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Most of us are struck down with colds and the flu in the New Year and are often off to visit the doctor. Why not try this quiz about characters and authors who may (or may not!) be in the medical profession?

1) Which author created the character Dr John H. Watson?

Robert Louis Stevenson

Arthur Conan Doyle

Anthony Trollope

Henry Fielding

2) Who wrote 'Dr Thorne'?

Charles Dickens

Anthony Trollope

Christopher Marlow

H. G. Wells

3) In what year was 'Dr Faustus' first published?

1704

1592

1616

1604

4) In 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde', where did Utterson meet with Jekyll after the murder in the book?

At a dinner party given by Mr Utterson

In Mr Utterson's residence

At Dr Jekyll's residence

In Dr Laynon's residence

5) In the same book, who discovers that Hyde's letter is in Dr Jekyll's handwriting?

Mr Poole

Mr Utterson

Mr Guest

Mr Enfield

6) Who did Grace Poole nurse in 'Jane Eyre'?

Mrs Reed, as she lay dying.

Mr Rochester, after he was blinded.

Helen Burns, after she contracted the consumption.

Bertha Mason, Mr Rochester's first wife.

7) Who starred as Dr Moreau in the 1996 film version of the H. G. Wells classic?

David Thewlis

Marlon Brando

Val Kilmer

Robert De Niro

8) In 'Dr Wortle's School', by Anthony Trollope, what was Dr Wortle's daughter called?

Ann

Elizabeth

Patricia

Mary

9) Who played James Bond in the 1962 film Dr No?

Roger Moore

Timothy Dalton

Sean Connery

Pierce Brosnan

10) Which of the following writers did NOT study medicine?

George Orwell

Anton Chekhov

W. Somerset Maugham

Arthur Conan Doyle

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