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
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
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
4. Which University did John Steinbeck attend?
a) Cornell
b) Harvard
c) Stanford
d) Yale
1) When was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
a) 7 April 1785
b) 22 March 1826
c) 14 October 1796
d) 4 July 1804
2) Where was Nathaniel Hawthorne born?
a) Dindigul
b) Salem
c) Tranvancore
d) Boston
3) Where did Nathaniel Hawthorne work as a measurer?
a) Boston Custom House
b) New York Governor’s office
c) Methodist Church
d) White House
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