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Flannery O’Connor Quiz

Flannery O’Connor was an American writer. She wrote two novels and 32 short stories. Her Complete Stories won the 1972 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

1. What was Flannery O’Connor’s first name?
a) Hilda
b) Mary
c) Stephanie
d) Jane

2. When was Flannery O’Connor born?
a) 25 March 1925
b) 18 May 1922
c) 31 July 1919
d) 30 December 1915

3. Where was Flannery O’Connor born?
a) Boston
b) Atlanta
c) Savannah
d) New Orleans

4. Which college did Flannery O’Connor attend?
a) Bethany College
b) St. John’s College
c) St. Agnes’ College
d) Georgia State College for Women

5. Which university did Flannery O’Connor attend?
a) Harvard
b) Yale
c) Princeton
d) Iowa

6. Which was Flannery O’Connor’s first novel?
a) Wise Blood
b) The Violent Bear It Away
c) Mystery and Manners
d) The Habit of Being

7. When did Flannery O’Connor publish A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Other Stories?
a) 1979
b) 1955
c) 1969
d) 1971

8. Which disease afflicted Flannery O’Connor?
a) Parkinson’s disease
b) Alzheimer’s disease
c) Lupus erythematosus
d) Agranulocytic angina

9. When did Flannery O’Connor die?
a) 22 January 1969
b) 12 June 1978
c) 3 August 1964
d) 5 November 1984

10. Where did Flannery O’Connor die?
a) Reno
b) Milledgeville
c) Albuquerque
d) Portland

Flannery O’Connor Quiz Questions with Answers

1. What was Flannery O’Connor’s first name?
b) Mary

2. When was Flannery O’Connor born?
a) 25 March 1925

3. Where was Flannery O’Connor born?
c) Savannah

4. Which college did Flannery O’Connor attend?
d) Georgia State College for Women

5. Which university did Flannery O’Connor attend?
d) Iowa

6. Which was Flannery O’Connor’s first novel?
a) Wise Blood

7. When did Flannery O’Connor publish A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Other Stories?
b) 1955

8. Which disease afflicted Flannery O’Connor?
c) Lupus erythematosus

9. When did Flannery O’Connor die?
c) 3 August 1964

10. Where did Flannery O’Connor die?
b) Milledgeville

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Emily Bronte Quiz

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Emily Bronte Quiz Questions

1. When was Emily Bronte born?
a) 3 March 1815
b) 4 August 1814
c) 30 July 1818
d) 6 November 1812

2. Where was Emily Bronte born?
a) Derbyshire
b) Dover
c) Tweed
d) Thornton

3. Which school did Emily Bronte attend?
a) Queen Anne School
b) Kilkenny Grammar School
c) Clergy Daughters’ School
d) Holy Family School

4. Where did Emily Bronte teach?
a) Queen Mary School
b) Miss Patchett’s School
c) St. Joseph’s School
d) St. Patrick’s School

5. Where did Emily Bronte go to learn foreign languages and school management?
a) Brussels
b) Paris
c) Copenhagen
d) Helsinki

6. When was Wuthering Heights published?
a) 1842
b) 1847
c) 1832
d) 1836

7. What was Emily Bronte’s pen name?
a) Currer Bell
b) Ellis Bell
c) Acton Bell
d) John Bull

8. When did Emily Bronte die?
a) 6 May 1850
b) 9 February 1860
c) 18 September 1852
d) 19 December 1848

9. Where did Emily Bronte die?
a) Boston
b) New York
c) Haworth
d) London

10. What caused Emily Bronte’s death?
a) Malaria
b) Brain haemorrage
c) Cholera
d) Tuberculosis

Emily Bronte Quiz Questions with Answers

1. When was Emily Bronte born?
c) 30 July 1818

2. Where was Emily Bronte born?
d) Thornton

3. Which school did Emily Bronte attend?
c) Clergy Daughters’ School

4. Where did Emily Bronte teach?
b) Miss Patchett’s School

5. Where did Emily Bronte go to learn foreign languages and school management?
a) Brussels

6. When was Wuthering Heights published?
b) 1847

7. What was Emily Bronte’s pen name?
b) Ellis Bell

8. When did Emily Bronte die?
d) 19 December 1848

9. Where did Emily Bronte die?
c) Haworth

10. What caused Emily Bronte’s death?
d) Tuberculosis

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Ulysses Grant Quiz

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A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant (1865, Ole Peter Hansen Balling) located in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Signature of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States

Signature of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Ulysses S. Grant Collage

In the left of this picture U.S. Grant can be seen firing a mountain howitzer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

(This quiz is about the eighteenth President of USA.)

Ulysses Grant Quiz Questions

1) When was Ulysses Grant first sworn in as President of USA?
a) 20 January 1869
b) 4 March 1869
c) 4 March 1872
d) 4 November 1868

2) When was Ulysses Grant born?
a) 6 May 1815
b) 27 April 1822
c) 14 February 1807
d) 26 November 1821

3) Where was Ulysses Grant born?
a) Point Pleasant
b) Palm Springs
c) Chicago
d) Columbus

4) What was Ulysses Grant’s first name when he was born?
a) George
b) James
c) Hiram
d) William

5) What did Ulysses Grant want to become?
a) Singer
b) Boxer
c) Professor of mathematics
d) Professor of physics

6) Which fort was captured first by Ulysses Grant in American Civil War?
a) Fort Knox
b) Fort Henry
c) Fort Donelson
d) Fort Cochin

7) When did Ulysses Grant become the Commander-in-Chief of United States Army?
a) 17 June 1861
b) 21 August 1861
c) 24 October 1862
d) 12 March 1864

8) Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses Grant on 9 April 1865?
a) White House
b) Capitol
c) Appomattox Court House
d) Boston Custom House

9) Which of the following terrorist groups tried to stop blacks from participating in the society during the Presidency of Ulysses Grant?
a) Lashkar-e-Toiba
b) Ku Klux Klan
c) ETA
d) ULFA

10) Which brokerage firm caused huge losses to Ulysses Grant?
a) Lehmann Brothers
b) AIG
c) Grant & Ward
d) Jardine & Campbell

Ulysses Grant Quiz Questions with Answers

1) When was Ulysses Grant first sworn in as President of USA?
b) 4 March 1869

2) When was Ulysses Grant born?
b) 27 April 1822

3) Where was Ulysses Grant born?
a) Point Pleasant

4) What was Ulysses Grant’s first name when he was born?
c) Hiram

5) What did Ulysses Grant want to become?
c) Professor of mathematics

6) Which fort was captured first by Ulysses Grant in American Civil War?
b) Fort Henry

7) When did Ulysses Grant become the Commander-in-Chief of United States Army?
d) 12 March 1864

8) Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses Grant on 9 April 1865?
c) Appomattox Court House

9) Which of the following terrorist groups tried to stop blacks from participating in the society during the Presidency of Ulysses Grant?
b) Ku Klux Klan

10) Which brokerage firm caused huge losses to Ulysses Grant?
c) Grant & Ward

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