Tag: English Literature

Harriet Beecher Stowe Quiz Questions 1. What was Harriet Beecher Stowe’s original name? a) Harriet Rebecca Lane b) Harriet Martineau c) Harriet Elizabeth Beecher d) Madeleine Stowe 2. When was Harriet Beecher Stowe born? a) 10 February 1809 b) 14 June 1811 c) 11 August 1804 d) 17 November 1816 3. Where was Harriet Beecher Stowe born? a) Litchfield b) Boston c) Revere d) Lynn

Mary Shelley Quiz Questions 1. Which is Mary Shelley’s most famous novel? a) Frankenstein b) Lodore c) The Last Man d) Valperga 2. What was Mary Shelley’s maiden name? a) Maria Kempes b) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin c) Marie Pen d) Barbara Cartland 3. When was Mary Shelley born? a) 31 January 1796 b) 30 August 1797 c) 4 May 1794 d) 19 December 1795

1. When was John Boynton Priestley born? a) 18 January 1884 b) 19 April 1888 c) 13 September 1894 d) 30 December 1892 2. Where was John Boynton Priestley born? a) Bradford b) Manchester c) Liverpool d) Edinburgh 3. Which college did John Boynton Priestley attend? a) Christ College b) St. Joseph’s College c) St. Andrew’s College d) Trinity College

1. When was Thomas Stearns Eliot born? a) 9 March 1881 b) 21 April 1896 c) 26 September1888 d) 30 November 1885 2. Where was Thomas Stearns Eliot born? a) Reno b) St. Louis c) Halifax d) Boston 3. Where did Thomas Stearns Eliot study Sanskrit? a) Calcutta b) Bangalore c) Trivandrum d) Harvard

1. Which novel won John Steinbeck Pulitzer Prize in 1940? a) East of Eden b) The Winter of Our Discontent c) Of Mice and Men d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. When was John Steinbeck born? a) 27 February 1902 b) 24 June 1898 c) 12 July 1900 d) 18 October 1904 3. Where was John Steinbeck born? a) Peking b) Salinas c) Canton d) Tokyo

1. When was Thomas Hughes’ novel Tom Brown’s School Days published? a) 1838 b) 1857 c) 1842 d) 1853 2. When was Thomas Hughes born? a) 10 January 1832 b) 7 April 1830 c) 18 September 1828 d) 20 October 1822 3. Where was Thomas Hughes born? a) Glasgow b) Edinburgh c) Iffington d) Cardiff

1) When was John Keats born? a) 22 June 1750 b) 16 August 1785 c) 31 October 1795 d) 31 December 1800 2) Where was John Keats born? a) Paris b) Berlin c) Moscow d) London 3) Which school did John Keats attend? a) St. Peter’s School b) Gable School c) Clarke School d) St. Albert’s School

1. When was Edward Morgan Forster born? a) 1 January 1879 b) 7 May 1870 c) 20 September 1876 d) 21 December 1882 2. Where was Edward Morgan Forster born? a) Aberdeen b) London c) New York d) Glasgow 3. Which school did Edward Morgan Forster attend? a) St. Andrew’s School b) St. George’s School c) Tonbridge School d) Kilkenny Grammar School

1. When was Rudyard Kipling born? a) 9 February 1864 b) 17 May 1862 c) 3 August 1861 d) 30 December 1865 2. Where was Rudyard Kipling born? a) Calcutta b) Madras c) Delhi d) Bombay 3. Which story by Rudyard Kipling describes the horrors of a foster home? a) Mandalay b) Baa Baa, Black Sheep c) Gunga Din d) Danny Deever