1. Eleanor Catton's second novel The Luminaries won the Man Booker Prize in 2013. But what was the title of her debut novel, published in 2008?

   1. The Practise

   2. The Rehearsal

   3. The Illuminated

   4. The Understated

2. Charlotte Brontë published Jane Eyre in 1847. But which of her novels was written first, despite not being published until after her death?

   1. Villette

   2. Wuthering Heights

   3. The Professor

   4. Wide Sargasso Sea

3. The Great Gatsby is the best known of F Scott Fitzgerald's five novels. But which came first in 1920?

   1. Tender is the Night

   2. The Great Gatsby

   3. A Slice of Paradise

   4. This Side of Paradise

4. The Scottish author Iain Banks died last year. Which of these novels set the ball rolling for his hugely successful career?

   1. The Wasp Factory

   2. Against a Dark Background

   3. The Quarry

   4. Raw Spirit

5. With which science fiction novel did Iain M Banks introduce his utopian society The Culture, in 1987?

   1. A Song of Stone

   2. Use of Weapons

   3. Consider Phlebas

   4. Excession

6. Helen Fielding, creator of the best-selling Bridget Jones's Diary, published her debut novel before Ms Jones was welcomed to the world. What was it called?

   1. Cause Celeb

   2. Mr Darcy's Christmas Jumper

   3. Comic Relief

   4. Wakefield High School for Girls

7. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice started out life with a different title. What was it?

   1. Dancing with Darcy

   2. Before Pemberley

   3. First Impressions

   4. Sisters and Daughters

8. The former glamour-model Katie Price has a number of books to her name. Which was her first?

   1. You Only Live Once

   2. I am Me

   3. Being Jordan

   4. Peter's Girl

9. Which of Charles Dickens' novels was the first to appear in serial form?

   1. Hard Times

   2. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

   3. Middlemarch

   4. The Adventures of Oliver Twist

10. Hilary Mantel's debut novel was inspired by her experiences as a social work assistant. What was its title?

    1. Vacant Profession

    2. Bring Up the Bodies

    3. Every Day is Mother's Day

    4. Beyond Black

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:D, 4:A, 5:C, 6:A, 7:C, 8:C, 9:B, 10:C

Scores

1. 4 and above.

   Oh dear, where do we begin...?

2. 7 and above.

   You're just getting started...

3. 10 and above.

   Well you don't need to start again on this quiz!