- 1. What book established Bruce Chatwin as a major travel writer?
A) In Patagonia
B) The Songlines
C) On the Black Hill
D) What Am I Doing Here
- 2. Where was Bruce Chatwin born?
A) Paris, France
B) Sydney, Australia
C) Chicago, USA
D) Sheffield, England
- 3. In which country did Chatwin spend a significant amount of time among the Aborigines?
A) Australia
B) India
C) Brazil
D) Russia
- 4. What is the title of Bruce Chatwin's novel that fictionalizes the lives of his great-grandmother and her travails in Patagonia?
A) The Damned Utd
B) On the Black Hill
C) The Magus
D) The Viceroy of Ouidah
- 5. Chatwin began his career as a reporter for which major British newspaper?
A) The Sunday Times
B) The Independent
C) Daily Mail
D) The Guardian
- 6. What mode of transportation does Chatwin write about in 'In Patagonia'?
A) Horseback
B) Hot air balloon
C) Rocket ship
D) Hovercraft
- 7. Chatwin's writing style is often described as:
A) Satirical
B) Lyrical
C) Clinical
D) Technical
- 8. Chatwin often used a type of notebook made by which company?
A) Leuchtturm1917
B) Rhodia
C) Moleskine
D) Field Notes
- 9. What is the title of Chatwin's posthumous collection of travels and essays?
A) One Hundred Years of Solitude
B) Midnight's Children
C) Under the Volcano
D) What Am I Doing Here
- 10. What nationality was Bruce Chatwin?
A) British
B) French
C) Australian
D) American
- 11. Which of Chatwin's works discusses the real-life story of Francisco Manoel da Silva?
A) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
B) Homage to Catalonia
C) The Viceroy of Ouidah
D) Labyrinth of Reflections
- 12. What is the full name of the author known as Bruce Chatwin?
A) Craig Bruce Chatwin
B) Charles Bruce Chatwin
C) Cameron Bruce Chatwin
D) Christopher Bruce Chatwin
- 13. In which country did Bruce Chatwin spend time studying the Wadaabe tribe for 'The Nomadic Alternative'?
A) Mali
B) Niger
C) Morocco
D) Kenya
- 14. In which year was Bruce Chatwin born?
A) 1950
B) 1935
C) 1940
D) 1945
- 15. What year did Bruce Chatwin pass away?
A) 1976
B) 2001
C) 1995
D) 1989
- 16. Which country's history was the inspiration for Chatwin's novel 'On the Black Hill'?
A) Botswana
B) Wales
C) Thailand
D) Turkey
- 17. 'The Viceroy of Ouidah' is set in which West African country?
A) Benin
B) Ghana
C) Cameroon
D) Sierra Leone
- 18. What is the name of Chatwin's biographer who published 'Under the Sun' in 1999?
A) Margaret Atwood
B) Terry Pratchett
C) J.K. Rowling
D) Nicholas Shakespeare
- 19. In what year was Bruce Chatwin's book 'The Songlines' published?
A) 1987
B) 1995
C) 1975
D) 2000
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