Books Quiz - Genre - Novels 2 (Answers)
What distinguishes a novel from any other type of book? Well there are a few criteria any publication needs before it can be considered a novel. Let’s take a look at the first: A novel is a work of fiction. That does not mean, however, that it cannot be embellished by a sprinkling of fact. Historical novels are a good case in point. They can help us to understand what life was like in the past in a way not possible in textbooks. The same is true of works written long ago – no author can teach us so much about Victorian life than the great Victorian writer Charles Dickens.
The English language has been blessed with many great novelists and we regret not being able to include questions about all of them. Fortunately we have been able to include such distinguished names as Kingsley Amis, DH Lawrence, Stella Gibbons, Compton Mackenzie, John Steinbeck and Ian McEwan. So have a go at this, the second of our four quizzes on novels, and see how well you know their works.
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The book has the subtitle A Novel without a Hero
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The phrase 'Catch-22' has come to mean a situation in which there are two options which negate one another
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Ian Carmichael played the title role in the 1957 film version
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A ship carrying whisky is wrecked off a remote Scottish island group, much to the delight of the locals
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The novel was adapted into a film in 1996, starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle
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The story takes place during the Great Depression of the 1930s
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The book was heavily edited when it was first published in 1929. It was not until 1960 that the full version was published - and then the publisher was tried under the Obscene Publications Act
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Amsterdam tells the story of a euthanasia pact between two friends, which ends in disaster.
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She wrote more than 20 other novels, but none of them could match the success of her first
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She wrote a total of 32 novels, all of which were bestsellers
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