Category: Literature

1) When was Percy Bysshe Shelley born? a) 31 January 1786 b) 4 August 1792 c) 4 May 1794 d) 19 December 1784 2) Where was Percy Bysshe Shelley born? a) Connaught Place b) Field Place c) Ashoka Place d) Nehru Place 3) Which university expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley? a) Cambridge b) Oxford c) Paris d) Berlin

1. When was Robert Southey born? a) 8 February 1764 b) 5 April 1776 c) 12 August 1774 d) 4 December 1768 2. Where was Robert Southey born? a) Lisbon b) Liverpool c) Ipswich d) Bristol 3. Which school did Robert Southey attend? a) St. George’s School b) Westminster School c) St. David’s School d) Rugby School

1) How much was Charles Dickens paid when he worked at Warren’s Blacking Factory at the age of twelve? a) One pound a week b) One guinea a week c) Six shillings a week d) Ten shillings a week 2) What did Charles Dickens teach himself after buying Gurney’s Brachgraphy? a) Typewriting b) Shorthand c) Telegraph d) Music 3) With whom Charles Dickens had a love affair that ended in 1833? a) Maria Beadnell b) Dora Winter c) Flora Copperfield d) Jill Smith

1. When was John Dryden born? a) 2 February 1641 b) 15 May 1636 c) 19 August 1631 d) 15 December 1628 2. Where was John Dryden born? a) Aldwinkle b) Cardiff c) Liverpool d) Dorchester 3. Which school did John Dryden attend? a) Shrewsbury School b) Westminster School c) Harrow School d) St. Paul’s School

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