Agatha Christie - Exam
Agatha Christie
  • 1. In which year was Agatha Christie born?
A) 1890
B) 1880
C) 1910
D) 1900
  • 2. What was the title of Agatha Christie's first novel?
A) And Then There Were None
B) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
C) Death on the Nile
D) Murder on the Orient Express
  • 3. Which fictional detective did Agatha Christie create?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Miss Marple
C) Sherlock Holmes
D) Sam Spade
  • 4. What is the best-selling Agatha Christie novel of all time?
A) Death on the Nile
B) And Then There Were None
C) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
D) Murder on the Orient Express
  • 5. Where was Agatha Christie's birthplace?
A) Torquay, Devon, England
B) Paris, France
C) New York, USA
D) London, England
  • 6. Which of Agatha Christie's novels features a famous detective-writer, Ariadne Oliver?
A) At Bertram's Hotel
B) Cards on the Table
C) Crooked House
D) Appointment with Death
  • 7. Which novel by Agatha Christie is set in the fictional village of St. Mary Mead?
A) The Body in the Library
B) The Murder at the Vicarage
C) Sleeping Murder
D) Endless Night
  • 8. In what year did Agatha Christie pass away?
A) 1996
B) 1976
C) 1986
D) 1966
  • 9. Under what pen name did Agatha Christie write romance novels?
A) Emily Bronte
B) Christie Smith
C) Mary Westmacott
D) Agatha West
  • 10. Who was Agatha Christie's second husband?
A) Archibald Christie
B) Anthony Shaffer
C) Max Mallowan
D) Stephen Marshall
  • 11. What was the original title of the novel 'Murder on the Orient Express' in the United States?
A) Murder in the Calais Coach
B) The Mystery of the Maharajah
C) Terror on the Train
D) Death in the Dining Car
  • 12. How many total novels did Agatha Christie write under her own name?
A) 80
B) 66
C) 100
D) 50
  • 13. What is the famous nickname given to Agatha Christie due to her speed of writing?
A) The Queen of Crime
B) The Mistress of Mystery
C) The Duchess of Deception
D) The Grand Dame of Detection
  • 14. In which decade did Agatha Christie write her final novel 'Sleeping Murder'?
A) 1980s
B) 1950s
C) 1970s
D) 1960s
  • 15. What is the title of Agatha Christie's longest-running play?
A) The Mousetrap
B) And Then There Were None
C) Murder on the Orient Express
D) Witness for the Prosecution
  • 16. In which year was Agatha Christie made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II?
A) 1980
B) 1971
C) 1955
D) 1965
  • 17. How many novels did Agatha Christie write under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) 4
B) 10
C) 6
D) 8
  • 18. Who was Agatha Christie's first husband?
A) Nathaniel Frary Miller
B) Archibald Christie
C) Max Mallowan
D) Frederick Alvah Miller
  • 19. What year did Agatha Christie go missing, creating international headlines?
A) 1930
B) 1914
C) 1926
D) 1945
  • 20. Which country's archaeological sites did Agatha Christie explore with her second husband?
A) Africa
B) South America
C) Middle East
D) Australia
  • 21. What was the name of the villa where Agatha Christie spent much of her childhood?
A) Westmacott
B) Mallowan
C) Ashfield
D) Styles
  • 22. How old was Agatha Christie when she wrote her first poem, 'The Cow Slip'?
A) 8
B) 15
C) 10
D) 12
  • 23. What subject did Agatha Christie particularly enjoy during her home education?
A) Basic arithmetic
B) Geography
C) Science
D) History
  • 24. Where did Agatha Christie and her mother spend the winter of 1907–1908?
A) France
B) Italy
C) Greece
D) Egypt
  • 25. What was the name of the hotel where Agatha Christie stayed in Cairo?
A) Cairo Royal Hotel
B) Nile Palace Hotel
C) Pyramid View Hotel
D) Gezirah Palace Hotel
  • 26. Under which pseudonym did Agatha Christie write her first novel?
A) Mac Miller
B) Nathaniel Miller
C) Monosyllaba
D) Sydney West
  • 27. Where did Agatha and Archie Christie get married?
A) St. John's Wood, London
B) Sunningdale, Berkshire
C) Torquay
D) Emmanuel Church, Clifton, Bristol
  • 28. Who encouraged Agatha Christie to continue writing and provided her with a literary agent?
A) John Lane
B) Hodder & Stoughton
C) Hughes Massie
D) Eden Phillpotts
  • 29. What activity did Agatha Christie enjoy in South Africa during her travels?
A) Hiking
B) Skiing
C) Surfing prone
D) Fishing
  • 30. What was the name of Agatha Christie's only child?
A) Tommy Beresford
B) Jane Marple
C) Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 31. What magazine commissioned short stories from Agatha Christie in 1923?
A) Hodder & Stoughton
B) Methuen
C) The Bodley Head
D) The Sketch
  • 32. What was the title of Agatha Christie's second novel featuring a new detective couple?
A) The Secret Adversary
B) And Then There Were None
C) Murder on the Links
D) Death on the Nile
  • 33. Who was the friend of Major Belcher that Archie fell in love with, leading to Christie's request for a divorce?
A) Mary Westmacott
B) Hercule Poirot
C) Nancy Neele
D) Dorothy L. Sayers
  • 34. What type of vehicle did Agatha Christie drive that was found during the search?
A) Rolls-Royce Phantom
B) Austin Seven
C) Morris Cowley
D) Ford Model T
  • 35. Under what name did Agatha Christie register at the hotel where she was found?
A) "Agatha Christie"
B) "Mary Westmacott"
C) "Mrs Tressa Neele"
D) "Nancy Neele"
  • 36. In which year did Agatha Christie petition for divorce from her first husband?
A) 1930
B) 1929
C) 1928
D) 1927
  • 37. Which British intelligence agency investigated Agatha Christie?
A) MI5
B) Scotland Yard
C) FBI
D) CIA
  • 38. Which character's name in Agatha Christie's novel 'N or M?' led to an MI5 investigation?
A) Miss Marple
B) Major Bletchley
C) Tommy and Tuppence
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 39. Which property did Agatha Christie and her husband purchase in 1934?
A) Abney Hall
B) Cresswell Place
C) Greenway Estate
D) Winterbrook House near Wallingford
  • 40. In which year did Agatha Christie express her personal dislikes?
A) 1935
B) 1969
C) 1946
D) 1956
  • 41. Which of the following was NOT listed as one of Agatha Christie's likes?
A) Theatres
B) Flowers
C) Cinemas
D) Traveling
  • 42. What did Agatha Christie dislike about public appearances?
A) She disliked them
B) She loved them
C) She was indifferent to them
D) She avoided them for professional reasons only
  • 43. Which hobby did Agatha Christie enjoy that earned her local prizes?
A) Gardening
B) Sculpture
C) Cooking
D) Painting
  • 44. Which activity was part of Agatha Christie's private pleasures related to home decor?
A) Writing poetry
B) Buying furniture for her houses
C) Photography
D) Collecting stamps
  • 45. Where was Agatha Christie buried?
A) St Mary's, Cholsey churchyard
B) Westminster Abbey
C) London Cemetery
D) Greenway Estate
  • 46. Which company did Christie sell a 51% stake in Agatha Christie Limited to in 1968?
A) RLJE Entertainment Inc.
B) Acorn Media UK
C) Booker Books (better known as Booker Author's Division)
D) Chorion
  • 47. How many books did Christie sell during her lifetime?
A) 50 million books
B) 500 million books
C) An estimated 300 million books
D) 100 million books
  • 48. Who donated Greenway and its contents to the National Trust?
A) Mathew Prichard
B) Rosalind Hicks
C) The BBC
D) James Prichard
  • 49. Which company acquired Chorion's 64% stake in Agatha Christie Limited?
A) Acorn Media UK
B) RLJE Entertainment Inc.
C) Booker Books
D) The National Trust
  • 50. Who acquired Acorn Media UK in 2014?
A) Chorion
B) BBC
C) RLJ Entertainment Inc. (RLJE)
D) Booker Books
  • 51. Which network acquired exclusive TV rights to Christie's works in the UK in 2014?
A) The BBC
B) ITV
C) Sky
D) Channel 4
  • 52. What was done to reissues of Christie's novels by HarperCollins since 2020?
A) Published as audiobooks
B) Removed passages containing descriptions, insults or references to ethnicity
C) Translated into multiple languages
D) Added new chapters
  • 53. Who was the chairman of Agatha Christie Limited in 2020?
A) James Prichard
B) An RLJE executive
C) Mathew Prichard
D) Rosalind Hicks
  • 54. In which year was Agatha Christie's first published book released?
A) 1930
B) 1940
C) 1920
D) 1950
  • 55. How many novels feature Hercule Poirot?
A) 25
B) 33
C) 50
D) 40
  • 56. Who was Hercule Poirot's 'Watson'?
A) Dr. Sheppard
B) Mr. Satterthwaite
C) Captain Arthur Hastings
D) Inspector Japp
  • 57. In which publication did Miss Marple first appear?
A) "The Thirteen Problems"
B) "Murder on the Orient Express"
C) "Death on the Nile"
D) "And Then There Were None"
  • 58. How many novels did Miss Marple appear in?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 15
D) 20
  • 59. Which novel featuring Hercule Poirot was published posthumously?
A) The ABC Murders
B) Curtain
C) Peril at End House
D) Death on the Nile
  • 60. Who wrote the new Poirot story, The Monogram Murders?
A) Val McDermid
B) Sophie Hannah
C) Kate Mosse
D) Ruth Ware
  • 61. How many more Poirot mysteries did Sophie Hannah write after The Monogram Murders?
A) 7
B) 3
C) 6
D) 5
  • 62. In what year was the collection of Miss Marple short stories, titled 'Marple', released?
A) 2022
B) 2020
C) 2019
D) 2023
  • 63. Which author did NOT contribute to the collection of Miss Marple short stories titled 'Marple'?
A) Naomi Alderman
B) Leigh Bardugo
C) "Inspector Japp"
D) Alyssa Cole
  • 64. Which of the following authors contributed to the 'Marple' short story collection?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Lucy Foley
C) Inspector Japp
D) Captain Arthur Hastings
  • 65. What was the relationship between Miss Marple and Agatha Christie's step-grandmother?
A) "A firm connection"
B) "An inspiration for a different character"
C) "No connection at all"
D) "A distant relation"
  • 66. Which of the following is NOT a title of a Poirot mystery written by Sophie Hannah?
A) The Mystery of Three Quarters
B) "The ABC Murders"
C) Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
D) Closed Casket
  • 67. Which of the following authors was NOT involved in writing the 'Marple' short story collection?
A) Leigh Bardugo
B) Alyssa Cole
C) Inspector Japp
D) Naomi Alderman
  • 68. What was the relationship between Agatha Christie and her step-grandmother Margaret Miller?
A) "No relation"
B) "Auntie-Grannie"
C) "Mentor"
D) "Distant cousin"
  • 69. Which of the following novels was written by Sophie Hannah?
A) Closed Casket
B) The ABC Murders
C) Peril at End House
D) Death on the Nile
  • 70. What is a common motive for murder in Christie's novels?
A) A desire to gain supernatural powers.
B) Most often, money.
C) Revenge based on personal grudges.
D) An attempt to change historical events.
  • 71. What did Julian Symons observe about The Murder of Roger Ackroyd?
A) It breaks away from all traditional detective story conventions.
B) The book fits within conventions but makes the murderer the local doctor.
C) There are no clues provided to solve the mystery.
D) The setting is in a futuristic city.
  • 72. Which year did the Anti-Defamation League send a letter of complaint regarding perceived antisemitism in Agatha Christie's works?
A) 1947
B) 1950
C) 1945
D) 1960
  • 73. Which character is described as a 'Whitechapel Jewess with dyed hair and a voice like a corncrake' in Agatha Christie's novel?
A) Three Act Tragedy
B) The Mysterious Mr Quin
C) Hallowe'en Party
D) The Hollow
  • 74. Which character is portrayed as a victim at the hands of English malefactors in 'Hallowe'en Party'?
A) Katrina Reiger
B) Olga Seminoff
C) Miss Marple
D) Poirot
  • 75. What specific stereotype is used to describe characters of 'Hebraic extraction' in Christie's short story?
A) 'Sallow men with hooked noses, wearing rather flamboyant jewellery'
B) 'Men with dark hair and a quiet demeanor'
C) 'Tall men with broad shoulders and serious expressions'
D) 'Men with beards and traditional clothing'
  • 76. Which publisher was involved in editing Agatha Christie's novels to remove offensive passages?
A) Random House
B) HarperCollins
C) Penguin Books
D) Dodd, Mead and Company
  • 77. Which character in 'Three Act Tragedy' is described as un-English?
A) Anthony Browne
B) Dr. Constantine
C) Charles Hayward
D) Oliver Manders
  • 78. What year did the Telegraph report on the editing of Agatha Christie's novels?
A) 2019
B) 2025
C) 2023
D) 2021
  • 79. Which character in 'How Does Your Garden Grow?' is portrayed as a potential victim?
A) Katrina Reiger
B) Olga Seminoff
C) Hercule Poirot
D) Miss Marple
  • 80. How many short stories feature Harley Quin?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 12
D) 14
  • 81. What is Parker Pyne's profession before becoming a detective?
A) Private investigator
B) Amateur sleuth
C) Retired civil servant
D) Police officer
  • 82. How many novels feature Ariadne Oliver?
A) Nine
B) Seven
C) Four
D) Five
  • 83. Who adapted The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the stage in 1928?
A) Michael Morton
B) Peter Saunders
C) Richard Attenborough
D) Agatha Christie
  • 84. What was Agatha Christie's first original play?
A) Witness for the Prosecution
B) Spider's Web
C) The Mousetrap
D) Black Coffee
  • 85. What notable achievement did The Mousetrap accomplish by 2018?
A) It became the world's longest-running play.
B) It closed after one year.
C) It was adapted into a film.
D) It won an Oscar.
  • 86. In which year did The Mousetrap temporarily close due to the pandemic?
A) May 2019
B) January 2021
C) March 2020
D) September 2018
  • 87. How many plays by Christie were running simultaneously in London in the 1950s?
A) Two
B) Three
C) One
D) Four
  • 88. What was the first novel published under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) Giant's Bread
B) Unfinished Portrait
C) Absent in the Spring
D) The Rose and the Yew Tree
  • 89. In what year was 'Giant's Bread' published?
A) 1934
B) 1956
C) 1944
D) 1930
  • 90. Which publication praised 'Giant's Bread' as being above the average of current fiction?
A) The Guardian
B) The New York Times
C) The Times Literary Supplement
D) The London Review of Books
  • 91. In what year was Agatha Christie's authorship of the first four Westmacott novels revealed?
A) 1956
B) 1934
C) 1960
D) 1949
  • 92. Which non-fiction work by Agatha Christie was about her life on an archaeological dig?
A) Murder in Mesopotamia
B) Come, Tell Me How You Live
C) The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery
D) Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
  • 93. Which title was published last under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) Unfinished Portrait
B) A Daughter's a Daughter
C) The Burden
D) Absent in the Spring
  • 94. How many more novels did Agatha Christie write under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott after her identity was revealed?
A) Three more
B) One more
C) Two more
D) None
  • 95. Which year did Agatha Christie publish 'Unfinished Portrait'?
A) 1956
B) 1934
C) 1944
D) 1948
  • 96. Which literary works inspired Agatha Christie for some of her titles?
A) Homer's epics
B) Jane Austen's novels
C) Charles Dickens' stories
D) William Shakespeare's works
  • 97. What nursery rhyme inspired the title 'And Then There Were None'?
A) 'Humpty Dumpty'
B) 'Jack and Jill'
C) 'Ten Little Niggers'
D) 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
  • 98. Who criticized Agatha Christie's prose as banal?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) Raymond Chandler
C) Edmund Wilson
D) Julian Symons
  • 99. In what year was Agatha Christie named 'best crime writer' by the Crime Writers' Association?
A) 2005
B) 2010
C) 2018
D) 2013
  • 100. Which artist included Agatha Christie in a new version of his famous work to celebrate British cultural figures?
A) Damien Hirst
B) Peter Blake
C) Banksy
D) Anish Kapoor
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