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