1. What was Christopher Fry’s original name?
a) Christopher Lee
b) Christopher Harris
c) John Smith
d) Richard Harris
2. When was Christopher Fry born?
a) 3 January 1914
b) 9 April 1909
c) 14 July 1905
d) 18 December 1907
3. Where was Christopher Fry born?
a) Plymouth
b) Dorchester
c) Bristol
d) Chelsea
1) Which novel of Jane Austen has the characters Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett?
a) Emma
b) Pride and Prejudice
c) Sense and Sensibility
d) Mansfield Park
2) Who are Dashwood sisters in Sense and Sensibility?
a) Elinor and Marianne
b) Mary and Lydia
c) Cassandra and Joan
d) Amy and Amanda
3) Who marries Emma Woodhouse in Emma?
a) Mr. Elton
b) Mr. Frank Churchill
c) Mr. Knightley
d) Mr. Weston
1. When did Pablo Neruda get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1971
c) 1975
d) 1978
2. What was Pablo Neruda’s original name?
a) Jorge Videla
b) Agostino Pinochet
c) Raul Alfonsin
d) Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
3. When was Pablo Neruda born?
a) 5 March 1901
b) 24 April 1899
c) 12 July 1904
d) 2 December 1905
Sir Julian Sorell Huxley was an English evolutionary biologist, humanist and internationalist. He was Secretary of the Zoological Society of London (1935–1942), the first Director of UNESCO, and a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund.
1. When was Julian Huxley born?
a) 11 March 1884
b) 22 June 1887
c) 26 July 1894
d) 10 October 1895
2. Where was Julian Huxley born?
a) London
b) Bristol
c) Leeds
d) Liverpool
3. Which college did Julian Huxley attend?
a) Bethany College
b) St. James’ College
c) Balliol College
d) Union College
1. When did Naguib Mahfouz get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1967
c) 1988
d) 1992
2. When was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) 12 January 1902
b) 14 April 1906
c) 5 August 1908
d) 11 December 1911
3. Where was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) Alexandria
b) Cairo
c) Luxor
d) Thebes
1. When was Henry David Thoreau born?
a) 26 March 1804
b) 14 June 1808
c) 12 July 1817
d) 9 December 1820
2. Where was Henry David Thoreau born?
a) Ottawa
b) Concord
c) Montreal
d) Atlanta
3. Which university did Henry David Thoreau attend?
a) Columbia
b) Harvard
c) Yale
d) Notre Dame
1. When did Sully Prudhomme get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1909
b) 1901
c) 1905
d) 1908
2. What was Sully Prudhomme’s original name?
a) Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
b) Ercoli Matthioli
c) Eustance Dauger
d) Nicolas Fouquet
3. When was Sully Prudhomme born?
a) 16 March 1839
b) 24 April 1849
c) 12 July 1834
d) 30 December 1840
Henry Rider Haggard Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. When was Henry Rider Haggard born? a) 6 January 1864 b) 22 June 1856 c) 4 September 1852 d) 18 December 1855 2. Where was Henry Rider Haggard born? a) Bradenham b) Pretoria c) Bulawayo d) Salisbury 3. Which school did Henry Rider Haggard attend?…
1. When was Hilaire Belloc born?
a) 3 February 1874
b) 17 May 1872
c) 27 July 1870
d) 30 December 1865
2. Where was Hilaire Belloc born?
a) La Rochelle
b) La Celle Saint Cloud
c) Nantes
d) Paris
3. Which college did Hilaire Belloc attend?
a) Christ College
b) New College
c) King’s College
d) Balliol College
1. What was Honore de Balzac’s original name?
a) Edmund Nantes
b) George Sand
c) Honore Balssa
d) Horatio Alger
2. When was Honore de Balzac born?
a) 3 January 1794
b) 20 May 1799
c) 14 July 1801
d) 22 October 1795
3. Where was Honore de Balzac born?
a) Tours
b) Vendome
c) La Rochelle
d) New Rochelle