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