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A Quiz for History & Literature
A Quiz for History & Literature
Tired of being losing out on all the Star Wars & Star Trek quizzes? Give your friends this one. Question 1: Which is the correct author and spelling for the novel "Persuasion?" Jane Austin Emily Bronte Jane Austen Charlotte Bronte Question 2: Which Civil War battlefield was the site of two major battles, fought roughly a year apart? Antietam Manassas/Bull Run Vicksburg Gettysburg/Chambersburg Question 3: Which King of England was beheaded? (Hint: this was before the French Revolution) Henry VII Richard III Charles I Charles II Question 4: Mr. Rochester is the hero of which English novel? The Professor Wuthering Heights Vilette Jane Eyre Question 5: Which US President served two, non-consecutive terms? Andrew Johnson Grover Cleveland Harry S Truman George Washington Question 6: Which was the first US President to be impeached? John Quincy Adams Andrew Johnson Bill Clinton Question 7: "...my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe." Who said this? Menno Simons Martin Luther John Calvin William Penn Question 8: Choose one word to describe Thomas Hardy's books. comic poetry dramatic mysteries Question 9: June 6, 1944, D-Day... What happened? Allies invaded France Battle of Midway Nazis surrendered Question 10: How did Alexander Hamilton die? in a duel he lived? in a shipwreck in prison of old age Question 11: Which of these titles was not written by Charles Dickens? Old Curiousity Shop Our Mutual Friend Daniel Deronda Hard Times Question 12: "Rosemary, that's for remembrance." - which Shakespeare play is this from? King Lear Hamlet Much Ado about Nothing Richard III Twelfth Night Question 13: Why is Richard III supposed to have been such a nasty person? raising taxes to support an unpopular war killing his nephews to overtake the throne killing his uncle to overtake the throne Question 14: Who Wrote "Battle of the Books" Jonathan Swift Virginia Woolf Charles Lamb Leo Tolstoy Question 15: Who won the War of 1812? Nobody the Canadians the Americans the British Question 16: Alaska originally belonged to which country? Russia France Germany Britain Question 17: What does Britain's Trafalgar Square commemorate? Nelson's Napoleonic victory Victoria's Crimean War Churchill's Wartime speeches Question 18: Use one word to describe P. G. Woodhouse's novels. serious comic mysteries historical Question 19: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife." - Opening line from what novel? Emma Vanity Fair Pride and Prejudice War and Peace Mansfield park Question 20: "If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England." - Who wrote these lines? Wilfred Owen Rupert Brooke Robert Louis Stevenson Daniel Deronda Joyce Kilmer Question 21: Who is the "father of the essay?" Locke Montaigne Pascal Bacon Voltaire Question 22: Shipwrecked Twins. Viola/Cesario. Count Orsino. Malvolio. --- which play? Midsummer Night's Dream Twelfth Night Merchant of Venice Cyrano de Bergerac Question 23: Grendel is the foe in which of the following works? Beowulf Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Pearl Song of Roland Question 24: Early in his reign, King Henry VIII published a defense of what? war with France dancing the Catholic church divorce Question 25: "Do not send for whom the bell tolls...it tolls for thee," - who said this? Milton Hobbes Bunyan Donne Churchill Question 26: When was the Magna Charta signed? in the 1500's in the 1300's in the 1200's in the 1100's Question 27: In Chaucer's Canterbury Tales we are told of several pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral. What famous event happened at Canterbury? Thomas Becket's murder first royal British marriage ceremony first report of Virgin Mary's appearance in Britain William the Conqueror's coronation Question 28: Who is the author of "Crime and Punishment?" Tolstoy Dickens Eliot Dostoyevsky Question 29: Two of the signers of the Declaration of the Independence died on the 50th anniversary of its signing. Who were they? John Hancock, William Penn Charles Carroll, George Washington John Adams, Thomas Jefferson James Madison, Samuel Adams Question 30: What is Northanger Abbey? a painting a book an old religious house converted to castle an abbey founded in the 1300's |
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