Category: Literature

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1. When was Thomas Gray born? a) 3 June 1688 b) 1 January 1701 c) 21 July 1714 d) 26 December 1716 2. Where was Thomas Gray born? a) Bristol b) Cardiff c) Liverpool d) London 3. Where did Thomas Gray have his education in 1725-1734? a) Queen Mary School b) Kilkenny Grammar School c) Eton College d) Holy Family School

1. When was Peter Benchley born? 11 January 1944 8 May 1940 7 July 1942 2 December 1936Correct Answer: 8 May 1940 2. Which school did Peter Benchley attend? St. Patrick’s School Good Shepherd School Chiltern Edge Secondary School The Allen-Stevenson SchoolCorrect Answer: The Allen-Stevenson School 3. Which university did Peter Benchley attend? Princeton Regent Harvard YaleCorrect Answer: Harvard 4. Of which magazine was Peter Benchley editor? Newsweek Life Time ImprintCorrect Answer: Newsweek 5. For which President was Peter Benchley a speechwriter? Richard Nixon Lyndon Johnson Gerald Ford James CarterCorrect Answer: Lyndon Johnson 6. When was Jaws published? 1972 1965 ... Read more

1. Which novel won John Steinbeck Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) East of Eden b) The Winter of Our Discontent c) Of Mice and Men d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. When was John Steinbeck born? a) 27 February 1902 b) 24 June 1898 c) 12 July 1900 d) 18 October 1904 3. Where was John Steinbeck born? a) Peking b) Salinas c) Canton d) Tokyo

1. What was Harper Lee’s first name? a) Ellen b) Jane c) Nelle d) Mary 2. When was Harper Lee born? a) 31 January 1924 b) 28 April 1926 c) 11 August 1928 d) 16 December 1930 3. Where was Harper Lee born? a) Holcomb b) Richmond c) Eufaula d) Monroeville

1. When did Doris Lessing win Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 2007 b) 1999 c) 2004 d) 1996 2. What was Doris Lessing’s original name? a) Emily Maude McVeagh b) Doris May Tayler c) Jane Somers d) Martha Quest 3. When was Doris Lessing born? a) 10 February 1929 b) 28 June 1914 c) 15 August 1918 d) 22 October 1919

1. When was Thomas Hughes’ novel Tom Brown’s School Days published? a) 1838 b) 1857 c) 1842 d) 1853 2. When was Thomas Hughes born? a) 10 January 1832 b) 7 April 1830 c) 18 September 1828 d) 20 October 1822 3. Where was Thomas Hughes born? a) Glasgow b) Edinburgh c) Iffington d) Cardiff

1) When was Nathaniel Hawthorne born? a) 7 April 1785 b) 22 March 1826 c) 14 October 1796 d) 4 July 1804 2) Where was Nathaniel Hawthorne born? a) Dindigul b) Salem c) Tranvancore d) Boston 3) Where did Nathaniel Hawthorne work as a measurer? a) Boston Custom House b) New York Governor’s office c) Methodist Church d) White House

1) When was John Keats born? a) 22 June 1750 b) 16 August 1785 c) 31 October 1795 d) 31 December 1800 2) Where was John Keats born? a) Paris b) Berlin c) Moscow d) London 3) Which school did John Keats attend? a) St. Peter’s School b) Gable School c) Clarke School d) St. Albert’s School

Robert Graves Quiz Questions with Answers 1. Where was Robert Graves born? a) London b) Bristol c) Coventry d) Dover 2. Which school did Robert Graves attend? a) Temple School b) St. Joseph’s School c) Charterhouse School d) St. Mary’s School 3. Where did Robert Graves fight during World War I? a) Eastern Front b) South Africa c) Turkey d) Western Front