QUIZ! How well do you know?... Gone With the Wind
QUIZ! How well do you know?... Gone With the Wind
To celebrate the birth of Margaret Mitchell on 8th November a quiz about her most famous piece of writing. Many of us know the film inside out but how well do you know the book that came first? (Hint - it’s not always the same!)
To celebrate the birth of Margaret Mitchell on 8th November a quiz about her most famous piece of writing. Many of us know the film inside out but how well do you know the book that came first? (Hint - it’s not always the same!)
What are the opening words of the novel?
What is Scarlett’s real name?
Who says does Scarlett say this to: ‘I’m tired of pretending I don’t know anything, so men can tell me things and feel important while they’re doing it.’
What is Rhett’s first response to Scarlett’s accusation: ‘Sir… you are no gentleman!’
Where does Charles spend his wedding night?
The sweet, childlike Pittypat is whose aunt?
Who are Wade and Ella?
How much does Rhett donate to the hospital in order to dance with Scarlett and break the rules of mourning?
Who says: ‘Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. That’s the beginning of wisdom.’
What is the name of the kindly Doctor who runs the Atlanta hospital?
The Tarleton twins who appear in the first scene are killed in which battle?
Does the phrase ‘gone with the wind’ actually appear in the text of the novel?
‘She had never struck a slave in all her life, but now she slapped the black cheek with all the force in her tired arm.’ Whose cheek?
When escaping from the Yankees and the burning of Atlanta – what does Scarlett forget to do as they leave the house?
What does Ellen die from?
Why did Yankee soldiers not burn Tara down?
Which words precede the famous line: ‘– - - as God is my witness, I’m never going to be hungry again.’
When the Yankee soldier raids the house what item is he holding when Scarlett shoots him?
Who says: ‘I love you, your courage and your stubbornness and your fire and your utter ruthlessness.’
Who had Frank Kennedy been engaged to when Scarlett marries him?
How has Frank made his post-war money?
After Scarlett is attacked the men take revenge, the women wait and soldiers surround the house - which book does Melanie read from as they wait?
Rhett says Scarlett has married ‘once for spite and once for money,’ for what reason does he try to persuade her to marry him?
Where do Scarlett and Rhett go to on honeymoon?
What is Bonnie’s real name?
‘My dear, I don’t give a damn’ is Rhett’s famous exit line in the film. Is it the same in the book?