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Rupert Brooke Quiz

This is just a small quiz on the poet, Rupert Brooke. If you have read his work and know about his life, this should be fairly easy. If you're not familar with him at all, you might find it more difficult.

A multiple-choice quiz by WildeGirl. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
WildeGirl

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
63,414

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
487

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. When was Brooke born? Hint

1 August 1887

2 February 1888

3 August 1887

19 July 1887

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was Henry James, the author, reported to have thought about Brooke's poetry? Hint

He was glad that Brooke was a 'second rate' poet, as with his good looks 'talent ... would be too unfair'.

Henry James had died by the time Brooke was well known.

He was so impressed with Brooke's writing, that he declared him one of the best poets of his generat

He believed it to be all self indulgent, sentimental claptrap.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Brooke was friends with which writer while he was at Cambridge University? Hint

Vera Brittain

Wilfred Owen

Virginia Woolf

George Orwell

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Question 4 of 10

4. Politically, Brooke was a: Hint

Conservative

Marxist

He was apathetic

Socialist

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Question 5 of 10

5. In 1910, Brooke became secretly engaged to whom? Hint

Noel Olivier

Cathleen Nesbitt, the actress

Frances Cornford, the poet and Cambridge peer

Katherine Cox, another Cambridge undergraduate

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following titles is one of Brooke's poems? Hint

Disabled

The Fish

Lost

The Dead Fox Hunter

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who described Brooke as 'A young Apollo, golden haired ...'? Hint

Siegfied Sasson

Virginia Woolf

Oscar Wilde

Frances Cornford

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Question 8 of 10

8. How many 'war sonnets' did Brooke write? Hint

five

four

only one - 'The Soldier'

twenty-one altogether

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Question 9 of 10

9. When was Brooke's first collection of poetry published? Hint

1912

1919

1911

1909

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Question 10 of 10

10. Where is Brooke buried? Hint

in a war grave in France

on Skyros, a Greek island

in Cambridge

in London

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When was Brooke born?

Answer: 3 August 1887

2. What was Henry James, the author, reported to have thought about Brooke's poetry?

Answer: He was glad that Brooke was a 'second rate' poet, as with his good looks 'talent ... would be too unfair'.

If James indeed thought and said this, it was before he had even read any of Brooke's poetry. He was later to write the preface to one of Brooke's American articles.

3. Brooke was friends with which writer while he was at Cambridge University?

Answer: Virginia Woolf

4. Politically, Brooke was a:

Answer: Socialist

During his university years, he became the President of the Fabian Society.

5. In 1910, Brooke became secretly engaged to whom?

Answer: Noel Olivier

They actually met two years before, when Noel was fifteen. She called off the engagement, after Brooke tried to make her jealous in an attempt to interest her. He did fall in love with Katherine and became very close to Cathleen, but there is no evidence to suggest he proposed in either case.

6. Which of the following titles is one of Brooke's poems?

Answer: The Fish

Disabled was written by Wilfred Owen, Lost by Charles Sorley, another war poet, and The Dead Fox Hunter was composed by Robert Graves.

7. Who described Brooke as 'A young Apollo, golden haired ...'?

Answer: Frances Cornford

8. How many 'war sonnets' did Brooke write?

Answer: five

9. When was Brooke's first collection of poetry published?

Answer: 1911

One particular poem, 'A Channel Passage' was the subject of outrage. 'The Times' critic declared it shouldn't have been published.

10. Where is Brooke buried?

Answer: on Skyros, a Greek island

Source: Author WildeGirl

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