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