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1. This Irish author and wit was famously imprisoned for two years following a conviction for homosexuality in 1895. Who was he?
2. American troops arrested their fellow countryman for treason in 1945, following his pro-Fascist radio broadcasts from Italy. Who was this poet, the author of "Hugh Selwyn Mauberley"?
3. This Jacobean dramatist, poet and critic was briefly imprisoned in 1598 for killing an actor in a duel. Some of his great plays include "Volpone", "The Alchemist", and "Bartholomew Fair". Who was he?
4. Which famous Russian author of "The Gulag Archipelago" spent eight years in a prison camp, after writing a letter in which he criticized the Soviet leader?
5. This English artist and poet, author of "Jerusalem", was briefly detained at Chichester in 1803, whilst awaiting trial on charges of sedition. Who was he?
6. This Russian novelist, the author of "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov", was arrested as a Socialist revolutionary and sentenced to death. Who was he?
7. This English author of "The Pilgrim's Progress" was committed to gaol in 1660 for preaching without a licence. Who was he?
8. This Irish author was imprisoned, as a member of the IRA, on a charge of attempted murder and sentenced to a term of 14 years in gaol. Who was this author of "The Quare Fellow"?
9. In 1702 this English novelist wrote "The Shortest Way with Dissenters", which resulted in his being fined, imprisoned and pilloried. Who was he?
10. This English poet, also a priest, penned "Holy Sonnets", and was briefly imprisoned after secretly marrying the 16-year-old niece of his employer, Sir Thomas Egerton. Who was he?
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