greatreporter.com, October 8th, 2007
Question 1 of 10:
His father may have been a failure, but
Trollope
's mum was a famous novelist and travel writer. Her name was...?
Margaret
Trollope
Fanny
Trollope
Victoria
Trollope
Hillary
Trollope
Question 2 of 10:
Several of
Trollope
's novels chronicled life in which English county of his own invention?
Wastonshire
Loganshire
Barsetshire
Ceswickshire
Question 3 of 10:
Trollope
was the first English writer ever to publish novels that were linked by recurring characters.
True
False
Question 4 of 10:
What is the name given to
Trollope
's sequence of political novels?
The Talisker Novels
The Crumsby Novels
The Palliser Novels
The Wintrow Novels
Question 5 of 10:
Trollope
's legacy is not just a literary one. Which of the following is he credited with inventing?
Red pillar boxes
Inflatable tyres
Golf balls
Postage stamps
Question 6 of 10:
What is the name of the Irish hero whose continuing exploits allowed
Trollope
to satirise politics over two novels?
Manus O'Grady
Phineas Finn
Flannery Eliot
Liam Logan
Question 7 of 10:
Which of the following is NOT an
Anthony
Trollope
novel?
The Duke's Children
The Warden
Silas Marner
Can You Forgive Her?
Question 8 of 10:
During his day job at the Post Office,
Trollope
would get story ideas by going through the lost letters box.
True
False
Question 9 of 10:
For what did
Trollope
have such a passion that he wrote a series of heartfelt essays on its culture and nuances?
Smoking opium
Fox hunting
Poker
Gin
Question 10 of 10:
The blockbusting contemporary
novelist
Joanne
Trollope
is NOT related to
Anthony
Trollope
.
True
False
