Tag: Literature

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

1. When was Ian Fleming born? a) 14 March 1928 b) 28 May 1908 c) 9 September 1934 d) 24 December 1932 2. Where was Ian Fleming born? a) London b) Paris c) Munich d) Yorkshire 3. What was Ian Fleming’s middle name? a) Valentine b) Peter c) Lancaster d) Winston

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. When was Thomas Gray born? a) 3 June 1688 b) 1 January 1701 c) 21 July 1714 d) 26 December 1716 2. Where was Thomas Gray born? a) Bristol b) Cardiff c) Liverpool d) London 3. Where did Thomas Gray have his education in 1725-1734? a) Queen Mary School b) Kilkenny Grammar School c) Eton College d) Holy Family School