Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - Test
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 1. Who is the protagonist of 'Treasure Island'?
A) Long John Silver
B) Jim Hawkins
C) Dr. Livesey
D) Squire Trelawney
  • 2. What is the name of the pirate ship in the novel?
A) Hispaniola
B) Nautilus
C) Adventure
D) Black Pearl
  • 3. Who is the main antagonist in 'Treasure Island'?
A) Long John Silver
B) Captain Smollett
C) Israel Hands
D) Ben Gunn
  • 4. Which character is a former pirate who helps Jim?
A) Ben Gunn
B) Captain Smollett
C) Squire Trelawney
D) Doctor Livesey
  • 5. Where does the adventure primarily take place?
A) Dead Man's Chest
B) Bermuda
C) Port Royal
D) Treasure Island
  • 6. What is the name of the inn where Jim first meets the pirate?
A) The Spyglass
B) The Dead Man's Inn
C) The Black Spot
D) Admiral Benbow
  • 7. Which character is the ship's captain?
A) Squire Trelawney
B) Captain Smollett
C) Jim Hawkins
D) Long John Silver
  • 8. What does the skull and crossbones symbolize?
A) King's power.
B) Adventurous spirit.
C) Piracy.
D) A map to treasure.
  • 9. What is the original title of 'Treasure Island'?
A) The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys
B) Captain Flint's Legacy
C) The Adventures of Jim Hawkins
D) Pirates and Treasure
  • 10. Who is the author of 'Treasure Island'?
A) Charles Dickens
B) Jules Verne
C) Mark Twain
D) Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 11. In which century is 'Treasure Island' set?
A) 20th century
B) 19th century
C) 17th century
D) 18th century
  • 12. Who is the first mate that dies during a storm?
A) Ben Gunn
B) Mr. Arrow
C) Captain Smollett
D) Long John Silver
  • 13. What does Jim overhear that leads him to inform the loyal crew members?
A) A treasure map reading session
B) Plans to abandon the ship
C) A plan for mutiny and murder by the pirates
D) A discussion about returning home
  • 14. Where does Long John Silver escape to after stealing money?
A) The island
B) Bristol
C) England
D) Spanish America
  • 15. What is the fate of the treasure chest found by the pirates?
A) It contains gold and jewels.
B) It is empty.
C) It has a map to another treasure.
D) It is filled with silver coins.
  • 16. Where did Robert Louis Stevenson get the inspiration for Treasure Island?
A) During a trip to America after getting married.
B) In Braemar, Scotland during bad weather.
C) While visiting the Devon coast.
D) From reading Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
  • 17. Who was Treasure Island initially written for?
A) To amuse his 12-year-old stepson, Lloyd Osbourne.
B) To entertain himself during illness.
C) As a gift to a friend.
D) For publication in the Young Folks magazine.
  • 18. What inspired Captain Flint's pointing skeleton?
A) S. H. Burney's The Shipwreck.
B) Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold-Bug.
C) Washington Irving's Tales of a Traveller.
D) Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
  • 19. Where did the story of Treasure Island first appear in serialized form?
A) As a book titled The Sea Cook.
B) In Tales of a Traveller.
C) In the pages of the Young Folks magazine.
D) In Robinson Crusoe.
  • 20. Which author did Stevenson mention as an influence for the Dead Man's Chest?
A) S. H. Burney.
B) Sir Walter Scott.
C) Charles Kingsley, from At Last.
D) Daniel Defoe.
  • 21. Which work did Stevenson use for Billy Bones's history?
A) Charles Kingsley's At Last.
B) Washington Irving's Tales of a Traveller, specifically the 'Money-Diggers' section.
C) Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold-Bug.
D) Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
  • 22. When did Treasure Island first appear in serialized form?
A) During Stevenson's trip to America.
B) In July 1884.
C) From 1 October 1881 to 28 January 1882.
D) After completing the novel near London.
  • 23. What does Billy Bones urge Jim to be vigilant for?
A) A ship approaching the island
B) A one-legged man.
C) A treasure chest
D) An old friend from home
  • 24. Who was killed by the mutineers during the landing on Treasure Island?
A) Alan
B) Job Anderson
C) Tom
D) Israel Hands
  • 25. Which member of Flint's crew is lined up as a compass marker to the treasure cache?
A) Allardyce
B) John Hunter
C) Richard Joyce
D) Tom Redruth
  • 26. Who was the ship's boatswain and one of the leaders of the mutiny?
A) Israel Hands
B) Job Anderson
C) Dick Johnson
D) George Merry
  • 27. Who confronts Billy Bones at the Admiral Benbow Inn?
A) Long John Silver
B) Pew
C) Black Dog
D) Mr. Dance
  • 28. Who delivers the Black Spot to Billy Bones?
A) Pew
B) Job Anderson
C) Mr. Dance
D) Black Dog
  • 29. Who saves Jim Hawkins' life by killing Job Anderson during an attack on the stockade?
A) John Hunter
B) Israel Hands
C) Richard Joyce
D) Abraham Gray
  • 30. Who is killed by Israel Hands in a drunken fight on the Hispaniola?
A) George Merry
B) O'Brien
C) Tom Redruth
D) Dick Johnson
  • 31. Who is killed by Jim Hawkins in self-defense?
A) Job Anderson
B) Israel Hands
C) Dick Johnson
D) George Merry
  • 32. What happens to Mr. Arrow on a stormy night?
A) He becomes captain.
B) He escapes the ship.
C) He is killed by the mutineers.
D) He falls drunkenly overboard.
  • 33. Who buried treasure on Gardiners Island?
A) Howell Davis
B) Edward England
C) Blackbeard
D) William Kidd
  • 34. Who was hanged at Cape Coast Castle for serving with Bartholomew Roberts' pirates?
A) Israel Hands
B) Olivier Levasseur
C) John Taylor
D) Peter Scudamore
  • 35. Which pirate captain marooned John Taylor, his second in command?
A) Blackbeard
B) Bartholomew Roberts
C) Edward England
D) Howell Davis
  • 36. In which year did a pirate whistle 'Lillibullero'?
A) 1689
B) 1745
C) 1754
D) 1702
  • 37. Where was the Admiral Benbow Inn located, where Jim and his mother lived?
A) Penzance
B) Devon coast
C) Cornwall
D) Bristol
  • 38. In what year did Captain Flint die?
A) 1702
B) 1733
C) 1754
D) 1745
  • 39. In which year was Doctor Livesey at the Battle of Fontenoy?
A) 1745
B) 1702
C) 1754
D) 1733
  • 40. In what year was Edward Hawke promoted to rear admiral?
A) 1754
B) 1747
C) 1702
D) 1733
  • 41. What organization is referred to in the novel as being established in 1749?
A) Preston Pledge
B) Bow Street Runners
C) Royal Navy
D) Admiral's Council
  • 42. Which author's work inspired 'Treasure Island' according to the epigraph?
A) Joseph Conrad
B) R. M. Ballantyne
C) Daniel Defoe
D) Charles Kingsley
  • 43. Which island is believed by some to have inspired 'Treasure Island' due to its historical use as a pirate supply base?
A) Fidra in the Firth of Forth
B) Unst, one of the Shetland Islands
C) Isla de Pinos near Cuba
D) Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands
  • 44. What feature does Norman Island possess that is similar to the fictional Treasure Island?
A) Treasure Cove
B) Spyglass Hill
C) Dead Man's Chest
D) Pirate's Bay
  • 45. Which island is visible from North Berwick, where Stevenson spent many childhood holidays?
A) Unst, one of the Shetland Islands
B) Fidra
C) Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands
D) Osborn Island (now Nienstedt Island)
  • 46. Who suggested that Treasure Island's real name is Kidd's Island?
A) Joseph Livesey
B) Edward Trelawney
C) R. F. Delderfield
D) Charles Kingsley
  • 47. In which month and year did Mick Whitley support John Lamb's findings about the setting of 'Treasure Island'?
A) August 2022
B) May 1888
C) June 1745
D) July 1877
  • 48. What is the name of Stevenson's cave in Bridge of Allan, reportedly inspiring Ben Gunn's dwelling?
A) Ben Gunn's den
B) Treasure Cove
C) Gunn's hideout
D) Stevenson's cave
  • 49. Which inn in Bristol claimed to be an inspiration for the Admiral Benbow Inn?
A) Admiral's Retreat
B) Pirate's House
C) The Llandoger Trow
D) Spyglass Tavern
  • 50. What name did Stevenson give to the Hole in the Wall in Bristol?
A) Pirate's House
B) Treasure Cove
C) Admiral's Retreat
D) Spyglass Tavern
  • 51. Who wrote the prequel 'Porto Bello Gold'?
A) A. D. Howden Smith
B) John Connell
C) H. A. Calahan
D) Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 52. Which author wrote 'Long John Silver – Den äventyrliga och sannfärdiga berättelsen om mitt liv och leverne som lyckoriddare och mänsklighetens fiende'?
A) Frank Delaney
B) Björn Larsson
C) Michael Kernan
D) John Drake
  • 53. In which year was 'The Return of Long John Silver' published?
A) 1972
B) 1956
C) 2001
D) 1949
  • 54. Who authored the sequel 'Silver: Return to Treasure Island'?
A) Frank Delaney
B) John O'Melveny
C) David K. Bryant
D) Andrew Motion
  • 55. Which author wrote 'Flint's Island'?
A) Björn Larsson
B) Leonard Wibberley
C) John Connell
D) R. F. Delderfield
  • 56. Who is the author of 'Treasure Island Comprehension Guide'?
A) John Amrhein Jr.
B) Andrew Motion
C) Sara Levine
D) Ned Bustard
  • 57. Who wrote 'Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island'?
A) Andrew Motion
B) Michael Kernan
C) Frank Delaney (as Francis Bryan)
D) John Drake
  • 58. Which author wrote 'Skulduggery', a prequel featuring Ben Gunn?
A) R. F. Delderfield
B) John Connell
C) Tony Robinson
D) Michael Kernan
  • 59. Who starred as Jim Hawkins in the Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action 'Treasure Island' film?
A) Bobby Driscoll
B) Kevin Zegers
C) Davy Jones
D) Jackie Cooper
  • 60. Which actor played Long John Silver in the Muppet Treasure Island (1996)?
A) Jack Palance
B) Orson Welles
C) Robert Newton
D) Tim Curry
  • 61. 'Treasure Planet' is a reimagined adaptation set in what environment?
A) Desert
B) Space
C) Underwater
D) Jungle
  • 62. Who directed the animated 'Treasure Island' film released by Warner Bros. in 1973?
A) Andrew White
B) Hal Sutherland
C) Warwick Gilbert
D) John Hough
  • 63. Which actor played Long John Silver in the 1999 adaptation of 'Treasure Island'?
A) Jack Palance
B) Tim Curry
C) Robert Newton
D) Orson Welles
  • 64. Who starred as Jim Hawkins in the Filmation animated film released by Warner Bros. in 1973?
A) Davy Jones
B) Kevin Zegers
C) Richard Dawson
D) Kevin Bishop
  • 65. In which year was the Soviet adaptation of Treasure Island featuring Osip Abdulov released?
A) 1982
B) 1968
C) 1971
D) 1937
  • 66. Who starred as Long John Silver in the 1971 Soviet (Lithuanian) film adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) Boris Andreyev
B) Nikolai Cherkasov
C) Oleg Borisov
D) Anthony Quinn
  • 67. Which director was responsible for the Bulgarian animated science fiction adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) Antonio Margherit
B) Hiroshi Ikeda
C) Rumen Petkov
D) Alain Berbérian
  • 68. Who provided story consultation for the Animal Treasure Island anime film?
A) Takeshi Iijima
B) Hayao Miyazaki
C) Philip (Jimmy Hawkins in the original)
D) Gérard Jugnot
  • 69. In which adaptation is Long John Silver played by Vic Tayback?
A) L'Île au trésor (1985)
B) Treasure Island (1971)
C) Il Pianeta del Tesoro – Treasure Planet (1987)
D) Treasure Planet (1982)
  • 70. Which adaptation of Treasure Island was released in the United States as Return to Treasure Island?
A) Treasure Island (1937)
B) L'Île aux trésors (2007)
C) Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968)
D) The 1988 Soviet animation film
  • 71. Who starred as Long John Silver in the Italian/German science-fiction adaptation Treasure Planet?
A) Gérard Jugnot
B) Anthony Quinn
C) Oleg Borisov
D) Vic Tayback
  • 72. Which film is a French-British-Hungarian adaptation of Treasure Island directed by Alain Berbérian?
A) Treasure Planet (1982)
B) Treasure Island (1982)
C) Animal Treasure Island (1971)
D) L'Île aux trésors (2007)
  • 73. Who composed the score for the 1971 Soviet film adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) Nikita Bogoslovsky
B) Alexei Rybnikov
C) Rumen Petkov
D) Antonio Margherit
  • 74. Who directed the French-British-Hungarian film L'Île aux trésors?
A) Antonio Margherit
B) Rumen Petkov
C) Hiroshi Ikeda
D) Alain Berbérian
  • 75. Who directed the 1965 anime TV special 'Shin Takarajima'?
A) Osamu Tezuka
B) Sally Cookson
C) Ken Russell
D) Fraser C. Heston
  • 76. In which year did the BBC series starring Peter Vaughan as Long John Silver air?
A) 1955
B) 1977
C) 1968
D) 1993
  • 77. Who played Long John Silver in the 1947 London production at St. James's Theatre?
A) Oliver Reed
B) Harry Welchman
C) Eddie Izzard
D) Charlton Heston
  • 78. Which Danish language musical adaptation of Treasure Island premiered in 1986?
A) Pieces of Eight
B) Skatteøen
C) Long Joan Silver
D) Treasure Island: the Curse of the Pearl Necklace
  • 79. Who directed the large-scale outdoor production of Treasure Island at Bristol Old Vic in 2011?
A) Bernard Miles
B) Nicolas Billon
C) Sally Cookson
D) Polly Findlay
  • 80. In which year did the Stratford Festival of Canada premiere an adaptation by Nicolas Billon?
A) 2014
B) 2017
C) 2009
D) 2015
  • 81. Who played Long John Silver in the 1951 BBC series?
A) Bernard Miles
B) Peter Vaughan
C) Robert Newton
D) Ashley Knight
  • 82. Which animated series by Rai Fiction and Mondo TV premiered in 2015?
A) The Legends of Treasure Island
B) Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
C) Treasure Island (1978)
D) L'isola del tesoro
  • 83. In which year did the Henegar Center for the Arts in Melbourne, Florida, stage an adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) 2011
B) 2017
C) 2009
D) 2014
  • 84. Who starred as Jim Hawkins in the 1988 episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks?
A) Simon
B) Theodore
C) Dave
D) Alvin
  • 85. Which adaptation of Treasure Island was set in the Star Wars universe?
A) Treasure Island (2015)
B) The Legends of Treasure Island
C) Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
D) Black Sails
  • 86. Who played Long John Silver in the 1944 audio recording for Columbia Masterworks Records?
A) Ronald Colman
B) William Redfield
C) Basil Rathbone
D) James Mason
  • 87. In which radio adaptation did Orson Welles broadcast Treasure Island in July 1938?
A) BYU Radio
B) Lux Radio Theatre
C) BBC Radio
D) The Mercury Theatre on the Air
  • 88. Who hosted an April 27, 1948 adaptation of Treasure Island on Favorite Story?
A) William Redfield
B) James Mason
C) Orson Welles
D) Ronald Colman
  • 89. In which year did Jack Shepherd play Long John Silver for BBC Radio?
A) 1951
B) 1995
C) 1948
D) 1989
  • 90. In the BYU Radio adaptation, what unique element is added to the story?
A) A time-traveling adventure
B) A modern-day retelling
C) An alien invasion
D) A treasure hunt in space
  • 91. Who starred as Long John Silver in the 2013 Big Finish Productions audiobook adaptation?
A) Jack Shepherd
B) Basil Rathbone
C) Tom Baker
D) James Mason
  • 92. Who was the narrator in the 2013 Big Finish Productions audiobook adaptation?
A) Tom Baker
B) Nicholas Farrell
C) Peter Jeffrey
D) Ronald Colman
  • 93. Which adaptation of 'Treasure Island' was loosely adapted by Sakai Shichima and Osamu Tezuka?
A) Marvel Classics Comics #15
B) Four Color #624
C) Classics Illustrated #64
D) Shin Takarajima (1947)
  • 94. In which year was 'Walt Disney's Treasure Island' adapted by John Ushler?
A) 2007
B) 1955
C) 1973
D) 1949
  • 95. Which company re-issued Marvel Classics Comics #15 in 1984?
A) Fisher-Price
B) Marvel Comics
C) Penguin Books
D) Dell Comics
  • 96. Which adaptation of 'Treasure Island' featured a science-fictional twist by Charles Sheffield?
A) Marvel Illustrated #1–6
B) Disney Treasure Island, Starring Mickey Mouse
C) Godspeed (1993)
D) Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel
  • 97. 'Treasure Island', King Classics #7 was originally published by which company?
A) Marvel Comics
B) Dark Horse Comics
C) Penguin Books
D) Editorial Bruguera
  • 98. In what year was the Ben Gunn Society album released?
A) 1984
B) 2003
C) 1974
D) 1992
  • 99. Which band's song tells the novel's story in their 'Pile of Skulls' album?
A) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
B) Running Wild
C) Skull & Bones
D) Goo Goo Dolls
  • 100. What is the title of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band's song that pays tribute to 'Treasure Island'?
A) "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)"
B) "Dead Man's Sea Shanty"
C) "The Tomahawk Kid"
D) "Man of the Island"
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