Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #13303: Agatha Christie's biography

	> Other English exercises on the same topic: Literature [Change theme]
	> Similar tests: - Around the world in 80 days - From Kansas City to Tulsa : What for? (1/2) - A novel by Markus Zusak : The Book Thief - From Kansas City toTulsa: towards Happiness? (2/2) - Literary genre - Vocabulary: reading and writing. - Alone by Edgar Allan Poe - The Old Man and The Sea by E.Hemingway
	> Double-click on words you don't understand

Agatha Christie's biography

Agatha Christie is the world's best-known mystery writer. Her books have been sold over billion copies in English and another billion over 45 foreign languages. She is outsold only by the bible and Shakespeare.

Agatha Miller was born in Torquay,England on September 15th, 1890.In 1914 she married Colonel Archibald Christie,an aviator in the Royal Flying Corps. The couple had one daughter, Rosalind,before their divorce in 1928.

In a writing career that spanned more than half a century, Agatha Christie wrote 79 novels and short story collections. She also wrote over a dozen plays including The Mousetrap, which opened in London on November 25th, 1952, and is now the longest continuously running play in theatrical history.

Christie's first novel, The mysterious Affair at Styles (1920), was also the first to feature her eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Surely one of the most famous fictional creations of all times , Poirot's 'little grey cells' triumphed over devious criminals in 33 novels and many dozens of short stories. Christie's last published novel, Sleeping Murder (1976), featured her other world-famous sleuth, the shrewdly inquisitive Miss Jane Marple of St. Mary Mead. Miss Marple appeared in twelve novels, beginning with The Murder at the Vicarage in 1930.

Both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple have been widely dramatized in feature films and made-for-TV movies. Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), And Then There Were None (1945), and Death on the Nile (1978) are a few of the successful films based on her works.

Agatha Christie also wrote six romantic novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. She wrote notification as well - Four books including an autobiography and an entertaining account of the many archeological expeditions she shared with her second husband, Sir Max Mallowan. In 1971, she achieved her country's highest honor when she received the Order of Dame Commander of the British Empire. Agatha Christie died on January 12th, 1976.

Lisez plusieurs fois le texte et faites les questions sans celui-ci, sinon ce serait trop facile, merci pour votre compréhension et bonne chance

Answer the questions.

Twitter Share
English exercise "Agatha Christie's biography" created by anonyme with The test builder.
Click here to see the current stats of this English test

Please log in to save your progress.

1. Agatha Christie's the most famous writer in the world.

2. Her books have been sold over two copies

3. She is outsold by

4. She was born in

5. She got at the age of 24

6. She had one whose name was Rosalind.

7. Her writing career spanned more than

8. She also wrote short-story collections, novels, romantic storys and

9. is her most successful play

10. Hercule Poirot is the character in her writing career

11. Hercule Poirot was made famous thanks to his

12. Miss Marple is her most famous character and detective

13. Agatha also wrote six novels

14. She received the

15. When did Agatha Cristie die?

End of the free exercise to learn English: Agatha Christie's biography
A free English exercise to learn English.
Other English exercises on the same topic : Literature | All our lessons and exercises