Category: Literature

1. When did Gabriela Mistral win Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1945 b) 1941 c) 1935 d) 1968 2. What was Gabriela Mistral’s original name? a) Mary Ann Evans b) Amandine Dudevant c) Lucila Godoy Alcayaga d) Josephine O’Brien 3. When was Gabriela Mistral born? a) 16 March 1879 b) 7 April 1889 c) 12 July 1884 d) 30 December 1890

1. When did William Golding get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1971 b) 1979 c) 1975 d) 1983 2. When was William Golding born? a) 17 March 1904 b) 17 May 1902 c) 19 September 1911 d) 30 December 1905 3. Where was William Golding born? a) St. Columba Minor b) Bristol c) York d) Liverpool

1. When was Charles Perrault born? a) 12 January 1628 b) 6 June 1624 c) 11 August 1625 d) 10 December 1623 2. Where was Charles Perrault born? a) Cannes b) Paris c) Milan d) Turin 3. When was Charles Perrault elected to Academie Francais? a) 1682 b) 1675 c) 1774 d) 1671

1. When was Evelyn Waugh born? a) 9 February 1905 b) 17 May 1898 c) 3 August 1901 d) 28 October 1903 2. Where was Evelyn Waugh born? a) Boston b) London c) Sacramento d) Montreal 3. Which college in Sussex did Evelyn Waugh attend? a) Amherst College b) Bethany College c) Lancing College d) Union College

1. Which was Henry Patterson’s first novel? a) Sad Wind from the Sea b) Midnight Never Comes c) The Graveyard Shift d) Wrath of the Lion 2. Which of the following novels did Henry Patterson write using the pseudonym Martin Fallon? a) Thunder at Noon b) The Year of Tiger c) Cry of the Hunter d) Passage by Night 3. What was the pseudonym used by Henry Patterson to write A Candle for the Dead? a) Alpha of the Plough b) James Graham c) Hugh Marlowe d) Mark Twain

Joseph Conrad Quiz Questions 1. What was Joseph Conrad’s original name? a) Karl Joseph Wirth b) Claude Joseph Vernet c) Jozef Teodor Konrad Konzeniowski d) Ioseb Dzhugashvili 2. When was Joseph Conrad born? a) 7 March 1864 b) 3 April 1869 c) 19 July 1875 d) 3 December 1857 3. Where was Joseph Conrad born? a) Volgoda b) Berdichev c) Caracas d) Dover

1. When was Emily Bronte born? a) 3 March 1815 b) 4 August 1814 c) 30 July 1818 d) 6 November 1812 2. Where was Emily Bronte born? a) Derbyshire b) Dover c) Tweed d) Thornton 3. Which school did Emily Bronte attend? a) Queen Anne School b) Kilkenny Grammar School c) Clergy Daughters’ School d) Holy Family School

1. When was Siegfried Sassoon born? a) 3 February 1884 b) 5 June 1892 c) 8 September 1886 d) 2 December 1885 2. Where was Siegfried Sassoon born? a) Brenchley b) Edinburgh c) Glasgow d) Falkirk 3. Which regiment did Siegfried Sassoon join? a) Coldstream Guards b) Royal Irish Hussars c) Royal Welch Fusiliers d) Yeomen Guards

1. Which play won Eugene O’Neill his first Pulitzer Prize? a) Beyond the Horizon b) The Emperor Jones c) The Long Voyage Home d) In the Zone 2. When was Eugene O’Neill born? a) 29 February 1904 b) 21 June 1896 c) 15 July 1892 d) 16 October 1888 3. Where was Eugene O’Neill born? a) Copenhagen b) New York c) Sacrament d) Los Angeles

1. When was Ian Fleming born? a) 14 March 1928 b) 28 May 1908 c) 9 September 1934 d) 24 December 1932 2. Where was Ian Fleming born? a) London b) Paris c) Munich d) Yorkshire 3. What was Ian Fleming’s middle name? a) Valentine b) Peter c) Lancaster d) Winston