat
[ ] A gigantic fish
[ ] An optical phenomenon
[ ] A weapon of mass destruction
6. R D Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone is set in which area of England?
[ ] Exmoor
[ ] Ilkley Moor
[ ] The Lake District
[ ] The Peak District
7. In the Erskine Childers novel The Riddle of the Sands, what is the name of the English salvage operator?
[ ] Dollman
[ ] Hoffman
[ ] Loman
[ ] Zimmerman
8. In Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, the title character sets sail from which English port?
[ ] Bristol
[ ] Hull
[ ] Liverpool
[ ] Plymouth
9. Who is the narrator of R M Ballantyne's 1857 novel The Coral Island?
[ ] Ralph Ranger
[ ] Ralph Rider
[ ] Ralph Riddler
[ ] Ralph Rover
10. What is the name of the dog who features in Jack London's 1903 novella The Call of the Wild?
[ ] Ben
[ ] Bill
[ ] Bob
[ ] Buck

 

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Books Quiz - Genre - Adventure Novels (Answers)
1. What is the title of Alistair MacLean's sequel to his 1957 novel The Guns of Navarone?
[ ] Force 8 From Navarone
[ ] Force 9 From Navarone
[x] Force 10 From Navarone
[ ] Force 12 From Navarone
The book Force 10 From Navarone follows the events of the film adaptation of The Guns of Navarone rather than the book, although it is written by the same author
2. In P C Wren's 1924 novel Beau Geste, what is the real first name of the title character?
[ ] Malcolm
[ ] Martin
[ ] Maurice
[x] Michael
The phrase 'beau geste' is French for gracious gesture
3. Which 1841 novel by Frederick Marryat opens on board the ship the Pacific bound for Cape Horn?
[ ] Peter Simple
[ ] The Phantom Ship
[x] Masterman Ready
[ ] Mr Midshipman Easy
The book tells the story of the Seagrave family who are shipwrecked and survive on a desert island thanks to the help they get from Masterman Ready
4. At the start of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island, who is given the dreaded 'Black Spot'?
[x] Billy Bones
[ ] Ben Gunn
[ ] Israel Hands
[ ] Blind Pew
It's Blind Pew who gives it to him
5. What exactly is The Green Ray in the title of Jules Verne's 1882 novel?
[ ] A boat
[ ] A gigantic fish
[x] An optical phenomenon
[ ] A weapon of mass destruction
The heroes are in Scotland to observe the ray
6. R D Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone is set in which area of England?
[x] Exmoor
[ ] Ilkley Moor
[ ] The Lake District
[ ] The Peak District
Its subtitle is: A Romance of Exmoor
7. In the Erskine Childers novel The Riddle of the Sands, what is the name of the English salvage operator?
[x] Dollman
[ ] Hoffman
[ ] Loman
[ ] Zimmerman
He turns out to be working for the Germans
8. In Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, the title character sets sail from which English port?
[ ] Bristol
[x] Hull
[ ] Liverpool
[ ] Plymouth
The full title of the book is: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates
9. Who is the narrator of R M Ballantyne's 1857 novel The Coral Island?
[ ] Ralph Ranger
[ ] Ralph Rider
[ ] Ralph Riddler
[x] Ralph Rover
The book is about three boys stranded on an island and was the inspiration for William Golding's Lord of the Flies written 100 years later
10. What is the name of the dog who features in Jack London's 1903 novella The Call of the Wild?
[ ] Ben
[ ] Bill
[ ] Bob
[x] Buck
Buck is a St. Bernard-Scotch Collie cross