T.S Eliot Quiz

1. In which country was T.S. Eliot born?

a) United States
b) England
c) Scotland
d) Ireland

2. What is T.S. Eliot's full name?
a) Thomas Samuel Eliot
b) Theodore Samuel Eliot
c) Timothy Stephen Eliot
d) Thomas Stearns Eliot

3. Which famous work by T.S. Eliot is known for its intricate structure and use of multiple voices?
a) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
b) "The Waste Land"
c) "Four Quartets"
d) "Ash-Wednesday"

4. T.S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature in which year?
a) 1939
b) 1950
c) 1961
d) 1975

5. Which literary magazine did T.S. Eliot famously edit?
a) The New Yorker
b) The Atlantic
c) The Paris Review
d) The Criterion

6. T.S. Eliot's first collection of poetry, "Prufrock and Other Observations," was published in which year?
a) 1910
b) 1917
c) 1920
d) 1925

7. T.S. Eliot was also a successful playwright, with his most famous play being:
a) "Murder in the Cathedral"
b) "The Cocktail Party"
c) "The Family Reunion"
d) "The Hollow Men"

8. Which famous literary figure did T.S. Eliot correspond with and form a close friendship with?
a) Ezra Pound
b) Virginia Woolf
c) James Joyce
d) F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answers:
1. b) England
2. d) Thomas Stearns Eliot
3. b) "The Waste Land"
4. c) 1961
5. d) The Criterion
6. c) 1920
7. a) "Murder in the Cathedral"
8. a) Ezra Pound