1) When was Samuel Coleridge born?
a) 12 August 1778
b) 2 December 1776
c) 4 November 1774
d) 21 October 1772
2) What was Samuel Coleridge’s middle name?
a) Bowden
b) Taylor
c) Smith
d) Kennedy
3) Which college did Samuel Coleridge attend?
a) St. Augustine’s College
b) St. Patrick’s College
c) Jesus College
d) Trinity College
Wystan Hugh Auden who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet and one of the leading literary figures of the 20th century. His early poetry made his reputation as a witty and technically accomplished writer. His work is noted for its stylistic and technical achievements, its engagement with moral and political issues, and its variety of tone, form and content. The central themes of his poetry are love, politics and citizenship, religion and morals, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.
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
Dante Alighieri Quiz Questions 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…
Percy Bysshe Shelley Quiz Questions 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)…
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
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.
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
4. Which School did William Golding attend?
a) St. Patrick’s High School
b) Marlborough Grammar School
c) Royal High School
d) Imperial High School
5. Which college did William Golding attend?
a) Christ College
b) Brasenose College
c) St. George’s College
d) Trinity College