Tag: Literature

1. When was Wystan Hugh Auden born? a) 21 February 1907 b) 7 May 1905 c) 20 August 1906 d) 22 December 1902 2. Where was Wystan Hugh Auden born? a) Berlin b) Madrid c) York d) Florence 3. Which school did Wystan Hugh Auden attend in Surrey? a) St, John’s School b) St. Edmund’s Preparatory School c) St. Albert’s School d) Queen Mary School

1. Which of the following books was written by Daniel Defoe? a) Gulliver’s Travels b) Robinson Crusoe c) Either Or d) Odyssey 2. What was Daniel Defoe’s original surname? a) Friend b) Neighbour c) Foe d) Good 3. Where did Daniel Defoe study? a) Queen Mary School b) St. Thomas Academy c) St. Patrick’s School d) Charles Morton’s Academy

1) Divine Comedy, originally known as Comedy, is the most famous book written by Dante Alighieri. Which of the following is not a canticle of Divine Comedy? a) Inferno b) Limbo c) Paradisio d) Purgatorio 2) When was Dante Alighieri born? a) 1248 b) 1260 c) 1265 d) 1270 3) Where was Dante Alighieri born? a) Venice b) Florence c) Naples d) Genoa

1) When was Percy Bysshe Shelley born? a) 31 January 1786 b) 4 August 1792 c) 4 May 1794 d) 19 December 1784 2) Where was Percy Bysshe Shelley born? a) Connaught Place b) Field Place c) Ashoka Place d) Nehru Place 3) Which university expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley? a) Cambridge b) Oxford c) Paris d) Berlin

1. When was John Dryden born? a) 2 February 1641 b) 15 May 1636 c) 19 August 1631 d) 15 December 1628 2. Where was John Dryden born? a) Aldwinkle b) Cardiff c) Liverpool d) Dorchester 3. Which school did John Dryden attend? a) Shrewsbury School b) Westminster School c) Harrow School d) St. Paul’s School

Ezra Pound Quiz Questions and Answers 1. When was Ezra Pound born? a) 8 March 1884 b) 12 May 1882 c) 23 August 1889 d) 30 October 1885 2. Where was Ezra Pound born? a) Clinton b) Hailey c) Philadelphia d) Wyncote 3. Which college did Ezra Pound attend? a) Hamilton College b) Merton College c) Trinity College d) Newman College

1) When was Ayn Rand born? a) 2 February 1905 b) 4 April 1900 c) 22 August 1896 d) 17 November 1906 2) Where was Ayn Rand born? a) St. Petersburgh b) Tashkent c) Dushanbe d) Warsaw 3) Which University did Ayn Rand attend? a) Moscow b) Petrograd c) Vladistovok d) Yekatinburg

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd. Herman Melville Quiz Questions 1. When was Herman Melville born? a) 7 March 1824 b) 22 May 1822 c) 1 August 1819 d) 30 December 1815 2. Where was Herman Melville born? a) New York b) Liverpool c) San Francisco d) Boston 3. On which ship did Herman Melville work as a cabin boy? a) Charles & Henry b) St. Lawrence c) United States d) Nautilus

1. When did William Golding get Nobel Prize for Literature? a) 1971 b) 1979 c) 1975 d) 1983 2. When was William Golding born? a) 17 March 1904 b) 17 May 1902 c) 19 September 1911 d) 30 December 1905 3. Where was William Golding born? a) St. Columba Minor b) Bristol c) York d) Liverpool

1. Which play won Eugene O’Neill his first Pulitzer Prize? a) Beyond the Horizon b) The Emperor Jones c) The Long Voyage Home d) In the Zone 2. When was Eugene O’Neill born? a) 29 February 1904 b) 21 June 1896 c) 15 July 1892 d) 16 October 1888 3. Where was Eugene O’Neill born? a) Copenhagen b) New York c) Sacrament d) Los Angeles