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Plot Twists
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charlotte Brontë novel where the protagonist discovers her fiancé, Edward Rochester, has a secret wife in the attic | Jane Eyre |
| The "madwoman in the attic" whose death in a fire allows Jane and Rochester to reconcile | Bertha Mason |
| Literary term for a "coming-of-age" novel that depicts a character's growth from childhood to adulthood | Bildungsroman |
| Ambrose Bierce story about the imagined escape of Confederate supporter Peyton Fahrquhar | An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
| The twist ending of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" reveals this cause of death | Hanging |
| The Belgian detective who investigates the death of Roger Ackroyd | Hercule Poirot |
| The narrator and surprise murderer in Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Dr. James Sheppard |
| Gothic romance set at the Manderley estate, featuring the cruel housekeeper Mrs. Danvers | Rebecca |
| The twist in Rebecca reveals that the title character wasn't pregnant, but was actually dying of this | Cancer |
| Graphic novel featuring Rorschach and Doctor Manhattan that concludes with a faked alien invasion | Watchmen |
| The antagonist in Watchmen who thwarts the heroes by revealing he already triggered his plan "thirty-five minutes ago" | Ozymandias (or Adrian Veidt) |
| Dystopian novel where 12-year-old Jonas is chosen to be the "Receiver of Memories" | The Giver |
| The grim reality behind being "released" to "Elsewhere" in Lois Lowry's The Giver | Euthanasia (or being killed) |
| Ian McEwan novel where a young girl's false accusation ruins the lives of Cecilia Tallis and Robbie Turner | Atonement |
| The 1999 postlude of Atonement reveals that this character is the unreliable author of the previous chapters | Briony Tallis |
| Kazuo Ishiguro novel set at Hailsham where students are actually clones bred for organ harvesting | Never Let Me Go |
| The term used in Never Let Me Go to describe the death of a clone after making multiple donations | Completing (or "completes") |
| Gillian Flynn thriller where Amy Dunne fakes her own disappearance to frame her husband Nick for murder | Gone Girl |
| The director who adapted Gone Girl into a film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike | David Fincher |
| Historical drama featuring an interview between journalist Monique Grant and an iconic Old Hollywood star | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo |
| The woman revealed to be the true "love of her life" by Evelyn Hugo | Celia St. James |
| Real-life actress, married eight times, who served as a partial inspiration for the character Evelyn Hugo | Elizabeth Taylor |
| The tragic connection revealed between Evelyn Hugo and the journalist Monique Grant | The death of Monique's father (in a car crash) |