T.S. Eliot Life & Poetry
10 Questions
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This quizz is created as a part of my dissertation, but feel free to enjoy it.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Where was T.S. Eliot born?
- A.
St. Louis, Missouri
- B.
London, UK
- C.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
- D.
Oxford, UK
- 2.Which college did T.S. Eliot attend?
- A.
Harvard
- B.
Yale
- C.
Princeton
- D.
Stanford
- 3.The poem "The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" was first published in 1915 at the request of?
- A.
James Joyce
- B.
W. B. Yeats
- C.
Ezra Pound
- D.
John Davy Hayward
- 4.Who did T.S. Eliot married first?
- A.
Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- B.
Esme Valerie Fletcher
- C.
Joan Aiken
- D.
Dora Black
- 5.To whom T.S. Eliot dedicated the poem "The Waste Land"?
- A.
Vivienne Haigh-Wood
- B.
Ezra Pound
- C.
James Joyce
- D.
W. B. Yeats
- 6.T.S. Eliot wrote "Ash Wednesday" after a few years after his conversion to what religion?
- A.
Jewish
- B.
Presbyterian
- C.
Buddhism
- D.
Anglicism
- 7.Ezra Pond gave T.S. Eliot a nickname he used as a part of the title for a book of poetry for children. What was his nickname?
- A.
Frail Mongoose
- B.
Old Possum
- C.
Small Tom
- D.
Frail Tom
- 8.T.S. Eliot has sometimes been charged with Antisemitism due to which of his works?
- A.
The Elder Statesman
- B.
Ash Wednesday
- C.
The Family Reunion
- D.
Gerontion
- 9.In "The Waste Land" there are many lines in different languages. Which is NOT present in the poem?
- A.
Greek
- B.
Spanish
- C.
German
- D.
Italian
- 10.T.S. Eliot stated that his references to certain vegetation ceremonies were written under the influence from which book?
- A.
From Ritual to Romance
- B.
The Golden Bough
- C.
Sacred Times
- D.
The Nibelungenlied
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