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Genre - Adventure Novels
D Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone is set in Exmoor.

Genre - Adventure Novels

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.
In P C Wren's 1924 novel Beau Geste, what is the real first name of the title character?
Malcolm
Martin
Maurice
Michael
The phrase 'beau geste' is French for gracious gesture
2.
In Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, the title character sets sail from which English port?
Bristol
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
3.
R D Blackmore's novel Lorna Doone is set in which area of England?
Exmoor
Ilkley Moor
The Lake District
The Peak District
Its subtitle is: A Romance of Exmoor
4.
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
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
5.
What is the name of the dog who features in Jack London's 1903 novella The Call of the Wild?
Ben
Bill
Bob
Buck
Buck is a St. Bernard-Scotch Collie cross
6.
In the Erskine Childers novel The Riddle of the Sands, what is the name of the English salvage operator?
Dollman
Hoffman
Loman
Zimmerman
He turns out to be working for the Germans
7.
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
The heroes are in Scotland to observe the ray
8.
Who is the narrator of R M Ballantyne's 1857 novel The Coral Island?
Ralph Ranger
Ralph Rider
Ralph Riddler
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
9.
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
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
10.
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
It's Blind Pew who gives it to him

 

Author:  Tony Rennick

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