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Personifications Of Death Trivia Quiz

Death is often written about as a person or creature, rather than an event. Here are some examples from movies, television, and literature.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
90,452

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

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Question 1 of 10

1. "Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me ..." Death, it seems, makes house calls. Who wrote these lines? Hint

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sylvia Plath

Christina Rossetti

Emily Dickinson

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Death Be Not Proud" also characterizes death as a living entity. Who wrote these words? Hint

Shakespeare

Walter Raleigh

Dante

John Donne

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Question 3 of 10

3. John Gunther used "Death Be Not Proud" as the title of a memoir. Who was he remembering with that memoir? Hint

His son

His wife

His daughter

His parents

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Madam Life's A Piece In Bloom"/Death goes dogging everywhere/She's the tenant of the room/he's the ruffian on the stairs". Great imagery. Who wrote it? Hint

Oscar Wilde

Edgar Allan Poe

William Ernest Henley

Hermann Hesse

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Question 5 of 10

5. "How do you like your blue-eyed boy, Mister Death?" again depicts Death as an entity. Who wrote those words? Hint

William Butler Yeats

Ezra Pound

e.e. cummings

T.S. Eliot

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Question 6 of 10

6. The storyline of "Death Takes a Holiday" is self-explanatory. Why does Death take the holiday? Hint

It is overcome by sadness

It is responding to prayers

It is lost in darkness

It falls in love

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Question 7 of 10

7. Ingmar Bergman has a memorable image of a man playing chess with the Figure of Death. What is the movie? Hint

Wild Strawberries

Fanny and Alexander

Cries and Whispers

The Seventh Seal

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Question 8 of 10

8. "And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night." Who wrote these lines? Hint

Thomas Mann

Edgar Allan Poe

John Milton

Alan Seeger

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Question 9 of 10

9. In an episode of "The Twilight Zone", an elderly woman hides from Death. Who plays Death? Hint

Charles Bronson

William Shatner

Jack Klugman

Robert Redford

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Question 10 of 10

10. "I have wanted you all my life". Then said Death (and what reproachful tenderndess was shadowed in his osbscure smile)"You had only to call."?
Who wrote these cheery lines? Hint

Hart Crane

Franz Kafka

Ernest Dowson

Dylan Thomas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me ..." Death, it seems, makes house calls. Who wrote these lines?

Answer: Emily Dickinson

These are the opening lines of the poem of the same name.

2. "Death Be Not Proud" also characterizes death as a living entity. Who wrote these words?

Answer: John Donne

Immortal words that have literally lived through the centuries. (See the next question.)

3. John Gunther used "Death Be Not Proud" as the title of a memoir. Who was he remembering with that memoir?

Answer: His son

Gunther, a prominent non-fiction author, wrote about his son, Johnny, who ultimately succumbed to cancer at an early age.

4. "Madam Life's A Piece In Bloom"/Death goes dogging everywhere/She's the tenant of the room/he's the ruffian on the stairs". Great imagery. Who wrote it?

Answer: William Ernest Henley

Clever stuff by the health-troubled Henley. Wonderfully macabre.

5. "How do you like your blue-eyed boy, Mister Death?" again depicts Death as an entity. Who wrote those words?

Answer: e.e. cummings

"Buffalo Bill" is the title. This is the last line of the poem.

6. The storyline of "Death Takes a Holiday" is self-explanatory. Why does Death take the holiday?

Answer: It falls in love

It takes a holiday when it falls in love - and no one dies for a while. Clever stuff by playwright Maxwell Anderson. There are a few movie versions floating around.

7. Ingmar Bergman has a memorable image of a man playing chess with the Figure of Death. What is the movie?

Answer: The Seventh Seal

It's not particularly surprising in a Bergman film.

8. "And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night." Who wrote these lines?

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe

"The Masque of the Red Death". Vintage Poe. Mann wrote "Death in Venice". Seeger wrote "I Have A Rendezvous With Death".

9. In an episode of "The Twilight Zone", an elderly woman hides from Death. Who plays Death?

Answer: Robert Redford

All are veteran stars who appeared on "Zone" at least once. This time, it's Redford.

10. "I have wanted you all my life". Then said Death (and what reproachful tenderndess was shadowed in his osbscure smile)"You had only to call."? Who wrote these cheery lines?

Answer: Ernest Dowson

All four of these chaps were melancholy and troubled - but this piece of upbeat fluff belongs to Dowson.

Source: Author robert362

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