Trivia Quiz on 18th Century Literature

1. Who wrote "To err is human to forgive divine"

A) John Dryden

B) Alexander Pope essay on criticism

C) William Wordsworth

D) Samuel Johnson

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2. The author of Moll Flanders wrote which more famous work

A) A Journal of the Plague Year

B) Robinson Crusoe

C) Roxana

D) Captain Singleton

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3. Name the first ship from which Gulliver was shipwrecked in 'Gulliver's Travels'

A) Sea Venture

B) Endeavour

C) Antelope

D) Hopewell

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4. In what literary work would you find the yahoos

A) Moby-Dick

B) The Odyssey

C) Don Quixote

D) Gulliver's Travels

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5. Which Daniel Defoe character was born in Newgate Prison

A) Robinson Crusoe

B) Captain Singleton

C) Moll Flanders

D) Colonel Jack

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6. In addition to writing novels, Jonathan Swift also wrote social and philosophical commentary. In one satirical piece, "A Modest Proposal," what did he suggest should be made out of the skin of children?

A) Gloves

B) Shoes

C) Handkerchiefs

D) Belts

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7. What profession had Lemual Gulliver when he was shipwrecked

A) Captain

B) Navigator

C) Carpenter

D) Ships surgeon

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8. In Gulliver's Travels, what is the name of the flying island inhabited by scientific theorists

A) Lilliput

B) Balnibarbi

C) Laputa

D) Glubbdubdrib

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9. Who created the fictional character 'Tristram Shandy'?

A) Jonathan Swift

B) Charles Dickens

C) Jane Austen

D) Laurence Stern

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10. How was Tristram Shandy (fictional character) circumcised

A) By a barber-surgeon using a lancet

B) During infancy by a physician in a routine procedure

C) In infancy during a misadventure with a surgical instrument

D) A Sash window fell on it

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11. In Gulliver's Travels, from what did the scientists seek to get sunshine

A) Turnips

B) Lettuce

C) Cucumbers

D) Radishes

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12. Whose Dictionary of the English language was published in 1755

A) Noah Webster

B) Robert Cawdrey

C) Samuel johnson

D) James Murray

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13. In Gulliver's Travels name the flying island

A) Balnibarbi

B) Glubbdubdrib

C) Luggnagg

D) Laputa

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14. Who wrote the satire Candide published in 1759

A) Voltaire

B) Jonathan Swift

C) Denis Diderot

D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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15. In Swifts Gullivers Travels What Is Gullivers Profession

A) Physician

B) Navigator

C) Cartographer

D) Surgeon

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16. What Was The Name Of William Wordworths Sister

A) Mary

B) Elizabeth

C) Ann

D) Dorothy

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17. Who Wrote Gullivers Travels

A) Jonathan Swift

B) Daniel Defoe

C) Charles Dickens

D) Jane Austen

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18. Whose Life Was The Subject Of James Boswell's Biography, Published In 1791

A) Jonathan Swift

B) Alexander Pope

C) William Shakespeare

D) Samuel Johnson

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