Category: Literature

1. When was Washington Irving born? a) 4 February 1784 b) 3 April 1783 c) 16 September 1779 d) 25 December 1774 2. Where was Washington Irving born? a) Boston b) Portland c) New York d) Richmond 3. Which magazine did Washington Irving edit in 1812? a) The Magazine of Art b) National Enquirer c) The Plain Truth d) Analectic Magazine

Clive Staples Lewis (C. S. Lewis) Quiz Questions 1. When was Clive Staples Lewis born? a) 25 February 1894 b) 12 June 1892 c) 21 August 1901 d) 29 November 1898 2. Where was Clive Staples Lewis born? a) Cork b) Limerick c) Belfast d) Waterford 3. Where was Clive Staples Lewis a fellow and tutor in 1925-1954? a) Magdalene College b) Merton College c) Trinity College d) King’s College

1. What was Ruth Rendell’s original name? a) Mary Ann Evans b) Ruth Barbara Grasemann c) Margaret Mitchell d) Ruth Jane Brunswick 2. When was Ruth Rendell born? a) 17 February 1930 b) 4 June 1915 c) 28 August 1929 d) 14 December 1925 3. Where was Ruth Rendell born? a) Aldeburgh b) Belfast c) London d) Dublin

(This quiz is about British poet Alexander Pope.) 1) When was Alexander Pope born? a) 14 March 1751 b) 21 May 1688 c) 11 November 1650 d) 12 December 1700 2) Where was Alexander Pope born? a) Dublin b) Glasgow c) Liverpool d) London 3) How did being a Catholic affect Alexander Pope? a) He was exiled. b) He could not get good education. c) He was beaten. d) He was imprisoned.

1. When was Rudyard Kipling born? a) 9 February 1864 b) 17 May 1862 c) 3 August 1861 d) 30 December 1865 2. Where was Rudyard Kipling born? a) Calcutta b) Madras c) Delhi d) Bombay 3. Which story by Rudyard Kipling describes the horrors of a foster home? a) Mandalay b) Baa Baa, Black Sheep c) Gunga Din d) Danny Deever

1. When was Hans Christian Andersen born? a) 9 February 1804 b) 2 April 1805 c) 3 July 1801 d) 30 December 1806 2. Where was Hans Christian Andersen born? a) Lind b) Thisted c) Hobro d) Odense 3. Which university did Hans Christian Andersen attend? a) Aarhus b) Copenhagen c) Roskilde d) Alborg

1. When was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien born? a) 3 January 1892 b) 17 May 1882 c) 14 August 1887 d) 30 December 1885 2. Where was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien born? a) Amsterdam b) Bloemfontein c) Durban d) Pretoria 3. Which college did John Ronald Reuel Tolkien attend? a) Christ College b) New College c) King’s College d) Exeter College

Henry Louis Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, editor, and critic of American life and culture. Mencken is known for writing The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States. Henry Louis Mencken Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Henry Louis Mencken born? a) 4 February 1884 b) 9 May 1882 c) 12 September 1880 d) 30 December 1875 2. Where was Henry Louis Mencken born? a) Baltimore b) Philadelphia c) New York d) Atlanta 3. Which of the following did Henry Louis Mencken attend? a) California Institute of Technology b) ... Read more

1. What was Edith Wharton’s original name? a) Ruby Mayer b) Edith Newbold Jones c) Ann Mary Watson d) Edith Wilson 2. When was Edith Wharton born? a) 24 January 1862 b) 18 May 1858 c) 4 August 1864 d) 2 December 1866 3. Where was Edith Wharton born? a) Lenox b) Boston c) New York d) Richmond

8. When was Jackie Collins married to Wallace Austin? a) 1994-1998 b) 1986-1990 c) 1972-1976 d) 1960-1964 9. Which novel did Jackie Collins publish in 1975? a) The Stud b) The World Is Full of Divorced Women c) Sinners d) The Hollywood Zoo 10. Which was Jackie Collins’ most successful novel? a) Hollywood Husbands b) Hollywood Kids c) Hollywood Divorces d) Hollywood Wives