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How many of you take note of the geography in literature? Take our test to find out.

1) Where is Isabel when Mrs Touchett first meets her in Henry James's 'A Portrait of a Lady'?

Palazzo Roccanera, Rome

Albany

Gardencourt

Pratt's Hotel, London

2) From which state does Sal start his epic journey around America in 'On the Road'?

Michigan

Alaska

New York

California

3) From a shop on which road does Clarissa Dalloway buy the flowers which she set out to purchase, in the first chapter of 'Mrs Dalloway'?

Oxford Street

Regent Street

Columbia Road Flower Market

Bond Street

4) From where does the telegram arrive, to say that Mr March is very ill, in 'Little Women'?

Washington

Delaware

Mississippi

Alabama

5) In Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' why is 'Moscow, Moscow' an oft-repeated refrain?

Because the sisters' beloved grandmother lives there.

Because they lived there when they were small children.

Because Masha's unrequited love lives there.

Because they are tired of life in the provinces.

6) Where does The Beast send Boot to report from, in 'Scoop'?

Abyssinia

Eritrea

Ishmaelia

Manchuria

7) From where did Countess Olenska's husband hail in 'The Age of Innocence'?

Poland

Italy

France

Russia

8) Edward Gibbon talks about the Rise and Decline of which Empire in his famous work?

Austro-Hungarian

Roman

British

Ottoman

9) To which city did Friedrich Engels move in 1842?

Moscow

London

Berlin

Manchester

10) What is the name of the place where Jane Eyre first teaches, in the novel by Charlotte Bronte?

Thornfield

Moor House

The Gateshead School

Lowood

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