Category: Literature

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

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