Category: Literature

1. When was Antoine de Saint Exupery born? a) 16 March 1896 b) 29 June 1900 c) 25 August 1898 d) 22 October 1902 2. Where was Antoine de Saint Exupery born? a) Lyon b) Nantes c) Amiens d) Toulouse 3. When did Antoine de Saint Exupery obtain his pilot’s licence? a) 1928 b) 1926 c) 1924 d) 1922

Christopher Fry Quiz Questions with Answers 1. What was Christopher Fry’s original name? a) Christopher Lee b) Christopher Harris c) John Smith d) Richard Harris 2. When was Christopher Fry born? a) 3 January 1914 b) 9 April 1909 c) 14 July 1905 d) 18 December 1907 3. Where was Christopher Fry born? a) Plymouth b) Dorchester c) Bristol d) Chelsea

1) Which novel of Jane Austen has the characters Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett? a) Emma b) Pride and Prejudice c) Sense and Sensibility d) Mansfield Park 2) Who are Dashwood sisters in Sense and Sensibility? a) Elinor and Marianne b) Mary and Lydia c) Cassandra and Joan d) Amy and Amanda 3) Who marries Emma Woodhouse in Emma? a) Mr. Elton b) Mr. Frank Churchill c) Mr. Knightley d) Mr. Weston

1. When did Pablo Neruda get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1969 b) 1971 c) 1975 d) 1978 2. What was Pablo Neruda’s original name? a) Jorge Videla b) Agostino Pinochet c) Raul Alfonsin d) Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto 3. When was Pablo Neruda born? a) 5 March 1901 b) 24 April 1899 c) 12 July 1904 d) 2 December 1905

1. When was Julian Huxley born? a) 11 March 1884 b) 22 June 1887 c) 26 July 1894 d) 10 October 1895 2. Where was Julian Huxley born? a) London b) Bristol c) Leeds d) Liverpool 3. Which college did Julian Huxley attend? a) Bethany College b) St. James’ College c) Balliol College d) Union College

1. When did Naguib Mahfouz get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1969 b) 1967 c) 1988 d) 1992 2. When was Naguib Mahfouz born? a) 12 January 1902 b) 14 April 1906 c) 5 August 1908 d) 11 December 1911 3. Where was Naguib Mahfouz born? a) Alexandria b) Cairo c) Luxor d) Thebes

1. When was Henry David Thoreau born? a) 26 March 1804 b) 14 June 1808 c) 12 July 1817 d) 9 December 1820 2. Where was Henry David Thoreau born? a) Ottawa b) Concord c) Montreal d) Atlanta 3. Which university did Henry David Thoreau attend? a) Columbia b) Harvard c) Yale d) Notre Dame

1. When did Sully Prudhomme get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1909 b) 1901 c) 1905 d) 1908 2. What was Sully Prudhomme’s original name? a) Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme b) Ercoli Matthioli c) Eustance Dauger d) Nicolas Fouquet 3. When was Sully Prudhomme born? a) 16 March 1839 b) 24 April 1849 c) 12 July 1834 d) 30 December 1840

5. Which was Henry Rider Haggard’s first novel? a) Heart of the World b) Dawn c) Allan Quatermain d) The Ivory Child 6. When was King Solomon’s Mines published? a) 1872 b) 1875 c) 1867 d) 1885 7. Which of the following Henry Rider Haggard novels was published in 1910? a) Cleopatra b) Nada the Lily c) Queen Sheba’s Ring d) Marie