1. In Sue Townsend’s novel Number Ten, Labour prime minister Edward Clare, a Blair parody, travels around the country dressed up as a woman. What is the name of his fictitious alter ego?

   1. Vera

   2. Edwina

   3. Tabitha

   4. Cherie

2. Howard Spring's 1940 novel of Labour's rise featured a leading man, Hamer Shawcross, based on Ramsay MacDonald. What was the title of the book?

   1. Fame Is the Spur

   2. Man of Honour

   3. There is No Armour

   4. Hard Facts

3. Which Labour MP wrote two racy novels about the life and loves of Disraeli?

   1. Chris Mullin

   2. James C Welsh

   3. "Red" Ellen Wilkinson

   4. Maurice Edelman

4. Who created the fictional Labour prime minister Adam Lang and in which novel?

   1. Robert Harris in The Ghost

   2. Michael Dobbs in First Lady

   3. John Buchan in The Gap in the Curtain

   4. Alastair Campbell in All in the Mind

5. Which diarist personified the great rupture between Labour and the Social Democratic Party in the marital difficulties of Ivan and Tania?

   1. Alan Clark

   2. Roy Jenkins

   3. Adrian Mole

   4. Bridget Jones

6. "That night she cradled me in her arms and soothed me; told me what I needed to be told; strengthened me. On that night … I was an animal following my instinct." This immortal passage earned a Bad Sex award nomination. Who wrote it?

   1. Alastair Campbell

   2. Tony Blair

   3. Louise Bagshawe

   4. Belle de Jour

7. Which MP chaired the Man Booker prize the year Alan Hollinghurst triumphed with The Line of Beauty?

   1. John Smith

   2. Chris Smith

   3. Chris Mullin

   4. Gerald Kaufman

8. Which 2004 novel features Paul Trotter, a Labour MP who named his first child Antonia in order to win over Tony Blair?

   1. Yellow Dog by Martin Amis

   2. The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe

   3. Hotter than Trotter by Fay Weldon

   4. The Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe

9. Which one-time Labour politician titled their memoirs Climbing the Bookshelves?

   1. Shirley Williams

   2. Barbara Follett

   3. Roy Hattersley

   4. Gordon Brown

10. "I tried dope. I didn't particularly like it. But unlike President Clinton, I did inhale." Which MP's autobiography contains this confession?

    1. Mo Mowlam

    2. John Prescott

    3. Jack Straw

    4. Denis MacShane

Solutions

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

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Get thee to the Tory party.

2. 6 and above.

   Not quite fully signed-up, but getting there.

3. 10 and above.

   Congratulations. Ramsay Macdonald would be proud of you.