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Wuthering Heights Quiz: The Yorkshire Moors and Heathcliff

The wild moors above Haworth in Yorkshire shaped a love story so stormy that early critics were shocked, and this Wuthering Heights quiz returns to it. Play an interactive set of 10 questions on Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, Thrushcross Grange, narrators Lockwood and Nelly Dean, Top Withens, Kate Bush's 1978 hit and the Brontë sisters.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Author
Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
Pen name
Under which pen name was it first published?
Year
When was Wuthering Heights published?
Lovers
Who are the novel's central lovers?
Grange
What is the name of the Lintons' house?
Narrator
Which housekeeper tells most of the story?
Line
Which line does Catherine say about Heathcliff?
Place
Which ruined farmhouse near Haworth is linked to the novel's setting?
Song
Which singer had a UK number one with Wuthering Heights in 1978?
Moors
In which English county are the moors of the novel?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote Wuthering Heights?
Answer: Emily Brontë
It was Emily's only novel.
Q2: Under which pen name was it first published?
Answer: Ellis Bell
Her sisters used Currer and Acton Bell.
Q3: When was Wuthering Heights published?
Answer: 1847
It appeared the same year as Jane Eyre.
Q4: Who are the novel's central lovers?
Answer: Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw
Their bond is passionate and destructive.
Q5: What is the name of the Lintons' house?
Answer: Thrushcross Grange
It contrasts with the bleak Wuthering Heights.
Q6: Which housekeeper tells most of the story?
Answer: Nelly Dean
She recounts events to Mr Lockwood.
Q7: Which line does Catherine say about Heathcliff?
Answer: I am Heathcliff
It expresses how inseparable she feels from him.
Q8: Which ruined farmhouse near Haworth is linked to the novel's setting?
Answer: Top Withens
Walkers visit it on the moors.
Q9: Which singer had a UK number one with Wuthering Heights in 1978?
Answer: Kate Bush
It was her debut single, released at 19.
Q10: In which English county are the moors of the novel?
Answer: Yorkshire
The Brontës lived at the parsonage in Haworth.

Wuthering Heights Quiz – Passion on the Yorkshire Moors

Wuthering Heights, published in 1847, was Emily Brontë's only novel, released under the pen name Ellis Bell. It is set on the wild Yorkshire moors near Haworth, where the Brontë sisters lived.

The story follows Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by the Earnshaw family, and his intense bond with Catherine Earnshaw. Their lives become entangled with the Lintons of Thrushcross Grange. Housekeeper Nelly Dean tells much of the story to Mr Lockwood.

Top Withens, a ruined farmhouse, is often linked to the setting. Kate Bush's 1978 song Wuthering Heights reached number one in the UK, and many films have adapted the novel.

What This Quiz Teaches

Readers and students will enjoy these questions.

Who wrote the novel
Who the main characters are
How the story is told
Where it is set
How it inspired other works

Did You Know?

Emily Brontë died in 1848 at age 30.
Laurence Olivier played Heathcliff in 1939.
The Brontë Parsonage Museum is in Haworth.
The novel spans two generations.
Early reviewers found it shocking.