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Agatha Christie - Exam
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  • 1. In which year was Agatha Christie born?
A) 1900
B) 1890
C) 1910
D) 1880
  • 2. What was the title of Agatha Christie's first novel?
A) Murder on the Orient Express
B) Death on the Nile
C) The Mysterious Affair at Styles
D) And Then There Were None
  • 3. Which fictional detective did Agatha Christie create?
A) Sam Spade
B) Sherlock Holmes
C) Hercule Poirot
D) Miss Marple
  • 4. What is the best-selling Agatha Christie novel of all time?
A) And Then There Were None
B) Death on the Nile
C) Murder on the Orient Express
D) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
  • 5. Where was Agatha Christie's birthplace?
A) New York, USA
B) Torquay, Devon, England
C) London, England
D) Paris, France
  • 6. Which of Agatha Christie's novels features a famous detective-writer, Ariadne Oliver?
A) At Bertram's Hotel
B) Cards on the Table
C) Appointment with Death
D) Crooked House
  • 7. Which novel by Agatha Christie is set in the fictional village of St. Mary Mead?
A) Endless Night
B) The Body in the Library
C) The Murder at the Vicarage
D) Sleeping Murder
  • 8. In what year did Agatha Christie pass away?
A) 1976
B) 1986
C) 1966
D) 1996
  • 9. Under what pen name did Agatha Christie write romance novels?
A) Agatha West
B) Emily Bronte
C) Mary Westmacott
D) Christie Smith
  • 10. Who was Agatha Christie's second husband?
A) Archibald Christie
B) Anthony Shaffer
C) Max Mallowan
D) Stephen Marshall
  • 11. What was the original title of the novel 'Murder on the Orient Express' in the United States?
A) Murder in the Calais Coach
B) Terror on the Train
C) Death in the Dining Car
D) The Mystery of the Maharajah
  • 12. How many total novels did Agatha Christie write under her own name?
A) 66
B) 50
C) 80
D) 100
  • 13. What is the famous nickname given to Agatha Christie due to her speed of writing?
A) The Mistress of Mystery
B) The Duchess of Deception
C) The Queen of Crime
D) The Grand Dame of Detection
  • 14. In which decade did Agatha Christie write her final novel 'Sleeping Murder'?
A) 1970s
B) 1980s
C) 1950s
D) 1960s
  • 15. What is the title of Agatha Christie's longest-running play?
A) Murder on the Orient Express
B) The Mousetrap
C) Witness for the Prosecution
D) And Then There Were None
  • 16. In which year was Agatha Christie made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II?
A) 1965
B) 1980
C) 1971
D) 1955
  • 17. How many novels did Agatha Christie write under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) 6
B) 10
C) 4
D) 8
  • 18. Who was Agatha Christie's first husband?
A) Max Mallowan
B) Nathaniel Frary Miller
C) Frederick Alvah Miller
D) Archibald Christie
  • 19. What year did Agatha Christie go missing, creating international headlines?
A) 1930
B) 1926
C) 1945
D) 1914
  • 20. Which country's archaeological sites did Agatha Christie explore with her second husband?
A) Australia
B) South America
C) Africa
D) Middle East
  • 21. What was the name of the villa where Agatha Christie spent much of her childhood?
A) Ashfield
B) Westmacott
C) Mallowan
D) Styles
  • 22. How old was Agatha Christie when she wrote her first poem, 'The Cow Slip'?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 10
D) 15
  • 23. What subject did Agatha Christie particularly enjoy during her home education?
A) Science
B) History
C) Geography
D) Basic arithmetic
  • 24. Where did Agatha Christie and her mother spend the winter of 1907–1908?
A) Greece
B) France
C) Egypt
D) Italy
  • 25. What was the name of the hotel where Agatha Christie stayed in Cairo?
A) Pyramid View Hotel
B) Cairo Royal Hotel
C) Gezirah Palace Hotel
D) Nile Palace Hotel
  • 26. Under which pseudonym did Agatha Christie write her first novel?
A) Mac Miller
B) Sydney West
C) Monosyllaba
D) Nathaniel Miller
  • 27. Where did Agatha and Archie Christie get married?
A) Emmanuel Church, Clifton, Bristol
B) St. John's Wood, London
C) Torquay
D) Sunningdale, Berkshire
  • 28. Who encouraged Agatha Christie to continue writing and provided her with a literary agent?
A) Hughes Massie
B) John Lane
C) Hodder & Stoughton
D) Eden Phillpotts
  • 29. What activity did Agatha Christie enjoy in South Africa during her travels?
A) Surfing prone
B) Fishing
C) Skiing
D) Hiking
  • 30. What was the name of Agatha Christie's only child?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Rosalind Margaret Clarissa Hicks
C) Tommy Beresford
D) Jane Marple
  • 31. What magazine commissioned short stories from Agatha Christie in 1923?
A) The Bodley Head
B) The Sketch
C) Methuen
D) Hodder & Stoughton
  • 32. What was the title of Agatha Christie's second novel featuring a new detective couple?
A) And Then There Were None
B) Death on the Nile
C) The Secret Adversary
D) Murder on the Links
  • 33. Who was the friend of Major Belcher that Archie fell in love with, leading to Christie's request for a divorce?
A) Nancy Neele
B) Mary Westmacott
C) Dorothy L. Sayers
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 34. What type of vehicle did Agatha Christie drive that was found during the search?
A) Ford Model T
B) Morris Cowley
C) Austin Seven
D) Rolls-Royce Phantom
  • 35. Under what name did Agatha Christie register at the hotel where she was found?
A) "Mary Westmacott"
B) "Agatha Christie"
C) "Nancy Neele"
D) "Mrs Tressa Neele"
  • 36. In which year did Agatha Christie petition for divorce from her first husband?
A) 1929
B) 1927
C) 1930
D) 1928
  • 37. Which British intelligence agency investigated Agatha Christie?
A) CIA
B) FBI
C) Scotland Yard
D) MI5
  • 38. Which character's name in Agatha Christie's novel 'N or M?' led to an MI5 investigation?
A) Hercule Poirot
B) Major Bletchley
C) Tommy and Tuppence
D) Miss Marple
  • 39. Which property did Agatha Christie and her husband purchase in 1934?
A) Cresswell Place
B) Greenway Estate
C) Abney Hall
D) Winterbrook House near Wallingford
  • 40. In which year did Agatha Christie express her personal dislikes?
A) 1969
B) 1935
C) 1956
D) 1946
  • 41. Which of the following was NOT listed as one of Agatha Christie's likes?
A) Traveling
B) Cinemas
C) Flowers
D) Theatres
  • 42. What did Agatha Christie dislike about public appearances?
A) She avoided them for professional reasons only
B) She was indifferent to them
C) She disliked them
D) She loved them
  • 43. Which hobby did Agatha Christie enjoy that earned her local prizes?
A) Gardening
B) Sculpture
C) Cooking
D) Painting
  • 44. Which activity was part of Agatha Christie's private pleasures related to home decor?
A) Collecting stamps
B) Photography
C) Buying furniture for her houses
D) Writing poetry
  • 45. Where was Agatha Christie buried?
A) Greenway Estate
B) London Cemetery
C) St Mary's, Cholsey churchyard
D) Westminster Abbey
  • 46. Which company did Christie sell a 51% stake in Agatha Christie Limited to in 1968?
A) Chorion
B) Acorn Media UK
C) Booker Books (better known as Booker Author's Division)
D) RLJE Entertainment Inc.
  • 47. How many books did Christie sell during her lifetime?
A) 50 million books
B) An estimated 300 million books
C) 100 million books
D) 500 million books
  • 48. Who donated Greenway and its contents to the National Trust?
A) Mathew Prichard
B) James Prichard
C) The BBC
D) Rosalind Hicks
  • 49. Which company acquired Chorion's 64% stake in Agatha Christie Limited?
A) Acorn Media UK
B) RLJE Entertainment Inc.
C) Booker Books
D) The National Trust
  • 50. Who acquired Acorn Media UK in 2014?
A) BBC
B) Chorion
C) RLJ Entertainment Inc. (RLJE)
D) Booker Books
  • 51. Which network acquired exclusive TV rights to Christie's works in the UK in 2014?
A) The BBC
B) Sky
C) ITV
D) Channel 4
  • 52. What was done to reissues of Christie's novels by HarperCollins since 2020?
A) Removed passages containing descriptions, insults or references to ethnicity
B) Translated into multiple languages
C) Published as audiobooks
D) Added new chapters
  • 53. Who was the chairman of Agatha Christie Limited in 2020?
A) An RLJE executive
B) Rosalind Hicks
C) Mathew Prichard
D) James Prichard
  • 54. In which year was Agatha Christie's first published book released?
A) 1940
B) 1950
C) 1930
D) 1920
  • 55. How many novels feature Hercule Poirot?
A) 40
B) 50
C) 33
D) 25
  • 56. Who was Hercule Poirot's 'Watson'?
A) Captain Arthur Hastings
B) Dr. Sheppard
C) Inspector Japp
D) Mr. Satterthwaite
  • 57. In which publication did Miss Marple first appear?
A) "The Thirteen Problems"
B) "Death on the Nile"
C) "Murder on the Orient Express"
D) "And Then There Were None"
  • 58. How many novels did Miss Marple appear in?
A) 8
B) 12
C) 20
D) 15
  • 59. Which novel featuring Hercule Poirot was published posthumously?
A) Death on the Nile
B) The ABC Murders
C) Curtain
D) Peril at End House
  • 60. Who wrote the new Poirot story, The Monogram Murders?
A) Ruth Ware
B) Kate Mosse
C) Val McDermid
D) Sophie Hannah
  • 61. How many more Poirot mysteries did Sophie Hannah write after The Monogram Murders?
A) 6
B) 3
C) 7
D) 5
  • 62. In what year was the collection of Miss Marple short stories, titled 'Marple', released?
A) 2019
B) 2020
C) 2023
D) 2022
  • 63. Which author did NOT contribute to the collection of Miss Marple short stories titled 'Marple'?
A) "Inspector Japp"
B) Naomi Alderman
C) Alyssa Cole
D) Leigh Bardugo
  • 64. Which of the following authors contributed to the 'Marple' short story collection?
A) Inspector Japp
B) Captain Arthur Hastings
C) Lucy Foley
D) Hercule Poirot
  • 65. What was the relationship between Miss Marple and Agatha Christie's step-grandmother?
A) "A firm connection"
B) "An inspiration for a different character"
C) "A distant relation"
D) "No connection at all"
  • 66. Which of the following is NOT a title of a Poirot mystery written by Sophie Hannah?
A) Hercule Poirot's Silent Night
B) The Mystery of Three Quarters
C) Closed Casket
D) "The ABC Murders"
  • 67. Which of the following authors was NOT involved in writing the 'Marple' short story collection?
A) Alyssa Cole
B) Naomi Alderman
C) Leigh Bardugo
D) Inspector Japp
  • 68. What was the relationship between Agatha Christie and her step-grandmother Margaret Miller?
A) "Distant cousin"
B) "Auntie-Grannie"
C) "Mentor"
D) "No relation"
  • 69. Which of the following novels was written by Sophie Hannah?
A) Death on the Nile
B) Closed Casket
C) Peril at End House
D) The ABC Murders
  • 70. What is a common motive for murder in Christie's novels?
A) An attempt to change historical events.
B) Revenge based on personal grudges.
C) Most often, money.
D) A desire to gain supernatural powers.
  • 71. What did Julian Symons observe about The Murder of Roger Ackroyd?
A) It breaks away from all traditional detective story conventions.
B) The setting is in a futuristic city.
C) The book fits within conventions but makes the murderer the local doctor.
D) There are no clues provided to solve the mystery.
  • 72. Which year did the Anti-Defamation League send a letter of complaint regarding perceived antisemitism in Agatha Christie's works?
A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1960
D) 1947
  • 73. Which character is described as a 'Whitechapel Jewess with dyed hair and a voice like a corncrake' in Agatha Christie's novel?
A) The Hollow
B) The Mysterious Mr Quin
C) Hallowe'en Party
D) Three Act Tragedy
  • 74. Which character is portrayed as a victim at the hands of English malefactors in 'Hallowe'en Party'?
A) Olga Seminoff
B) Katrina Reiger
C) Poirot
D) Miss Marple
  • 75. What specific stereotype is used to describe characters of 'Hebraic extraction' in Christie's short story?
A) 'Men with beards and traditional clothing'
B) 'Sallow men with hooked noses, wearing rather flamboyant jewellery'
C) 'Tall men with broad shoulders and serious expressions'
D) 'Men with dark hair and a quiet demeanor'
  • 76. Which publisher was involved in editing Agatha Christie's novels to remove offensive passages?
A) Penguin Books
B) HarperCollins
C) Random House
D) Dodd, Mead and Company
  • 77. Which character in 'Three Act Tragedy' is described as un-English?
A) Oliver Manders
B) Anthony Browne
C) Charles Hayward
D) Dr. Constantine
  • 78. What year did the Telegraph report on the editing of Agatha Christie's novels?
A) 2023
B) 2019
C) 2021
D) 2025
  • 79. Which character in 'How Does Your Garden Grow?' is portrayed as a potential victim?
A) Katrina Reiger
B) Hercule Poirot
C) Miss Marple
D) Olga Seminoff
  • 80. How many short stories feature Harley Quin?
A) 14
B) 10
C) 12
D) 8
  • 81. What is Parker Pyne's profession before becoming a detective?
A) Amateur sleuth
B) Private investigator
C) Police officer
D) Retired civil servant
  • 82. How many novels feature Ariadne Oliver?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Nine
  • 83. Who adapted The Murder of Roger Ackroyd for the stage in 1928?
A) Peter Saunders
B) Michael Morton
C) Richard Attenborough
D) Agatha Christie
  • 84. What was Agatha Christie's first original play?
A) Black Coffee
B) Spider's Web
C) Witness for the Prosecution
D) The Mousetrap
  • 85. What notable achievement did The Mousetrap accomplish by 2018?
A) It closed after one year.
B) It won an Oscar.
C) It was adapted into a film.
D) It became the world's longest-running play.
  • 86. In which year did The Mousetrap temporarily close due to the pandemic?
A) May 2019
B) January 2021
C) March 2020
D) September 2018
  • 87. How many plays by Christie were running simultaneously in London in the 1950s?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) One
  • 88. What was the first novel published under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) Absent in the Spring
B) Unfinished Portrait
C) Giant's Bread
D) The Rose and the Yew Tree
  • 89. In what year was 'Giant's Bread' published?
A) 1934
B) 1956
C) 1930
D) 1944
  • 90. Which publication praised 'Giant's Bread' as being above the average of current fiction?
A) The New York Times
B) The Guardian
C) The Times Literary Supplement
D) The London Review of Books
  • 91. In what year was Agatha Christie's authorship of the first four Westmacott novels revealed?
A) 1956
B) 1960
C) 1934
D) 1949
  • 92. Which non-fiction work by Agatha Christie was about her life on an archaeological dig?
A) Come, Tell Me How You Live
B) The Grand Tour: Around the World with the Queen of Mystery
C) Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
D) Murder in Mesopotamia
  • 93. Which title was published last under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott?
A) Absent in the Spring
B) Unfinished Portrait
C) A Daughter's a Daughter
D) The Burden
  • 94. How many more novels did Agatha Christie write under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott after her identity was revealed?
A) None
B) Three more
C) One more
D) Two more
  • 95. Which year did Agatha Christie publish 'Unfinished Portrait'?
A) 1944
B) 1934
C) 1948
D) 1956
  • 96. Which literary works inspired Agatha Christie for some of her titles?
A) Jane Austen's novels
B) Charles Dickens' stories
C) Homer's epics
D) William Shakespeare's works
  • 97. What nursery rhyme inspired the title 'And Then There Were None'?
A) 'Ten Little Niggers'
B) 'Jack and Jill'
C) 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
D) 'Humpty Dumpty'
  • 98. Who criticized Agatha Christie's prose as banal?
A) Edmund Wilson
B) T.S. Eliot
C) Julian Symons
D) Raymond Chandler
  • 99. In what year was Agatha Christie named 'best crime writer' by the Crime Writers' Association?
A) 2005
B) 2010
C) 2018
D) 2013
  • 100. Which artist included Agatha Christie in a new version of his famous work to celebrate British cultural figures?
A) Peter Blake
B) Damien Hirst
C) Banksy
D) Anish Kapoor
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