1) When was Victor Hugo born?
a) 26 February 1802
b) 17 March 1794
c) 3 June 1806
d) 4 May 1796
2) Who is hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
a) Frollo
b) Phoebus
c) Quasimodo
d) Pierre Gringoire
3) What is Quasimodo’s profession in The Hunchback of Notre Dame?
a) Cook
b) Solider
c) Bell ringer
d) Singer
1) What was Miguel de Cervantes’ full surname?
a) Cervantes Sanchez
b) Cervantes Saavedra
c) Cervantes Borgia
d) Cervantes Gonzales
2) In which battle Miguel de Cervantes took part and was wounded?
a) Battle of Lepanto
b) Battle of Vienna
c) Battle of Ulm
d) Battle of Waterloo
3) Where was Miguel de Cervantes taken as a slave after pirates captured him in 1575?
a) Tripoli
b) Cairo
c) Rabat
d) Algiers
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 Lew Wallace born?
a) 26 June 1821
b) 15 March 1844
c) 10 April 1827
d) 14 July 1828
2) Where was Lew Wallace born?
a) Knoxville
b) Brookville
c) Albertville
d) Libreville
3) What was Lew Wallace’s real name?
a) Law Wallace
b) Lewis Wallace
c) George Washington
d) Robert Lee
1. When was William Wordsworth born?
a) 12 January 1862
b) 7 April 1770
c) 18 September 1868
d) 22 November 1872
2. Where was William Wordsworth born?
a) Bologna
b) Cockermouth
c) Milan
d) Venice
3. Which college did William Wordsworth attend?
a) Christ College
b) St. John’s College
c) St. Andrew’s College
d) Trinity College
1. Which of the following books was written by Jonathan Swift?
a) Gulliver’s Travels
b) All Quiet on the Western Front
c) For whom the bell tolls
d) The old man and the sea
2. When was Jonathan Swift born?
a) 11 January 1660
b) 14 April 1656
c) 3 June 1663
d) 30 November 1667
3. Where was Jonathan Swift born?
a) Belfast
b) Dublin
c) London
d) Paris
1. When was Herbert George Wells born?
a) 18 January 1864
b) 19 April 1868
c) 21 September 1866
d) 20 December 1862
2. Where was Herbert George Wells born?
a) Bromley
b) Glamorgan
c) Liverpool
d) Manchester
3. Where did Herbert George Wells work as an usher?
a) Buckingham Palace
b) Globe Theatre
c) Midhurst Grammar School
d) Greenwich Observatory
1. When was Clive Staples Lewis born?
a) 25 February 1894
b) 12 June 1892
c) 21 August 1901
d) 29 November 1898
2. Where was Clive Staples Lewis born?
a) Cork
b) Limerick
c) Belfast
d) Waterford
3. Where was Clive Staples Lewis a fellow and tutor in 1925-1954?
a) Magdalene College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) King’s College
(This quiz is about British poet Alexander Pope.)
1) When was Alexander Pope born?
a) 14 March 1751
b) 21 May 1688
c) 11 November 1650
d) 12 December 1700
2) Where was Alexander Pope born?
a) Dublin
b) Glasgow
c) Liverpool
d) London
3) How did being a Catholic affect Alexander Pope?
a) He was exiled.
b) He could not get good education.
c) He was beaten.
d) He was imprisoned.
Rudyard Kipling Quiz Questions 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…