Which author created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes?
A Life in the UK Test practice question on life in the United Kingdom. Here is the correct answer, why each option is right or wrong, and the background you need to remember it.
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A
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie created other famous detectives like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, but not Sherlock Holmes.
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B
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ✓ Correct
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
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C
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was a 19th-century novelist, but he did not create Sherlock Holmes.
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D
Jane Austen
Jane Austen was a novelist known for romance novels, but she did not create Sherlock Holmes.
The correct answer is B: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
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