| 1) From what career did Wells run away to be educated? (as documented in 'Mr Kipps'?) |
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Drapers
Navy
Teaching
Accountancy
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| 2) Wells was taught by one of Darwin's closest supporters on theories of evolution, whose views greatly influenced his science fiction: who was he? |
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George Louis LeClerc
Alfred R. Wallace
T.H. Huxley
Thomas Robert Malthus
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| 3) Which film did Wells think was a close approximation of the themes of his own 'The Sleeper Awakes'? |
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Blade Runner by Ridley Scott
Just Imagine by David Butler
Metropolis by Fritz Lang
The Matrix by the Wachowski brothers
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| 4) How did 'Mr Polly' travel after he erased his old life? |
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By yacht
By bicycle
By walking
By car
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| 5) In which part of Britain did much of the action of Wells' s books take place? (including 'War of the Worlds' and 'The Invisible Man')? |
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Lancashire / North West
Devon / South West
Kidderminster / Midlands
Kent / South East
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| 6) In 'A Modern Utopia', modern comforts are clearly visible in Wells' s New World. Which three appear? |
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air-conditioning, central-heating thermostats, and electric coffee makers
dish washers, microwave ovens, and electric coffee makers
air-conditioning, central-heating thermostats, and mobile phones
the internet, central-heating thermostats, and washing machines
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| 7) Wells was a member of the Fabians for a short time - who was his main friend and rival amongst them? |
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Eleanor Marx
Clement Attlee
Beatrice Webb
George Bernard Shaw
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| 8) During the 1930s, Wells's support of intellectual freedom led to the burning of his work in which country? |
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Italy
Germany
Austria
Ireland
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| 9) In 1938 Orson Welles's radio dramatization of 'The War of the Worlds' caused public panic across the USA. In which real life American town was the initial Martian attack set? |
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Victory, Vermont
Gosnold, Massachusetts
Grover's Mill, New Jersey
Centerville, Maine
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| 10) Which of these books by Wells has not been adapted into a film? |
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'The Invisible Man'
'The Sleeper Awakes'
'The Island of Dr Moreau'
'The Time Machine'
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