Category: Literature

1. When did Derek Walcott win Nobel Prize for Literature? 1985 1992 1996 2004Correct Answer: 1992 2. When was Derek Walcott born? 23 January 1930 14 June 1928 9 September 1922 5 November 1918Correct Answer: 23 January 1930 3. Where was Derek Walcott born? Boston Port Antonio Castries NegrilCorrect Answer: Castries 4. Which college in Saint Lucia did Derek Walcott attend? Our Lady of Fatima College Good Shepherd College Holy Family College Saint Mary’s CollegeCorrect Answer: Saint Mary’s College 5. Which Derek Walcott play won an Obie Award in 1971? Pantomime In a Fine Castle Dream on Monkey Mountain RemembranceCorrect ... Read more

1) What was O. Henry’s real name? a) Henry Ford b) Clark Cable c) Arthur Kent d) William Sidney Porter 2) When was O. Henry born? a) 14 April 1865 b) 11 September 1862 c) 2 January 1870 d) 3 June 1868 3) Which humourous weekly was started by O. Henry? a) Shankar’s Weekly b) Eve’s Weekly c) The Tablet d) The Rolling Stone

1. When was Anne Bronte born? a) 17 January 1820 b) 21 April 1816 c) 30 July 1818 d) 6 November 1812 2. Where was Anne Bronte born? a) Hampshire b) Liverpool c) Tweed d) Thornton 3. Which school did Anne Bronte attend? a) Queen Anne School b) Kilkenny Grammar School c) Miss Wooler’s School d) St. Mary’s School

1) What was Mark Twain’s real name? a) Eric Arthur Blair b) Michael Marian Morrison c) James Hadley Chase d) Samuel Langhorne Clemens 2) Where was Mark Twain born? a) Miami, Florida b) Florida, Missouri c) Sacramento, California d) Austin, Texas 3) When did Mark Twain become a licensed river pilot? a) 1839 b) 1844 c) 1858 d) 1870

11. When did William Butler Yeats get Nobel Prize for Literature? 1923 1942 1935 1938Correct Answer: 1923 12. Which club did William Butler Yeats cofound? Country Club Lions’ Club Rhymers’ Club Rotary ClubCorrect Answer: Rhymers’ Club 13. Which society did William Butler Yeats join? Theosophical Society Society of Jesus Society of Friends Royal SocietyCorrect Answer: Theosophical Society 14. Who refused to marry William Butler Yeats in 1899? Augusta Persse Maud Gonne Iseult Gonne Matilda JoslynCorrect Answer: Maud Gonne 15. In which play Maud Gonne played the title role when it was first performed in Dublin? On Baile’s Strand The Land ... Read more

21. When was Horatio Alger born? 13 January 1832 17 April 1828 12 August 1830 14 December 1834Correct Answer: 13 January 1832 22. Where was Horatio Alger born? Denver Bismarck Chelsea OlympiaCorrect Answer: Chelsea 23. Which University did Horatio Alger attend? Cornell Harvard Stanford PrincetonCorrect Answer: Harvard 24. When was Horatio Alger ordained? 1856 1858 1864 1866Correct Answer: 1864 25. Why was Horatio Alger asked to leave the church in Brewster? Allegations of financial irregularities Allegations of sexual activities with boys Sickness HeresyCorrect Answer: Allegations of sexual activities with boys 26. Where did Horatio Alger move in 1866? Boston Honolulu ... Read more

31. What was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s original name? Margaret Wolfe Hamilton Mary Ann Evans Amantine Dupin Elizabeth BennettCorrect Answer: Margaret Wolfe Hamilton 32. When was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford born? 15 March 1848 27 April 1855 25 August 1852 31 December 1846Correct Answer: 27 April 1855 33. Where was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford born? Waterford Belfast Rosscarbery DonegalCorrect Answer: Rosscarbery 34. Which college did Margaret Wolfe Hungerford attend? National College Griffith College Independent College Portalington CollegeCorrect Answer: Portalington College 35. Which was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s first novel? Faith and Unfaith Phyllis Lovice DorisCorrect Answer: Phyllis 36. How many years was Margaret Wolfe ... Read more

1. When was William Makepeace Thackeray born? a) 11 March 1808 b) 5 April 1814 c) 18 July 1811 d) 30 November 1816 2. Where was William Makepeace Thackeray born? a) Bombay b) Calcutta c) Delhi d) Madras 3. Which college did William Makepeace Thackeray attend? a) Christ Church College b) Merton College c) Trinity College d) Balliol College

Erich Maria Remarque Quiz Questions with Answers 1. What was Erich Maria Remarque’s original name? a) Erich Fredrich Wilhelm Ludendorff b) Erich Fromm c) Jean Maria Remarque d) Erich Paul Remark 2. When was Erich Maria Remarque born? a) 17 March 1894 b) 22 June 1898 c) 16 August 1899 d) 10 December 1895 3. Where was Erich Maria Remarque born? a) Berlin b) Hamburg c) Osnabruck d) Potsdam

1) When was Jules Verne born? a) 22 June 1815 b) 11 May 1821 c) 6 October 1824 d) 8 February 1828 2) Where was Jules Verne born? a) Versailles b) Paris c) Nantes d) Marseilles 3) Who was the captain in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? a) James Cook b) Nemo c) Francis Drake d) Gunn