Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction

Historical Fiction and Non-Fiction Quiz

15 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical figure is the subject of the novel I, Claudius by Robert Graves?

  1. Julius Caesar
  2. Claudius
  3. Nero
  4. Caligula
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the non-fiction book by Erik Larson that tells the story of the sinking of the Lusitania?

  1. Dead Wake
  2. In the Garden of Beasts
  3. The Devil in the White City
  4. Thunderstruck
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical event is the focus of the novel The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman?

  1. The American Civil War
  2. The French Revolution
  3. World War I
  4. The Russian Revolution
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the non-fiction book by David McCullough that tells the story of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge?

  1. The Great Bridge
  2. John Adams
  3. Truman
  4. 1776
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical figure is the subject of the novel The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris?

  1. Abraham Lincoln
  2. Theodore Roosevelt
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  4. Woodrow Wilson
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the non-fiction book by Doris Kearns Goodwin that tells the story of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln?

  1. Team of Rivals
  2. The Bully Pulpit
  3. No Ordinary Time
  4. Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical event is the focus of the novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara?

  1. The Battle of Gettysburg
  2. The Battle of Antietam
  3. The Battle of Shiloh
  4. The Battle of Vicksburg
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the non-fiction book by Robert Caro that tells the story of the life and career of Lyndon B. Johnson?

  1. The Power Broker
  2. Master of the Senate
  3. Means of Ascent
  4. Passage to Power
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical figure is the subject of the novel The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin?

  1. Benjamin Franklin
  2. Thomas Jefferson
  3. George Washington
  4. John Adams
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the non-fiction book by David Halberstam that tells the story of the Vietnam War?

  1. The Best and the Brightest
  2. The Making of the Atomic Bomb
  3. The Reckoning
  4. Firehouse
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical event is the focus of the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell?

  1. The American Civil War
  2. The French Revolution
  3. World War I
  4. The Russian Revolution
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the non-fiction book by John Keegan that tells the story of the Battle of Agincourt?

  1. The Face of Battle
  2. The Second World War
  3. A History of Warfare
  4. The First World War
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical figure is the subject of the novel The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli?

  1. Niccolò Machiavelli
  2. Lorenzo de' Medici
  3. Cesare Borgia
  4. Francesco Sforza
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the non-fiction book by Simon Winchester that tells the story of the construction of the Panama Canal?

  1. The Professor and the Madman
  2. Krakatoa
  3. The Map That Changed the World
  4. The Man Who Loved China
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which historical event is the focus of the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy?

  1. The Napoleonic Wars
  2. The American Civil War
  3. World War I
  4. The Russian Revolution