1. When did Nadine Gordimer win Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1972
b) 1985
c) 1991
d) 2004
2. When was Nadine Gordimer born?
a) 6 March 1928
b) 28 June 1914
c) 22 September 1924
d) 20 November 1923
3. Where was Nadine Gordimer born?
a) Pretoria
b) Springs
c) Durban
d) Cape Town
Gustave Flaubert was a French writer of the realist period who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. He is best known for his first published novel, Madame Bovary, a classic tale of romance and retribution. It is a portrait of the young provincial Emma Bovary as fallen woman and her adulterous liaisons with Rodolphe Boulanger.
1. When was Gustave Flaubert born?
a) 19 March 1823
b) 16 June 1818
c) 31 August 1826
d) 12 December 1821
2. Where was Gustave Flaubert born?
a) La Rochelle
b) Rouen
c) Nantes
d) Strasbourg
3. Which magazine was the first to publish a writing by Gustave Flaubert?
a) Le Colibri
b) Le Figaro
c) Revue de Paris
d) Revue des Deux Mondes
Wystan Hugh Auden who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet and one of the leading literary figures of the 20th century. His early poetry made his reputation as a witty and technically accomplished writer. His work is noted for its stylistic and technical achievements, its engagement with moral and political issues, and its variety of tone, form and content. The central themes of his poetry are love, politics and citizenship, religion and morals, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.
1. When was Wystan Hugh Auden born?
a) 21 February 1907
b) 7 May 1905
c) 20 August 1906
d) 22 December 1902
2. Where was Wystan Hugh Auden born?
a) Berlin
b) Madrid
c) York
d) Florence
3. Which school did Wystan Hugh Auden attend in Surrey?
a) St, John’s School
b) St. Edmund’s Preparatory School
c) St. Albert’s School
d) Queen Mary School
1. Which of the following books was written by Daniel Defoe?
a) Gulliver’s Travels
b) Robinson Crusoe
c) Either Or
d) Odyssey
2. What was Daniel Defoe’s original surname?
a) Friend
b) Neighbour
c) Foe
d) Good
3. Where did Daniel Defoe study?
a) Queen Mary School
b) St. Thomas Academy
c) St. Patrick’s School
d) Charles Morton’s Academy
1. When was Ronald Knox born?
a) 17 February 1888
b) 8 April 1884
c) 27 September 1882
d) 20 November 1885
2. Where was Ronald Knox born?
a) Dublin
b) Kibworth Beauchamp
c) Belfast
d) Cork
3. Which college did Ronald Knox attend?
a) Canisius College
b) Dartmouth College
c) King’s College
d) Balliol College
1. When was Gerard Manley Hopkins born?
a) 18 January 1834
b) 19 April 1838
c) 28 July 1844
d) 19 December 1836
2. Where was Gerard Manley Hopkins born?
a) Stratford
b) Glasgow
c) Liverpool
d) London
3. Which college did Gerard Manley Hopkins attend?
a) Pembroke College
b) Trinity College
c) Christ’s College
d) Balliol College