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