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Lewis Carroll Quiz

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Feb 032012
 

1) What was Lewis Carroll’s real name?
a) Eric Arthur Blair
b) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
c) James Dean
d) Samuel Colt

2) When was Lewis Carroll born?
a) 27 January 1832
b) 14 April 1848
c) 31 July 1815
d) 1 October 1829

3) Where was Lewis Carroll born?
a) Melbourne
b) London
c) New York
d) Daresbury

4) Which college did Lewis Carroll attend?
a) Trinity College
b) Christ Church College
c) St. George’s College
d) Bethany College

5) When was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland published?
a) 1862
b) 1858
c) 1861
d) 1865

6) When was Through the Looking Glass, What Alice Found There published?
a) 1833
b) 1871
c) 1831
d) 1866

7) What did Lewis Carroll teach?
a) Physics
b) Chemistry
c) Mathematics
d) Biology

8) Which poem of Lewis Carroll was published in 1856?
a) Crowd
b) Company
c) Solitude
d) People

9) When did Lewis Carroll die?
a) 14 January 1898
b) 30 June 1902
c) 14 May 1904
d) 11 November 1906

10) Where did Lewis Carroll die?
a) Moscow
b) Berne
c) Paris
d) Guildford

Lewis Carroll Quiz Answers

1) What was Lewis Carroll’s real name?
b) Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

2) When was Lewis Carroll born?
a) 27 January 1832

3) Where was Lewis Carroll born?
d) Daresbury

4) Which college did Lewis Carroll attend?
b) Christ Church College

5) When was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland published?
d) 1865

6) When was Through the Looking Glass, What Alice Found There published?
b) 1871

7) What did Lewis Carroll teach?
c) Mathematics

8) Which poem of Lewis Carroll was published in 1856?
c) Solitude

9) When did Lewis Carroll die?
a) 14 January 1898

10) Where did Lewis Carroll die?
d) Guildford

 

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Samuel Coleridge Quiz

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Jan 192012
 

Samuel Coleridge quiz Questions

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

4) Which poem was written by Samuel Coleridge after his sister Ann died in 1791?
a) Monody
b) Zapolya
c) Christabel
d) Despair

5) What name was assumed by Samuel Coleridge when he joined the army?
a) Edward Dexter
b) John Bull
c) Silas Marner
d) Silas Tomkin Comberbache

6) Which periodical was published by Samuel Coleridge?
a) The Sentinel
b) The Watchman
c) The Statesman
d) The Guardian

7) Which magazine was edited by Samuel Coleridge with Sara Hutchinson in 1809-1810?
a) The Friend
b) Neighbour
c) Friendly Neighbour
d) Enemy

8) Which ballad by Samuel Coleridge has the following lines?

Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

a) Limbo
b) Kubla Khan
c) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
d) Reason

9) Which bird was killed in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
a) Sparrow
b) Parrot
c) Eagle
d) Albatross

10) Where did Samuel Coleridge die?
a) Ottery St. Mary
b) Highgate
c) Valetta
d) Florence

Samuel Coleridge quiz Questions with Answers

1) When was Samuel Coleridge born?
d) 21 October 1772

2) What was Samuel Coleridge’s middle name?
b) Taylor

3) Which college did Samuel Coleridge attend?
c) Jesus College

4) Which poem was written by Samuel Coleridge after his sister Ann died in 1791?
a) Monody

5) What name was assumed by Samuel Coleridge when he joined the army?
d) Silas Tomkin Comberbache

6) Which periodical was published by Samuel Coleridge?
b) The Watchman

7) Which magazine was edited by Samuel Coleridge with Sara Hutchinson in 1809-1810?
a) The Friend

8) Which ballad by Samuel Coleridge has the following lines?
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.

c) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

9) Which bird was killed in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
d) Albatross

10) Where did Samuel Coleridge die?
b) Highgate

 

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Henry Fielding Quiz

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Jan 182012
 

Henry Fielding Quiz Questions

1. When was Henry Fielding born?
a) 8 March 1714
b) 22 April 1707
c) 5 August 1721
d) 23 December 1700

2. Where was Henry Fielding born?
a) Bath
b) Leiden
c) Sharpham Park
d) Glasgow

3. Which college did Henry Fielding attend?
a) Eton College
b) Merton College
c) Trinity College
d) King’s College

4. Whom did Henry Fielding ridicule in his play Historical Register, For the Year 1736?
a) Benjamin Disraeli
b) Henry Asquith
c) William Pitt
d) Robert Walpole

5. When was the Licensing Act passed?
a) 1732
b) 1737
c) 1742
d) 1766

6. Which Henry Fielding novel was published in 1742?
a) Tom Jones
b) Rape upon Rape
c) Joseph Andrews
d) The Author’s Farce

7. Which newspaper did Henry Fielding start to improve relations between the law and the public?
a) The Covent Garden Journal
b) Champion
c) The True Patriot
d) The Jacobite’s Journal

8. Which novel was based on Henry Fielding’s first wife Charlotte Cradock?
a) Jonathan Wild
b) Amelia
c) Shamela
d) British Mercury

9. When did Henry Fielding die?
a) 22 January 1759
b) 16 June 1758
c) 31 July 1763
d) 8 October 1754

10. Where did Henry Fielding die?
a) Barcelona
b) Lisbon
c) Paris
d) Amsterdam

Henry Fielding Quiz Questions and Answers

1. When was Henry Fielding born?
b) 22 April 1707

2. Where was Henry Fielding born?
c) Sharpham Park

3. Which college did Henry Fielding attend?
a) Eton College

4. Whom did Henry Fielding ridicule in his play Historical Register, For the Year 1736?
d) Robert Walpole

5. When was the Licensing Act passed?
b) 1737

6. Which Henry Fielding novel was published in 1742?
c) Joseph Andrews

7. Which newspaper did Henry Fielding start to improve relations between the law and the public?
a) The Covent Garden Journal

8. Which novel was based on Henry Fielding’s first wife Charlotte Cradock?
b) Amelia

9. When did Henry Fielding die?
d) 8 October 1754

10. Where did Henry Fielding die?
b) Lisbon

 

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