Where did T. S. Eliot spend most of his childhood?
A. Denver
B. St Louis
C. Cuba
D. Toronto
Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess?
A. Carolyn Kizer
B. Mary Oliver
C. Sylvia Plath
D. Marianne Moore
How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?
A. 24
B. 31
C. 21
D. 28
In what form did Dylan Thomas’s ‘Under Milk Wood’ first become known?
A. Book of poetry
B. A radio play
C. A stage play
D. A short film
The magazine ‘Contemporary Poetry and Prose’ was inspired by which exhibition?
A. The Festival of Britain
B. The Surrealist Exhibition
C. People of the 20th Century
D. Drawing the 20th Century
Why did ‘Poetry Quarterly’ cease publication in 1953?
A. Owner convicted of fraud
B. Fall in sales
C. Rise in taxation on magazines
D. Shortage of paper
Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what?
A. Politician
B. Dramatist
C. Novelist
D. Architect
Of which poet was it said ‘Even if he’s not a great poet, he’s certainly a great something’?
A. Eliot
B. Kipling
C. Cummings
D. Brooke
Which of these is the magnum opus of Chaucer?
A. Troilus and Criseyde
B. House of Fame
C. The Canterbury Tales
D. Parliament of Fowls
Where were the pilgrims going in The Canterbury Tales?
A. To the shrine of St. Peter at Canterbury Cathedral
B. To the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral
C. To London
D. To Rome