- 1. What book established Bruce Chatwin as a major travel writer?
A) The Songlines
B) On the Black Hill
C) In Patagonia
D) What Am I Doing Here
- 2. Where was Bruce Chatwin born?
A) Sydney, Australia
B) Paris, France
C) Chicago, USA
D) Sheffield, England
- 3. In which country did Chatwin spend a significant amount of time among the Aborigines?
A) Russia
B) Australia
C) India
D) Brazil
- 4. What is the title of Bruce Chatwin's novel that fictionalizes the lives of his great-grandmother and her travails in Patagonia?
A) The Viceroy of Ouidah
B) The Magus
C) On the Black Hill
D) The Damned Utd
- 5. Chatwin began his career as a reporter for which major British newspaper?
A) Daily Mail
B) The Sunday Times
C) The Independent
D) The Guardian
- 6. What mode of transportation does Chatwin write about in 'In Patagonia'?
A) Horseback
B) Rocket ship
C) Hovercraft
D) Hot air balloon
- 7. Chatwin's writing style is often described as:
A) Satirical
B) Lyrical
C) Technical
D) Clinical
- 8. Chatwin often used a type of notebook made by which company?
A) Field Notes
B) Rhodia
C) Leuchtturm1917
D) Moleskine
- 9. What is the title of Chatwin's posthumous collection of travels and essays?
A) What Am I Doing Here
B) One Hundred Years of Solitude
C) Midnight's Children
D) Under the Volcano
- 10. What nationality was Bruce Chatwin?
A) British
B) French
C) American
D) Australian
- 11. Which of Chatwin's works discusses the real-life story of Francisco Manoel da Silva?
A) Homage to Catalonia
B) Labyrinth of Reflections
C) The Viceroy of Ouidah
D) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
- 12. What is the full name of the author known as Bruce Chatwin?
A) Cameron Bruce Chatwin
B) Christopher Bruce Chatwin
C) Craig Bruce Chatwin
D) Charles Bruce Chatwin
- 13. In which country did Bruce Chatwin spend time studying the Wadaabe tribe for 'The Nomadic Alternative'?
A) Niger
B) Mali
C) Kenya
D) Morocco
- 14. In which year was Bruce Chatwin born?
A) 1950
B) 1940
C) 1945
D) 1935
- 15. What year did Bruce Chatwin pass away?
A) 1976
B) 2001
C) 1995
D) 1989
- 16. Which country's history was the inspiration for Chatwin's novel 'On the Black Hill'?
A) Turkey
B) Wales
C) Botswana
D) Thailand
- 17. 'The Viceroy of Ouidah' is set in which West African country?
A) Cameroon
B) Ghana
C) Sierra Leone
D) Benin
- 18. What is the name of Chatwin's biographer who published 'Under the Sun' in 1999?
A) Nicholas Shakespeare
B) Margaret Atwood
C) J.K. Rowling
D) Terry Pratchett
- 19. In what year was Bruce Chatwin's book 'The Songlines' published?
A) 1987
B) 1975
C) 2000
D) 1995
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