Category: Literature

1. When was Ralph Waldo Emerson born? a) 4 January 1801 b) 25 May 1803 c) 30 August 1806 d) 31 December 1800 2. Where was Ralph Waldo Emerson born? a) Boston b) Portland c) Rockland d) Bangor 3. Which school did Ralph Waldo Emerson attend? a) Temple School b) St. Joseph’s School c) Boston Public Latin School d) St. Mary’s School

When was Sigrid Undset’s first novel Fru Marte Oulie published? a) 1915 b) 1911 c) 1905 d) 1907 When was Sigrid Undset received into Roman Catholic Church? a) 1924 b) 1922 c) 1918 d) 1916 For what did Sigrid Undset win Nobel Prize for Literature? a) Poetic oeuvre of great luminosity b) Rich and intensive prose c) Powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages d) Works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth

Ezra Pound Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Ezra Pound born? a) 8 March 1884 b) 12 May 1882 c) 23 August 1889 d) 30 October 1885 2. Where was Ezra Pound born? a) Clinton b) Hailey c) Philadelphia d) Wyncote 3. Which college did Ezra Pound attend? a) Hamilton College b) Merton College c) Trinity College d) Newman College

1. When was Emma Lazarus born? a) 14 February 1844 b) 16 May 1842 c) 22 July 1849 d) 24 December 1855 2. Where was Emma Lazarus born? a) New York b) Richmond c) Atlanta d) Boston 3. Which was Emma Lazarus’ first book? a) The Banner of the Jew b) Poems and Translations c) The Dance of Death d) The New Colossus

1. What was Michael Crichton’s first name? a) Peter b) John c) Thomas d) Matthew 2. When was Michael Crichton born? a) 6 January 1944 b) 17 April 1948 c) 16 August 1946 d) 23 October 1942 3. Where was Michael Crichton born? a) Chicago b) Boston c) Harvard d) Cambridge

1) When was Ayn Rand born? a) 2 February 1905 b) 4 April 1900 c) 22 August 1896 d) 17 November 1906 2) Where was Ayn Rand born? a) St. Petersburgh b) Tashkent c) Dushanbe d) Warsaw 3) Which University did Ayn Rand attend? a) Moscow b) Petrograd c) Vladistovok d) Yekatinburg

1. When was Frances Burney born? a) 4 February 1754 b) 13 June 1752 c) 23 August 1749 d) 30 December 1745 2. Where was Frances Burney born? a) King’s Lynn b) Shrewsbury c) Hereford d) Lichfield 3. Who was Frances Burney’s mother? a) Elizabeth Allen b) Harriet Salusbury c) Esther Sleepe d) Cassandra Leigh

1. When was Vladimir Nabokov born? a) 4 February 1894 b) 22 April 1899 c) 23 August 1892 d) 10 November 1902 2. Where was Vladimir Nabokov born? a) St. Petersburg b) Kaliningrad c) Tashkent d) Sevastopol 3. When did Vladimir Nabokov leave Russia? a) 1905 b) 1915 c) 1919 d) 1917

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd. Herman Melville Quiz Questions 1. When was Herman Melville born? a) 7 March 1824 b) 22 May 1822 c) 1 August 1819 d) 30 December 1815 2. Where was Herman Melville born? a) New York b) Liverpool c) San Francisco d) Boston 3. On which ship did Herman Melville work as a cabin boy? a) Charles & Henry b) St. Lawrence c) United States d) Nautilus

1. What was Truman Capote’s original name? a) Truman Streckfus Persons b) Harry Truman c) Norman Mailer d) Samuel Longhorne Clemens 2. When was Truman Capote born? a) 6 February 1934 b) 5 May 1929 c) 30 September 1924 d) 19 December 1921 3. Where was Truman Capote born? a) Boston b) New Orleans c) Sacramento d) Montreal