Thomas Carlyle Quiz

Thomas Carlyle Quiz Questions

Thomas Carlyle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was Thomas Carlyle born?
a) 25 March 1806
b) 3 June 1802
c) 28 September 1799
d) 4 December 1795

2. Where was Thomas Carlyle born?
a) Craigenputtock
b) Ecclefechan
c) Dunkeld
d) Falkirk

3. Which university did Thomas Carlyle attend?
a) Edinburgh
b) Dublin
c) Manchester
d) Berlin

4. Where did Thomas Carlyle teach mathematics?
a) Bristol
b) Kirkcaldy
c) Annan
d) Plymouth

5. When did Thomas Carlyle marry Jane Welsh?
a) 4 January 1824
b) 16 May 1842
c) 23 August 1836
d) 17 October 1826

Scupture of Thomas Carlyle (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

6. Which book of Thomas Carlyle was published in 1837?
a) The Early Kings of Norway
b) The French Revolution
c) The History of Friedrich II of Prussia
d) Sartor Resartus

7. When was On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History published?
a) 1852
b) 1848
c) 1841
d) 1862

8. Whom did Thomas Carlyle consider greatest English example of ideal man?
a) William Shakespeare
b) Henry VIII
c) St. Thomas More
d) Oliver Cromwell

9. When did Thomas Carlyle die?
a) 5 February 1881
b) 4 April 1886
c) 11 July 1883
d) 12 November 1885

10. Where did Thomas Carlyle die?
a) Haddington
b) Perth
c) London
d) Canterbury

Thomas Carlyle Quiz Questions with Answers

Thomas Carlyle, by Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt (died 1896). See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. When was Thomas Carlyle born?
d) 4 December 1795

2. Where was Thomas Carlyle born?
b) Ecclefechan

3. Which university did Thomas Carlyle attend?
a) Edinburgh

4. Where did Thomas Carlyle teach mathematics?
c) Annan

5. When did Thomas Carlyle marry Jane Welsh?
d) 17 October 1826

6. Which book of Thomas Carlyle was published in 1837?
b) The French Revolution

7. When was On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History published?
c) 1841

8. Whom did Thomas Carlyle consider greatest English example of ideal man?
d) Oliver Cromwell

9. When did Thomas Carlyle die?
a) 5 February 1881

10. Where did Thomas Carlyle die?
c) London

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