1. When did Pablo Neruda get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1971
c) 1975
d) 1978
2. What was Pablo Neruda’s original name?
a) Jorge Videla
b) Agostino Pinochet
c) Raul Alfonsin
d) Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto
3. When was Pablo Neruda born?
a) 5 March 1901
b) 24 April 1899
c) 12 July 1904
d) 2 December 1905
1. When did Naguib Mahfouz get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1969
b) 1967
c) 1988
d) 1992
2. When was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) 12 January 1902
b) 14 April 1906
c) 5 August 1908
d) 11 December 1911
3. Where was Naguib Mahfouz born?
a) Alexandria
b) Cairo
c) Luxor
d) Thebes
1. When did Sully Prudhomme get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1909
b) 1901
c) 1905
d) 1908
2. What was Sully Prudhomme’s original name?
a) Rene Francois Armand Prudhomme
b) Ercoli Matthioli
c) Eustance Dauger
d) Nicolas Fouquet
3. When was Sully Prudhomme born?
a) 16 March 1839
b) 24 April 1849
c) 12 July 1834
d) 30 December 1840
1) When was Alexander Solzhenitsyn born?
a) 28 June 1914
b) 14 May 1920
c) 7 July 1924
d) 11 December 1918
2) Where was Alexander Solzhenitsyn born?
a) Kislovodsk
b) Yekatinburg
c) St. Petersburg
d) Vladivostok
3) What did Alexander Solzhenitsyn study in Rostov University?
a) Botany and Zoology
b) Mathematics and Physics
c) History and Political Science
d) Economics and Statistics
1. When was Samuel Beckett born?
a) 1 January 1901
b) 13 April 1906
c) 2 August 1904
d) 5 October 1905
2. Where was Samuel Beckett born?
a) Wexford
b) Limerick
c) Foxrock
d) Boyle
3. Which school did Samuel Beckett attend?
a) St. Patrick’s School
b) Portola Royal School
c) St. John’s School
d) Holy Family School
1. When did William Faulkner get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1941
b) 1949
c) 1945
d) 1938
2. When was William Faulkner born?
a) 3 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 25 September 1897
d) 30 December 1865
3. Where was William Faulkner born?
a) New Albany
b) Springfield
c) New Orleans
d) Baton Rouge
1. When was Bertrand Russell born?
a) 4 March 1868
b) 18 May 1872
c) 9 August 1881
d) 14 November 1869
2. Where was Bertrand Russell born?
a) Cardiff
b) Greenwich
c) Trelleck
d) Windsor
3. Which college did Bertrand Russell attend?
a) Pembroke College
b) Trinity College
c) Christ’s College
d) St. Xavier’s College
1) When was Rabindranath Tagore born?
a) 7 May 1861
b) 12 June 1858
c) 22 March 1865
d) 31 August 1871
2) Where was Rabindranath Tagore born?
a) Calcutta
b) Murshidabad
c) Serampore
d) Chandranagore
3) What is Rabindranath Tagore’s father’s name?
a) Narendranath
b) Hridayanath
c) Rajmohan
d) Debendranath
4) What is Rabindranath Tagore’s mother’s name?
a) Sharada Devi
b) Sharmila
c) Sarojini Devi
d) Padmaja
1. When did Giosue Carducci get Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1911
b) 1906
c) 1905
d) 1908
2. When was Giosue Carducci born?
a) 9 March 1831
b) 21 April 1836
c) 27 July 1835
d) 27 December 1843
3. Where was Giosue Carducci born?
a) Verona
b) Turin
c) Brescia
d) Val di Castello
1. When was Ernest Hemingway born?
a) 9 February 1864
b) 17 May 1862
c) 21 July 1899
d) 30 December 1865
2. Where was Ernest Hemingway born?
a) Cicero
b) Boston
c) Anchorage
d) San Francisco
3. What was Ernest Hemingway’s role in World War I?
a) Corporal
b) Marine
c) Flight Lieutenant
d) Ambulance driver
