Category: Literature

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

1. When did William Butler Yeats get Nobel Prize for Literature? 1923 1942 1935 1938Correct Answer: 1923 2. Which club did William Butler Yeats cofound? Country Club Lions’ Club Rhymers’ Club Rotary ClubCorrect Answer: Rhymers’ Club 3. Which society did William Butler Yeats join? Theosophical Society Society of Jesus Society of Friends Royal SocietyCorrect Answer: Theosophical Society 4. Who refused to marry William Butler Yeats in 1899? Augusta Persse Maud Gonne Iseult Gonne Matilda JoslynCorrect Answer: Maud Gonne 5. In which play Maud Gonne played the title role when it was first performed in Dublin? On Baile’s Strand The Land ... Read more

11. When was Horatio Alger born? 13 January 1832 17 April 1828 12 August 1830 14 December 1834Correct Answer: 13 January 1832 12. Where was Horatio Alger born? Denver Bismarck Chelsea OlympiaCorrect Answer: Chelsea 13. Which University did Horatio Alger attend? Cornell Harvard Stanford PrincetonCorrect Answer: Harvard 14. When was Horatio Alger ordained? 1856 1858 1864 1866Correct Answer: 1864 15. 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 16. Where did Horatio Alger move in 1866? Boston Honolulu ... Read more

21. What was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s original name? Margaret Wolfe Hamilton Mary Ann Evans Amantine Dupin Elizabeth BennettCorrect Answer: Margaret Wolfe Hamilton 22. When was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford born? 15 March 1848 27 April 1855 25 August 1852 31 December 1846Correct Answer: 27 April 1855 23. Where was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford born? Waterford Belfast Rosscarbery DonegalCorrect Answer: Rosscarbery 24. Which college did Margaret Wolfe Hungerford attend? National College Griffith College Independent College Portalington CollegeCorrect Answer: Portalington College 25. Which was Margaret Wolfe Hungerford’s first novel? Faith and Unfaith Phyllis Lovice DorisCorrect Answer: Phyllis 26. 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

1) Where was Robert Louis Stevenson born? a) Edinburgh b) Halifax c) London d) Bristol 2) Who read stories of Scots Presbyterian martyrs to Robert Louis Stevenson during his childhood? a) Thomas Stevenson b) Margaret Stevenson c) Alison Cunningham d) Daniel Defoe 3) From which disease did Robert Louis Stevenson suffer from his childhood? a) Cholera b) Pneumonia c) Down’s Syndrome d) Tuberculosis