John Fowles

Life and Creative Activity

General Facts

1.1What sphere did J. Fowles receive degree at the Oxford University in?

A) English literature B) Teaching of English as a foreign languageC) French literature D) Philosophy

1.2 Studies of what philosophical works at Oxford mainly influenced J. Fowles creative activity?

A) Confucianism B) Existentialism C) Modernism D) Medieval theological treatises

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1.3 What genres didn’t J. Fowles work in?

A) Drama B) Poetry C) Essay D) Short story

1.4 Where did J. Fowles work while writing “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”?

A) at Oxford B) in Greece C) in France D) nowhere

1.5 What novel publication allowed J. Fowles to leave work and devote himself completely to literary activity?A) “The Collector” В) “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”C) “The Magus” D) “Mantissa”

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1.6 J. Fowles’ less known book “The Tree” is a…

A) short story B) collection of essays C) photograph album text D) collection of poems

1.7 What does the title of a collection of essays “The Aristos” mean?

A) celebrities B) most people C) the best at certain circumstancesD) the most suitable decision

1.8 What is town Lyme Regis (the setting for “The French Lieutenant's Woman”) for J. Fowles?A) he was born there B) he studied there at school C) he worked there after graduating from Oxford D) he lived there at the end of life

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1.9 How many collections of essays did J. Fowles publish?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) none

1.10 What age did J. Fowles obtain literary recognition at?

A) 24 B) 30 C) 37 D) 47

1.11 What is Bedford?A) a school where J. Fowles studied B) a school described in “The Magus”C) a place where J. Fowles lived as a child D) a place of setting of “The Collector”

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1.12 Which of J. Fowles novels wasn’t turned into a film?

A) “The Collector” B) “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”C) “The Magus” D) “Daniel Martin”

1.13 Who is not mentioned by J. Fowles in the list of his literary “teachers”?

A) G.G. Marquez B) J.L. Borges C) C. Castaneda D) I. Calvino

“The Collector”

2.1 Allusions to what W. Shakespeare’s play can be found in “The Collector”?

A) “Macbeth” B) “The Tempest” C) “The Winter’s Tale” D) “Measure for Measure”

2.2 What does F. Clegg’s name mean?

A) glue B) scissors C) prison D) collection

2.3 Who of the Victorian literature characters does Miranda associate herself with?A) Jane Eyre B) Elizabeth Bennet C) Emma Woodhouse D) Catherine Earnshaw

“The Collector”

2.4 Talking to whom does Miranda touch a problem of nuclear disarmament?

A) Clegg B) G.P. C) Minny D) her diary

2.5 What artistic school does Miranda want to follow in her creative activity?

A) academical school B) impressionism C) abstractionism D) expressionism

“The French Lieutenant’s Woman”

3.1 What is a time distance between “The French Lieutenant’s Woman” year of publishing and events described in the novel?

A) 70 B) 100 C) 150 D) 200

3.2 Allusion to what Ch. Dickens’ novel’s character

does Sam Weller present?

A) “The Pickwick Papers”

B) “Hard Times”

C) “Nicholas Nickleby”

D) “Little Dorrit”

“The French Lieutenant’s Woman”

3.3 Where does Charles Smithson go after the break of his engagement with Ernestina Freeman?

A) Europe B) the USA C) India D) Mexico

3.4 What is Marlborough House?A) Charles Smithson’s family estate B) Mrs. Poulteney’s mansionC) Charles Smithson’s American manor D) Mr. Freeman’s trade company

3.5 What kind of ending does the novel have?A) closed ending B) open ending C) double ending D) triple ending

“The Magus”

4.1 What Ch. Dickens’ novel influenced “The Magus” according to J. Fowles?

A) “Bleak House” B) “Great Expectations”

C) “Hard Times” D) “David Copperfield”

4.2 What real island served as a prototype to Phraxos island in the novel?

A) Tsankawi B) Kitchener’s Island

C) Spetsai D) Tarquinia

“The Magus”

4.3 How many woman characters that influenced Nicholas personal development and maturing can be found in the novel?

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

4.4 Allusions to what author can’t be found in “The Magus”?A) Homer B) W. Shakespeare C) E. Bronte D) J.-P. Sartre

“Daniel Martin”

5.1 What is the name of Daniel Martin’s farm?A) Bourani B) Tsankawi C) Thorncombe D) Winsyatt

5.2 How many narrators are presented in the novel?A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) polyphony

5.3 A book “The Life and Times of Jonathan Doe” is mentioned in “Daniel Martin”. What is it?

A) an experimental novel that Daniel Martin came across with by chanceB) a novel that Daniel Martin wants to writeC) a novel that is adapted into film where Jenny actsD) a real novel that J. Fowles refers to

“Daniel Martin”

5.4 What country doesn’t Daniel Martin visit during the plot development?

A) Egypt B) Greece C) Syria D) Mexico

5.5 What is novel writing compared to in “Daniel Martin”?

A) walks along the forest

B) bird’s flight

C) riding out the storm

D) playing chess

Summarizing information from the novels

6.1 Who is described in this extract: “She wasn’t beautiful, she very often wasn’t even pretty. But she had a fashionably thin boyish figure, she had a contemporary dress sense, she had a conscious way of walking, and her sum was extraordinarily more than her parts <…> She would be ugly one moment, and then some movement, look, angle of her face, made ugliness impossible”?

A) Miranda B) Sarah C) Alison D) Jenny

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6.2 What is “Ware Commons”?

A) F. Clegg’s native town B) forest outside Lyme Regis

C) name of the school where Nicholas works

D) national park visited by Daniel Martin and Jenny

6.3 Among what novel characters

can’t we find a painter?

A) “The Collector”

B) “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”

C) “The Magus”

D) “Daniel Martin”

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6.4 “Prisoner arriving in Siberia” – who is this phrase about?

A) Miranda B) Ernestina C) Nicholas D) Daniel

6.5 In what novel does J. Fowles appear

as one of the characters?

A) “The Collector”

B) “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”

C) “The Magus”

D) “Daniel Martin”