Hans Christian Andersen Quiz

A portrait of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Hans Christian Andersen Quiz Questions

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

4. When did Hans Christian Andersen write OT: A Danish Romance?
a) 1931
b) 1927
c) 1935
d) 1836

5. What was the theme of Hans Christian Andersen’s play The Mulatto?
a) Science
b) Slavery
c) War
d) Discovery

Postage stamp, Denmark, 1935: Hans Christian Andersen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6. When was Hans Christian Andersen’s Tales, Told for Children first published?
a) 1835
b) 1832
c) 1834
d) 1828

7. Which of the following books was published in 1837?
a) In Spain
b) A Poet’s Bazaar
c) Pictures of Sweden
d) Only a Fiddler

8. Which of the following tales deals with the ultimate triumph of goodness and beauty?
a) The Emperor’s New Clothes
b) The Snow Queen
c) The Arab and the Camel
d) The Wolf and the Lamb

9. When did Hans Christian Andersen die?
a) 18 January 1976
b) 3 June 1878
c) 4 August 1875
d) 12 November 1885

10. Where did Hans Christian Andersen die?
a) Norreby
b) Vodskov
c) Heming
d) Copenhagen

Hans Christian Andersen Quiz Questions with Answers

Painting of Andersen, 1836, by Christian Albrecht Jensen (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was Hans Christian Andersen born?
b) 2 April 1805

2. Where was Hans Christian Andersen born?
d) Odense

3. Which university did Hans Christian Andersen attend?
b) Copenhagen

4. When did Hans Christian Andersen write OT: A Danish Romance?
d) 1836

5. What was the theme of Hans Christian Andersen’s play The Mulatto?
b) Slavery

6. When was Hans Christian Andersen’s Tales, Told for Children first published?
a) 1835

7. Which of the following books was published in 1837?
d) Only a Fiddler

8. Which of the following tales deals with the ultimate triumph of goodness and beauty?
b) The Snow Queen

9. When did Hans Christian Andersen die?
c) 4 August 1875

10. Where did Hans Christian Andersen die?
d) Copenhagen