Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - Quiz
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 1. Who is the protagonist of 'Treasure Island'?
A) Squire Trelawney
B) Dr. Livesey
C) Jim Hawkins
D) Long John Silver
  • 2. What is the name of the pirate ship in the novel?
A) Hispaniola
B) Adventure
C) Black Pearl
D) Nautilus
  • 3. Who is the main antagonist in 'Treasure Island'?
A) Israel Hands
B) Long John Silver
C) Ben Gunn
D) Captain Smollett
  • 4. Which character is a former pirate who helps Jim?
A) Ben Gunn
B) Doctor Livesey
C) Squire Trelawney
D) Captain Smollett
  • 5. Where does the adventure primarily take place?
A) Port Royal
B) Dead Man's Chest
C) Bermuda
D) Treasure Island
  • 6. What is the name of the inn where Jim first meets the pirate?
A) The Black Spot
B) The Spyglass
C) Admiral Benbow
D) The Dead Man's Inn
  • 7. Which character is the ship's captain?
A) Long John Silver
B) Jim Hawkins
C) Captain Smollett
D) Squire Trelawney
  • 8. What does the skull and crossbones symbolize?
A) A map to treasure.
B) Adventurous spirit.
C) Piracy.
D) King's power.
  • 9. What is the original title of 'Treasure Island'?
A) Captain Flint's Legacy
B) The Adventures of Jim Hawkins
C) The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys
D) Pirates and Treasure
  • 10. Who is the author of 'Treasure Island'?
A) Mark Twain
B) Charles Dickens
C) Jules Verne
D) Robert Louis Stevenson
  • 11. In which century is 'Treasure Island' set?
A) 18th century
B) 20th century
C) 17th century
D) 19th century
  • 12. Who is the first mate that dies during a storm?
A) Long John Silver
B) Mr. Arrow
C) Ben Gunn
D) Captain Smollett
  • 13. What does Jim overhear that leads him to inform the loyal crew members?
A) A plan for mutiny and murder by the pirates
B) A treasure map reading session
C) A discussion about returning home
D) Plans to abandon the ship
  • 14. Where does Long John Silver escape to after stealing money?
A) England
B) Spanish America
C) Bristol
D) The island
  • 15. What is the fate of the treasure chest found by the pirates?
A) It has a map to another treasure.
B) It contains gold and jewels.
C) It is filled with silver coins.
D) It is empty.
  • 16. Where did Robert Louis Stevenson get the inspiration for Treasure Island?
A) In Braemar, Scotland during bad weather.
B) From reading Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
C) During a trip to America after getting married.
D) While visiting the Devon coast.
  • 17. Who was Treasure Island initially written for?
A) As a gift to a friend.
B) To amuse his 12-year-old stepson, Lloyd Osbourne.
C) To entertain himself during illness.
D) For publication in the Young Folks magazine.
  • 18. What inspired Captain Flint's pointing skeleton?
A) Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
B) Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold-Bug.
C) S. H. Burney's The Shipwreck.
D) Washington Irving's Tales of a Traveller.
  • 19. Where did the story of Treasure Island first appear in serialized form?
A) In Tales of a Traveller.
B) In Robinson Crusoe.
C) In the pages of the Young Folks magazine.
D) As a book titled The Sea Cook.
  • 20. Which author did Stevenson mention as an influence for the Dead Man's Chest?
A) Daniel Defoe.
B) Charles Kingsley, from At Last.
C) S. H. Burney.
D) Sir Walter Scott.
  • 21. Which work did Stevenson use for Billy Bones's history?
A) Charles Kingsley's At Last.
B) Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold-Bug.
C) Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.
D) Washington Irving's Tales of a Traveller, specifically the 'Money-Diggers' section.
  • 22. When did Treasure Island first appear in serialized form?
A) During Stevenson's trip to America.
B) In July 1884.
C) From 1 October 1881 to 28 January 1882.
D) After completing the novel near London.
  • 23. What does Billy Bones urge Jim to be vigilant for?
A) A treasure chest
B) An old friend from home
C) A ship approaching the island
D) A one-legged man.
  • 24. Who was killed by the mutineers during the landing on Treasure Island?
A) Israel Hands
B) Job Anderson
C) Alan
D) Tom
  • 25. Which member of Flint's crew is lined up as a compass marker to the treasure cache?
A) Richard Joyce
B) Allardyce
C) Tom Redruth
D) John Hunter
  • 26. Who was the ship's boatswain and one of the leaders of the mutiny?
A) Israel Hands
B) Dick Johnson
C) George Merry
D) Job Anderson
  • 27. Who confronts Billy Bones at the Admiral Benbow Inn?
A) Long John Silver
B) Black Dog
C) Pew
D) Mr. Dance
  • 28. Who delivers the Black Spot to Billy Bones?
A) Black Dog
B) Pew
C) Mr. Dance
D) Job Anderson
  • 29. Who saves Jim Hawkins' life by killing Job Anderson during an attack on the stockade?
A) Israel Hands
B) John Hunter
C) Abraham Gray
D) Richard Joyce
  • 30. Who is killed by Israel Hands in a drunken fight on the Hispaniola?
A) O'Brien
B) George Merry
C) Tom Redruth
D) Dick Johnson
  • 31. Who is killed by Jim Hawkins in self-defense?
A) Israel Hands
B) Job Anderson
C) George Merry
D) Dick Johnson
  • 32. What happens to Mr. Arrow on a stormy night?
A) He falls drunkenly overboard.
B) He escapes the ship.
C) He is killed by the mutineers.
D) He becomes captain.
  • 33. Who buried treasure on Gardiners Island?
A) William Kidd
B) Howell Davis
C) Edward England
D) Blackbeard
  • 34. Who was hanged at Cape Coast Castle for serving with Bartholomew Roberts' pirates?
A) John Taylor
B) Peter Scudamore
C) Olivier Levasseur
D) Israel Hands
  • 35. Which pirate captain marooned John Taylor, his second in command?
A) Blackbeard
B) Bartholomew Roberts
C) Howell Davis
D) Edward England
  • 36. In which year did a pirate whistle 'Lillibullero'?
A) 1745
B) 1689
C) 1754
D) 1702
  • 37. Where was the Admiral Benbow Inn located, where Jim and his mother lived?
A) Penzance
B) Devon coast
C) Bristol
D) Cornwall
  • 38. In what year did Captain Flint die?
A) 1702
B) 1745
C) 1733
D) 1754
  • 39. In which year was Doctor Livesey at the Battle of Fontenoy?
A) 1733
B) 1745
C) 1702
D) 1754
  • 40. In what year was Edward Hawke promoted to rear admiral?
A) 1754
B) 1733
C) 1702
D) 1747
  • 41. What organization is referred to in the novel as being established in 1749?
A) Preston Pledge
B) Bow Street Runners
C) Admiral's Council
D) Royal Navy
  • 42. Which author's work inspired 'Treasure Island' according to the epigraph?
A) Charles Kingsley
B) Daniel Defoe
C) R. M. Ballantyne
D) Joseph Conrad
  • 43. Which island is believed by some to have inspired 'Treasure Island' due to its historical use as a pirate supply base?
A) Unst, one of the Shetland Islands
B) Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands
C) Fidra in the Firth of Forth
D) Isla de Pinos near Cuba
  • 44. What feature does Norman Island possess that is similar to the fictional Treasure Island?
A) Pirate's Bay
B) Dead Man's Chest
C) Spyglass Hill
D) Treasure Cove
  • 45. Which island is visible from North Berwick, where Stevenson spent many childhood holidays?
A) Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands
B) Fidra
C) Osborn Island (now Nienstedt Island)
D) Unst, one of the Shetland Islands
  • 46. Who suggested that Treasure Island's real name is Kidd's Island?
A) R. F. Delderfield
B) Edward Trelawney
C) Charles Kingsley
D) Joseph Livesey
  • 47. In which month and year did Mick Whitley support John Lamb's findings about the setting of 'Treasure Island'?
A) August 2022
B) July 1877
C) June 1745
D) May 1888
  • 48. What is the name of Stevenson's cave in Bridge of Allan, reportedly inspiring Ben Gunn's dwelling?
A) Stevenson's cave
B) Gunn's hideout
C) Treasure Cove
D) Ben Gunn's den
  • 49. Which inn in Bristol claimed to be an inspiration for the Admiral Benbow Inn?
A) Pirate's House
B) The Llandoger Trow
C) Spyglass Tavern
D) Admiral's Retreat
  • 50. What name did Stevenson give to the Hole in the Wall in Bristol?
A) Admiral's Retreat
B) Pirate's House
C) Treasure Cove
D) Spyglass Tavern
  • 51. Who wrote the prequel 'Porto Bello Gold'?
A) A. D. Howden Smith
B) Robert Louis Stevenson
C) H. A. Calahan
D) John Connell
  • 52. Which author wrote 'Long John Silver – Den äventyrliga och sannfärdiga berättelsen om mitt liv och leverne som lyckoriddare och mänsklighetens fiende'?
A) John Drake
B) Frank Delaney
C) Björn Larsson
D) Michael Kernan
  • 53. In which year was 'The Return of Long John Silver' published?
A) 1972
B) 1956
C) 1949
D) 2001
  • 54. Who authored the sequel 'Silver: Return to Treasure Island'?
A) Andrew Motion
B) Frank Delaney
C) David K. Bryant
D) John O'Melveny
  • 55. Which author wrote 'Flint's Island'?
A) R. F. Delderfield
B) John Connell
C) Björn Larsson
D) Leonard Wibberley
  • 56. Who is the author of 'Treasure Island Comprehension Guide'?
A) Ned Bustard
B) Andrew Motion
C) Sara Levine
D) John Amrhein Jr.
  • 57. Who wrote 'Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island'?
A) Frank Delaney (as Francis Bryan)
B) Andrew Motion
C) Michael Kernan
D) John Drake
  • 58. Which author wrote 'Skulduggery', a prequel featuring Ben Gunn?
A) Tony Robinson
B) Michael Kernan
C) John Connell
D) R. F. Delderfield
  • 59. Who starred as Jim Hawkins in the Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action 'Treasure Island' film?
A) Bobby Driscoll
B) Davy Jones
C) Kevin Zegers
D) Jackie Cooper
  • 60. Which actor played Long John Silver in the Muppet Treasure Island (1996)?
A) Orson Welles
B) Tim Curry
C) Robert Newton
D) Jack Palance
  • 61. 'Treasure Planet' is a reimagined adaptation set in what environment?
A) Desert
B) Space
C) Underwater
D) Jungle
  • 62. Who directed the animated 'Treasure Island' film released by Warner Bros. in 1973?
A) Hal Sutherland
B) John Hough
C) Warwick Gilbert
D) Andrew White
  • 63. Which actor played Long John Silver in the 1999 adaptation of 'Treasure Island'?
A) Jack Palance
B) Orson Welles
C) Tim Curry
D) Robert Newton
  • 64. Who starred as Jim Hawkins in the Filmation animated film released by Warner Bros. in 1973?
A) Kevin Bishop
B) Richard Dawson
C) Kevin Zegers
D) Davy Jones
  • 65. In which year was the Soviet adaptation of Treasure Island featuring Osip Abdulov released?
A) 1982
B) 1968
C) 1971
D) 1937
  • 66. Who starred as Long John Silver in the 1971 Soviet (Lithuanian) film adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) Nikolai Cherkasov
B) Anthony Quinn
C) Boris Andreyev
D) Oleg Borisov
  • 67. Which director was responsible for the Bulgarian animated science fiction adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) Antonio Margherit
B) Hiroshi Ikeda
C) Alain Berbérian
D) Rumen Petkov
  • 68. Who provided story consultation for the Animal Treasure Island anime film?
A) Hayao Miyazaki
B) Takeshi Iijima
C) Philip (Jimmy Hawkins in the original)
D) Gérard Jugnot
  • 69. In which adaptation is Long John Silver played by Vic Tayback?
A) Il Pianeta del Tesoro – Treasure Planet (1987)
B) Treasure Planet (1982)
C) L'Île au trésor (1985)
D) Treasure Island (1971)
  • 70. Which adaptation of Treasure Island was released in the United States as Return to Treasure Island?
A) Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968)
B) Treasure Island (1937)
C) The 1988 Soviet animation film
D) L'Île aux trésors (2007)
  • 71. Who starred as Long John Silver in the Italian/German science-fiction adaptation Treasure Planet?
A) Anthony Quinn
B) Oleg Borisov
C) Gérard Jugnot
D) Vic Tayback
  • 72. Which film is a French-British-Hungarian adaptation of Treasure Island directed by Alain Berbérian?
A) Treasure Planet (1982)
B) L'Île aux trésors (2007)
C) Animal Treasure Island (1971)
D) Treasure Island (1982)
  • 73. Who composed the score for the 1971 Soviet film adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) Antonio Margherit
B) Nikita Bogoslovsky
C) Alexei Rybnikov
D) Rumen Petkov
  • 74. Who directed the French-British-Hungarian film L'Île aux trésors?
A) Alain Berbérian
B) Hiroshi Ikeda
C) Antonio Margherit
D) Rumen Petkov
  • 75. Who directed the 1965 anime TV special 'Shin Takarajima'?
A) Ken Russell
B) Sally Cookson
C) Fraser C. Heston
D) Osamu Tezuka
  • 76. In which year did the BBC series starring Peter Vaughan as Long John Silver air?
A) 1993
B) 1955
C) 1977
D) 1968
  • 77. Who played Long John Silver in the 1947 London production at St. James's Theatre?
A) Charlton Heston
B) Harry Welchman
C) Oliver Reed
D) Eddie Izzard
  • 78. Which Danish language musical adaptation of Treasure Island premiered in 1986?
A) Pieces of Eight
B) Long Joan Silver
C) Skatteøen
D) Treasure Island: the Curse of the Pearl Necklace
  • 79. Who directed the large-scale outdoor production of Treasure Island at Bristol Old Vic in 2011?
A) Bernard Miles
B) Sally Cookson
C) Polly Findlay
D) Nicolas Billon
  • 80. In which year did the Stratford Festival of Canada premiere an adaptation by Nicolas Billon?
A) 2009
B) 2015
C) 2017
D) 2014
  • 81. Who played Long John Silver in the 1951 BBC series?
A) Robert Newton
B) Bernard Miles
C) Peter Vaughan
D) Ashley Knight
  • 82. Which animated series by Rai Fiction and Mondo TV premiered in 2015?
A) L'isola del tesoro
B) The Legends of Treasure Island
C) Treasure Island (1978)
D) Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
  • 83. In which year did the Henegar Center for the Arts in Melbourne, Florida, stage an adaptation of Treasure Island?
A) 2017
B) 2011
C) 2009
D) 2014
  • 84. Who starred as Jim Hawkins in the 1988 episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks?
A) Theodore
B) Alvin
C) Dave
D) Simon
  • 85. Which adaptation of Treasure Island was set in the Star Wars universe?
A) Black Sails
B) Treasure Island (2015)
C) Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
D) The Legends of Treasure Island
  • 86. Who played Long John Silver in the 1944 audio recording for Columbia Masterworks Records?
A) Ronald Colman
B) James Mason
C) Basil Rathbone
D) William Redfield
  • 87. In which radio adaptation did Orson Welles broadcast Treasure Island in July 1938?
A) The Mercury Theatre on the Air
B) BYU Radio
C) Lux Radio Theatre
D) BBC Radio
  • 88. Who hosted an April 27, 1948 adaptation of Treasure Island on Favorite Story?
A) Ronald Colman
B) Orson Welles
C) James Mason
D) William Redfield
  • 89. In which year did Jack Shepherd play Long John Silver for BBC Radio?
A) 1951
B) 1995
C) 1989
D) 1948
  • 90. In the BYU Radio adaptation, what unique element is added to the story?
A) A modern-day retelling
B) A time-traveling adventure
C) A treasure hunt in space
D) An alien invasion
  • 91. Who starred as Long John Silver in the 2013 Big Finish Productions audiobook adaptation?
A) Tom Baker
B) Jack Shepherd
C) Basil Rathbone
D) James Mason
  • 92. Who was the narrator in the 2013 Big Finish Productions audiobook adaptation?
A) Nicholas Farrell
B) Peter Jeffrey
C) Tom Baker
D) Ronald Colman
  • 93. Which adaptation of 'Treasure Island' was loosely adapted by Sakai Shichima and Osamu Tezuka?
A) Four Color #624
B) Marvel Classics Comics #15
C) Shin Takarajima (1947)
D) Classics Illustrated #64
  • 94. In which year was 'Walt Disney's Treasure Island' adapted by John Ushler?
A) 1973
B) 1955
C) 2007
D) 1949
  • 95. Which company re-issued Marvel Classics Comics #15 in 1984?
A) Dell Comics
B) Penguin Books
C) Marvel Comics
D) Fisher-Price
  • 96. Which adaptation of 'Treasure Island' featured a science-fictional twist by Charles Sheffield?
A) Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel
B) Disney Treasure Island, Starring Mickey Mouse
C) Godspeed (1993)
D) Marvel Illustrated #1–6
  • 97. 'Treasure Island', King Classics #7 was originally published by which company?
A) Marvel Comics
B) Editorial Bruguera
C) Penguin Books
D) Dark Horse Comics
  • 98. In what year was the Ben Gunn Society album released?
A) 2003
B) 1992
C) 1984
D) 1974
  • 99. Which band's song tells the novel's story in their 'Pile of Skulls' album?
A) Goo Goo Dolls
B) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
C) Running Wild
D) Skull & Bones
  • 100. What is the title of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band's song that pays tribute to 'Treasure Island'?
A) "The Tomahawk Kid"
B) "Dead Man's Sea Shanty"
C) "Man of the Island"
D) "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)"
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