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Description: Settings Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Fictional Worlds
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In which fictional city does the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen take place?

  1. London

  2. Bath

  3. Pemberley

  4. Meryton


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Meryton is the fictional town in Hertfordshire, England, where the Bennet family resides in "Pride and Prejudice".

What is the name of the dystopian society in George Orwell's novel "1984"?

  1. Oceania

  2. Eurasia

  3. Eastasia

  4. Big Brother


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Oceania is the super-state in which the protagonist, Winston Smith, lives in "1984".

In which fictional county does the majority of the action in the "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling take place?

  1. Surrey

  2. Kent

  3. Sussex

  4. Oxfordshire


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Surrey is the county in England where the Dursleys, Harry's aunt, uncle, and cousin, live in the "Harry Potter" series.

What is the name of the fictional town in which the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is set?

  1. Maycomb

  2. Atticus

  3. Scout

  4. Jem


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Maycomb is the fictional town in Alabama where the story of "To Kill a Mockingbird" takes place.

In which fictional city does the novel "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald take place?

  1. New York City

  2. Chicago

  3. San Francisco

  4. Los Angeles


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The novel "The Great Gatsby" is set on Long Island, New York, and in New York City.

What is the name of the fictional island in which the novel "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe is set?

  1. Tortuga

  2. Isla Nublar

  3. Isla Sorna

  4. Friday


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tortuga is the fictional island in the Caribbean where Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked in the novel.

In which fictional town does the novel "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien begin?

  1. Bag End

  2. Rivendell

  3. Gondor

  4. Rohan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Bag End is the hobbit hole where Bilbo Baggins lives at the beginning of "The Lord of the Rings".

What is the name of the fictional planet in which the novel "Dune" by Frank Herbert is set?

  1. Arrakis

  2. Caladan

  3. Giedi Prime

  4. Ix


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Arrakis, also known as Dune, is the desert planet where the majority of the action in the novel "Dune" takes place.

In which fictional city does the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley take place?

  1. London

  2. New York City

  3. Paris

  4. Berlin


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The novel "Brave New World" is set in a futuristic London in the year 2540.

What is the name of the fictional town in which the novel "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger is set?

  1. New York City

  2. Agerstown

  3. Pencey Prep

  4. Manhattan


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Agerstown is the fictional town in Pennsylvania where Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of "The Catcher in the Rye," lives.

In which fictional city does the novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde take place?

  1. London

  2. Paris

  3. New York City

  4. Rome


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" is set in Victorian London.

What is the name of the fictional town in which the novel "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain is set?

  1. St. Petersburg

  2. Hannibal

  3. Missouri

  4. Mississippi


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

St. Petersburg is the fictional town in Missouri where Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn live in the novel.

In which fictional city does the novel "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker take place?

  1. Atlanta

  2. Chicago

  3. Memphis

  4. Jackson


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The novel "The Color Purple" is set in rural Georgia and Jackson, Mississippi.

What is the name of the fictional town in which the novel "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck is set?

  1. Oklahoma

  2. California

  3. Texas

  4. Arizona


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The novel "The Grapes of Wrath" is set in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl era.

In which fictional city does the novel "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair take place?

  1. Chicago

  2. New York City

  3. Los Angeles

  4. Detroit


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The novel "The Jungle" is set in Chicago and exposes the harsh conditions in the meatpacking industry.

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