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