Category: Literature

Samuel Beckett Quiz Questions with Answers 1. When was Samuel Beckett born? a) 1 January 1901 b) 13 April 1906 c) 2 August 1904 d) 5 October 1905 2. Where was Samuel Beckett born? a) Wexford b) Limerick c) Foxrock d) Boyle 3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend? a) St. Patrick’s School b) Portola Royal School c) St. John’s School d) Holy Family School

1. When did William Faulkner get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1941 b) 1949 c) 1945 d) 1938 2. When was William Faulkner born? a) 3 February 1864 b) 17 May 1862 c) 25 September 1897 d) 30 December 1865 3. Where was William Faulkner born? a) New Albany b) Springfield c) New Orleans d) Baton Rouge

1. Which novel won Margaret Mitchell Pulitzer Prize in 1937? a) Atlas Shrugged b) The Good Earth c) Dragon Seed d) Gone with the Wind 2. When was Margaret Mitchell born? a) 10 February 1889 b) 26 June 1892 c) 11 July 1894 d) 8 November 1900 3. Where was Margaret Mitchell born? a) Atlanta b) Portland c) Chicago d) Baton Rouge

1. When was Bertrand Russell born? a) 4 March 1868 b) 18 May 1872 c) 9 August 1881 d) 14 November 1869 2. Where was Bertrand Russell born? a) Cardiff b) Greenwich c) Trelleck d) Windsor 3. Which college did Bertrand Russell attend? a) Pembroke College b) Trinity College c) Christ’s College d) St. Xavier’s College

1. Which book won Carl Sandburg Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) Good Morning, America b) The People, Yes c) Abraham Lincoln: The War Years d) The American Songbag 2. When was Carl Sandburg born? a) 6 January 1878 b) 9 April 1882 c) 12 July 1876 d) 18 October 1874 3. Where was Carl Sandburg born? a) Milwaukee b) Galesburg c) Pittsburg d) Gary 4. During which war was Carl Sandburg in the army? a) Mexican b) Vietnam c) Spanish-American d) Korean 5. Of which party was Carl Sandburg member? a) Republican b) Social Democratic c) Green d) Conservative

1. Which book won Robert Frost his first Pulitzer Prize? a) Mountain Interval b) New Hampshire c) A Further Range d) A Witness Tree 2. When was Robert Frost born? a) 26 March 1874 b) 14 May 1878 c) 9 August 1872 d) 9 December 1870 3. Where was Robert Frost born? a) Peking b) San Francisco c) Derry d) Franconia

When did Liu Xiaobo win Nobel Prize for Peace? When was Liu Xiaobo born? Where was Liu Xiaobo born? From which university did Liu Xiaobo earn his bachelor’s degree in Chinese Literature? From which university did Liu Xiaobo earn his master’s degree in Chinese Literature? When was Liu Xiaobo’s first book Criticism of the Choice: Dialogues with Li Zehou published? Which charter did Liu Xiaobo help draft? When was Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment for inciting subversion of state power? For what did Liu Xiaobo win Nobel Prize for Peace? Where did Liu Xiaobo die?

Where was William Ernest Henley born? Gloucester Edinburgh Stirling Falkirk Which disease afflicted William Ernest Henley? Amnesia Leukemia Insomnia Tuberculosis William Ernest Henley’s one leg had to be amputated. Who saved the other leg from amputation? James Syme Louis Pasteur Alexander Fleming Joseph Lister

1. When was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe born? a) 7 January 1754 b) 8 June 1752 c) 28 August 1749 d) 3 December 1748 2. Where was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe born? a) Frankfurt am Main b) Rome c) Naples d) Herculaneum 3. Where did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe study law in 1765-1768? a) Berlin b) Hamburg c) Leipzig d) Munich

1. When was Graham Greene born? a) 21 March 1908 b) 27 May 1903 c) 27 September 1902 d) 2 October 1904 2. Where was Graham Greene born? a) Freetown b) Havana c) Berkhamsted d) Saigon 3. Which college did Graham Greene attend? a) Corpus Christi College b) Merton College c) King’s College d) Balliol College