1. What was Pericles’ primary role in Athenian society?
(a) General of the Athenian army
(b) Philosopher and thinker
(c) Statesman and leader
(d) Poet and playwright
2. What major architectural project was completed under Pericles’ leadership?
(a) The Parthenon
(b) The Colosseum
(c) The Great Wall of China
(d) The Pyramids of Giza
3. Which war did Pericles lead Athens into?
(a) The Persian Wars
(b) The Peloponnesian War
(c) The Macedonian Wars
(d) The Punic Wars
1. What is Timon’s initial character trait?
(a) Misanthropic
(b) Generous
(c) Cowardly
(d) Cruel
2. Why does Timon become disillusioned with humanity?
(a) He is betrayed by his friends.
(b) He loses his wealth.
(c) He is forced to live in poverty.
(d) All of the above.
3. Who is Timon’s closest friend?
(a) Apemantus
(b) Flavius
(c) Alcibiades
(d) Ventidius
1. Where was Denis Diderot born?
a) Grenoble
b) Langres
c) Flux
d) Naples
2. When was Denis Diderot awarded the degree of Master of Arts in the University of Paris?
a) 19 March 1728
b) 14 April 1736
c) 2 September 1732
d) 11 November 1731
3. What did Denis Diderot edit in 1745-1772?
a) Le Figaro
b) Le Monde
c) Encyclopedie
d) Bild
1. Who is the protagonist of the play?
(a) Menenius Agrippa
(b) Caius Martius Coriolanus
(c) Tullus Aufidius
(d) Volumnia
2. What is the setting of the play?
(a) Ancient Greece
(b) Medieval England
(c) Ancient Rome
(d) Elizabethan England
3. What is Coriolanus’s greatest flaw?
(a) Pride
(b) Cowardice
(c) Greed
(d) Indecision
1. What is the time period of the play?
(a) The Renaissance
(b) The Elizabethan Era
(c) The Roman Empire
(d) The Middle Ages
2. Who are the two main characters in the play?
(a) Julius Caesar and Brutus
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) Antony and Cleopatra
(d) Hamlet and Ophelia
3. Where does the play primarily take place?
(a) Rome and Athens
(b) Rome and Egypt
(c) Athens and Egypt
(d) Carthage and Rome
1. When was Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of UK?
a) 1992-1997
b) 1960-1965
c) 1979-1990
d) 1978-1980
2. What was Margaret Thatcher’s original name?
a) Margaret Hilda Roberts
b) Margaret Mary Jackson
c) Margaret Beaufort
d) Margaret Taylor
3. When was Margaret Thatcher born?
a) 25 January 1938
b) 17 May 1926
c) 21 July 1922
d) 13 October 1925
1) Where was Edward VIII born?
a) Birmingham
b) Greenwich
c) Richmond
d) Yorkshire
2) When was Edward VIII born?
a) 23 June 1894
b) 4 March 1896
c) 1 January 1901
d) 29 February 1904
3) How was Edward VIII known in his family?
a) Albert
b) David
c) James
d) William
1. Who is the Thane of Glamis at the beginning of the play?
(a) Duncan
(b) Macbeth
(c) Banquo
(d) Malcolm
2. Where does the play primarily take place?
(a) England
(b) Ireland
(c) Scotland
(d) Wales
3. What is the name of the castle where King Duncan is murdered?
(a) Inverness
(b) Dunsinane
(c) Cawdor
(d) Glamis
1. Who is the protagonist of King Lear?
(a) Cordelia
(b) Edmund
(c) Lear
(d) Gloucester
2. What is the primary conflict in King Lear?
(a) A battle between good and evil
(b) A struggle for power and recognition
(c) A love triangle
(d) A quest for redemption
3. How does King Lear divide his kingdom among his daughters?
(a) Equally among all three daughters
(b) Based on their beauty and flattery
(c) Based on their intelligence and wisdom
(d) Based on their age and experience
(Some sources mention Bellaghy or Castledawson as Seamus Heaney’s place of birth.)
1. When did Seamus Heaney get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1995
b) 1992
c) 1986
d) 1998
2. When was Seamus Heaney born?
a) 3 February 1944
b) 13 April 1939
c) 14 August 1937
d) 30 December 1945
3. Where was Seamus Heaney born?
a) Kent
b) Essex
c) Sussex
d) Mossbawn