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Agatha Christie bibliography
  • 1. How many detective novels did Agatha Christie write?
A) 2,000
B) 15
C) 66
D) 100
  • 2. Which of these works by Agatha Christie has an obituary in The New York Times?
A) Tommy Beresford
B) Miss Marple
C) Parker Pyne
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 3. Under what pseudonym did Agatha Christie write six romantic novels?
A) Agatha Mallowan
B) Mary Westmacott
C) Archibald Christie
D) Janet Morgan
  • 4. In what year was Agatha Christie's first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, published?
A) 1928
B) 1920
C) 1930
D) 1914
  • 5. Which novel was identified as the public's favourite in 2015?
A) And Then There Were None
B) Curtain
C) Murder on the Orient Express
D) Death on the Nile
  • 6. What profession did Agatha Christie's second husband, Max Mallowan, hold?
A) Playwright
B) Archaeologist
C) Crime novelist
D) Chemist
  • 7. What is the total number of short-story collections written by Agatha Christie?
A) 100
B) 66
C) 30,000
D) 15
  • 8. What experience gave Agatha Christie background knowledge of poisons?
A) Archaeological expeditions
B) Traveling to the Western Front
C) Working in a chemist dispensary
D) Her marriage to an archaeologist
  • 9. In what year did The Mousetrap open in West End theatre?
A) 2020
B) 2021
C) 1952
D) 1975
  • 10. What is the name of the autobiographical travel book describing life in Syria?
A) Murder in Mesopotamia
B) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
C) Come, Tell Me How You Live
D) Appointment with Death
  • 11. Who was Agatha Christie's biographer?
A) Janet Morgan
B) Max Mallowan
C) Mary Westmacott
D) Archibald Christie
  • 12. Which novel was the first published work by Agatha Christie?
A) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
B) The Mousetrap
C) Curtain
D) Death on the Nile
  • 13. What caused the temporary discontinuation of The Mousetrap in 2020?
A) Agatha Christie's death
B) COVID-19 pandemic
C) A change in theatre owners
D) A shortage of actors
  • 14. According to the text, whose sales are surpassed only by the Bible and William Shakespeare?
A) Archibald Christie
B) Agatha Christie
C) Max Mallowan
D) Janet Morgan
  • 15. How many short stories in total were written and published in collections in the US and the UK?
A) 165
B) 15
C) 12
D) 154
E) 166
  • 16. How many short stories were published in the UK?
A) 165
B) 154
C) 12
D) 166
E) 18
  • 17. Which story was omitted from the UK publications?
A) Christmas Adventure
B) The Second Gong
C) Three Blind Mice
D) The Submarine Plans
E) The Incredible Theft
  • 18. How many short stories were published in the US?
A) 12
B) 15
C) 165
D) 154
E) 166
  • 19. Which story was expanded into 'The Incredible Theft'?
A) Christmas Adventure
B) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
C) The Second Gong
D) The Submarine Plans
E) Three Blind Mice
  • 20. Which story was expanded into 'The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding'?
A) The Second Gong
B) The Submarine Plans
C) Christmas Adventure
D) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
E) Dead Man's Mirror
  • 21. Which story was expanded into 'The Mystery of the Spanish Chest'?
A) The Submarine Plans
B) The Second Gong
C) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
D) The Incredible Theft
E) Christmas Adventure
  • 22. Which story was expanded into 'Dead Man's Mirror'?
A) The Incredible Theft
B) Christmas Adventure
C) The Submarine Plans
D) The Second Gong
E) The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest
  • 23. How many US short story collections are there?
A) 14
B) 165
C) 18
D) 166
E) 15
  • 24. In what year were the 12 original short stories used for The Big Four published in the UK?
A) 2017
B) 1926
C) 1930
D) 2016
E) 2018
  • 25. How many stories are included in Poirot's Early Cases?
A) 166
B) 14
C) 165
D) 15
E) 18
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