Books and Authors Quiz - Christmas Special Quiz 2

Books and Authors Quiz - Christmas Special Quiz 2

This quiz is based on famous books that are related to Christmas. Check your literary quotient.

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1. In this 1985 fantasy children's picture book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg is considered to be a classic Christmas story for young children. Name the book

Samuel Johnson
The Christmas Story
The Polar Express
All the Colours of Christmas

2. "The Best Christmas Present in the World" is the heart touching story of a letter written by a soldier to his wife. Can you name the famous writer?

Anna Sewell
Jack London
Charles Dickens
Michael Morpurgo

3. Which one of the children's fantasy novel by Susan Cooper is set in an unusually snowy Christmas?

The Dark is Rising
Over Sea, Under Stone
Silver on the Tree
King of Shadows

4. In the Chronicles of Narnia, who do the children think is chasing them across the ice, instead of Father Christmas?

Aslan
Mr Tumnuss
The White Witch
A lump of coal

5. This books was published under the title "Murder for Christmas" and in 1947 changed the title again to" A Holiday for Murder". The UK edition bears the protagonist's, a Belgian detective, name in its title. Can you guest the author?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Edgar Allen Poe
Agatha Christie
Raymond Chandler

6. In which classic novel, the protagonist leaves for a voyage on a cold Christmas Day in a ship, the Pequod?

Treasure Island
Moby Dick
Life of Pi
20,000 leagues under the sea

7. Which character declares "Merry Christmas, one and all!" in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?

Tiny Tim
Ebenezer Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
Jacob Marley

8. "Skipping Christmas" is comedic novel written by a writer of thrillers. Who is the author?

Lee Child
Jefferey Archer
Arthur Hailey
John Grisham

9. Name the overworked, underpaid clerk in the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Jacob Marley
Tiny Tim
Bob Cratchit
Fewzziwig

10. Which one of the following places did Father Christms did not visit in "Father Christmas Goes on Holiday" by Raymond Briggs?

France
Scotland
Las Vegas
Switzerland

11. In which of the following CS Lewis's children's classic "it is 'always winter, but never Christmas"?

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Pilgrim's Regress
The Dark Tower
The Screwtape Letters

12. The funny picture book titled "Father Christmas Needs a Wee!" is written by

RL Stevenson
Nicholas Allan
Raymond Briggs
Enid Blyton

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