Category: Literature

1. In which decade was Oscar Wilde's most famous play, "The Importance of Being Earnest," first performed? (a) 1870 (b) 1880 (c) 1895 (d) 1900 2. What is the name of the hedonistic and cynical character who influences Dorian Gray in "The Picture of Dorian Gray"? (a) Algernon Moncrieff (b) Jack Worthing (c) Lord Henry Wotton (d) Basil Hallward 3. What famous quote about happiness appears in the preface of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"? (a) "To be or not to be, that is the question." (b) "Elementary, my dear Watson." (c) "All happy families resemble one another, but each ... Read more

1. Virginia Woolf was a prominent figure in what literary movement of the 20th century? (a) Romanticism (b) Modernism (c) Realism (d) Victorian Literature 2. What is the title of Woolf's novel that famously uses stream of consciousness narration? (a) To the Lighthouse (b) Jane Eyre (c) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (d) Pride and Prejudice 3. Woolf was a member of the Bloomsbury Group, a collective known for what? (a) Political activism (b) Artistic and intellectual innovation (c) Gothic horror writing (d) Detective fiction

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

1. When was Arthur Conan Doyle born? a) 31 March 1854 b) 22 May 1859 c) 25 September 1857 d) 30 December 1855 2. Where was Arthur Conan Doyle born? a) Edinburgh b) Glasgow c) Aberdeen d) Dundee 3. When did Arthur Conan Doyle receive doctorate in medicine? a) 1880 b) 1874 c) 1885 d) 1882

Robert Burns Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Robert Burns born? a) 25 January 1759 b) 27 April 1756 c) 15 August 1764 d) 2 December 1755 2. Where was Robert Burns born? a) Mount Oliphant b) Alloway c) Lachlea d) Kilmarnock 3. When did Robert Burns publish Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect? a) 1784 b) 1776 c) 1786 d) 1778

John Robert Fowles Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was John Robert Fowles born? a) 31 March 1926 b) 2 April 1922 c) 23 August 1919 d) 7 December 1928 2. Where was John Robert Fowles born? a) Athens b) Leigh-on-Sea c) Paris d) Sparta 3. Which college did John Robert Fowles attend? a) Christ Church College b) Merton College c) Trinity College d) New College

1) When was Samuel Coleridge born? a) 12 August 1778 b) 2 December 1776 c) 4 November 1774 d) 21 October 1772 2) What was Samuel Coleridge’s middle name? a) Bowden b) Taylor c) Smith d) Kennedy 3) Which college did Samuel Coleridge attend? a) St. Augustine’s College b) St. Patrick’s College c) Jesus College d) Trinity College

1. When was Terence Pratchett born? a) 4 February 1944 b) 28 April 1948 c) 11 August 1949 d) 20 December 1945 2. Where was Terence Pratchett born? a) Beaconsfield b) Dover c) Winchester d) Greenwich 3. Which was Terence Pratchett’s first novel? a) The Dark Side of the Sun b) Mort c) The Carpet People d) Night Watch

Laurence Binyon Quiz Questions with Answers 1. When was Laurence Binyon born? a) 14 January 1874 b) 10 August 1869 c) 21 August 1867 d) 10 December 1859 2. Where was Laurence Binyon born? a) Lancaster b) Edinburgh c) Cardiff d) Plymouth 3. Which school did Laurence Binyon attend? a) St. Peter’s School b) St. Joseph’s School c) St. Paul’s School d) St. Mary’s School

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