1. What was Sarojini Naidu’s original name?
a) Padmini Gangopadhyay
b) Sarojini Chattopadhyay
c) Aparna Mukhyopadhyay
d) Sarojini Bandopadhyay
2. When was Sarojini Naidu born?
a) 13 February 1879
b) 22 May 1872
c) 18 August 1869
d) 24 December 1865
3. Where was Sarojini Naidu born?
a) Serampore
b) Buxar
c) Hyderabad
d) Plassey
1. What was Virgil’s original name?
a) Publius Vergilius Maro
b) Sextus Pompeius Pius
c) Marcus Vispanius Agrippa
d) Lucius Varius Rufus
2. When was Virgil born?
a) 27 January 90 BC
b) 24 May 82 BC
c) 23 July 76 BC
d) 15 October 70 BC
3. Where was Virgil born?
a) Naples
b) Andes
c) Florence
d) Venice
Henry Fielding Quiz Questions 1. When was Henry Fielding born? a) 8 March 1714 b) 22 April 1707 c) 5 August 1721 d) 23 December 1700 2. Where was Henry Fielding born? a) Bath b) Leiden c) Sharpham Park d) Glasgow 3. Which college did Henry Fielding attend? a) Eton College b) Merton College c)…
1. When was Jacob Grimm born?
a) 4 January 1785
b) 15 May 1782
c) 8 August 1779
d) 10 October 1775
2. When was Wilhelm Grimm born?
a) 16 April 1788
b) 24 February 1786
c) 14 July 1789
d) 15 November 1792
3. Where were Brothers Grimm born?
a) Rostock
b) Paris
c) Vienna
d) Hanau
1. What was Harriet Beecher Stowe’s original name?
a) Harriet Rebecca Lane
b) Harriet Martineau
c) Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
d) Madeleine Stowe
2. When was Harriet Beecher Stowe born?
a) 10 February 1809
b) 14 June 1811
c) 11 August 1804
d) 17 November 1816
3. Where was Harriet Beecher Stowe born?
a) Litchfield
b) Boston
c) Revere
d) Lynn
1. Which is Mary Shelley’s most famous novel?
a) Frankenstein
b) Lodore
c) The Last Man
d) Valperga
2. What was Mary Shelley’s maiden name?
a) Maria Kempes
b) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
c) Marie Pen
d) Barbara Cartland
3. When was Mary Shelley born?
a) 31 January 1796
b) 30 August 1797
c) 4 May 1794
d) 19 December 1795
1. When was Oliver Sacks born?
a) 4 February 1936
b) 2 April 1934
c) 9 July 1933
d) 30 December 1932
2. Where was Oliver Sacks born?
a) London
b) Bristol
c) Plymouth
d) Ipswich
3. Which college did Oliver Sacks attend?
a) King’s College
b) Queen’s College
c) St. Albert’s College
d) St. George’s College
4. Which Oliver Sacks book is about treatment of sleeping sickness?
a) Uncle Tungsten
b) Migraine
c) A Leg to Stand On
d) Awakenings
1. When was Ernest Hemingway born?
a) 9 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 21 July 1899
d) 30 December 1865
2. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?
a) Cicero
b) Boston
c) Anchorage
d) San Francisco
3. What was Ernest Hemingway’s role in World War I?
a) Corporal
b) Marine
c) Flight Lieutenant
d) Ambulance driver
1) When was Mary Anne Evans (George Eliot) born?
a) 22 November 1819
b) 14 May 1799
c) 1 October 1820
d) 5 January 1821
2) Why did Mary Anne Evans write under the name George Eliot?
a) At that time writing was considered a male profession.
b) She was living in disguise as a man.
c) She considered herself a man in a woman’s body.
d) She wanted equality for men and women.
3) Which magazine did Mary Anne Evans edit for two years?
a) Wall Street Journal
b) Current
c) Imprint
d) Westminster Review
1. What was Pearl Buck’s original name?
a) Gina Harrison
b) Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
c) Jane Seymour
d) Victoria Crawford
2. When was Pearl Buck born?
a) 10 February 1889
b) 26 June 1892
c) 11 July 1894
d) 17 November 1896
3. Where was Pearl Buck born?
a) Peking
b) Hillsboro
c) Canton
d) Tokyo