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Quiz about Still More Dramatic Lives of Creative People

Still More Dramatic Lives of Creative People Quiz

This is another one of several quizzes that I've made which deal with the dramatic lives of some famous people. It should be rather difficult, but informative and interesting, too.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
178,020

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
500

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which of the following people suffered the tragic loss of his 10 year old daughter, Annie? Hint

Isaac Newton

Galileo

Albert Einstein

Charles Darwin

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Question 2 of 10

2. Daniel Defoe did time in prison. Why? Hint

Embezzlement

Political and Religious Writings

Public Intoxication

Adultery

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following did NOT die young? Hint

Franz Schubert

Fredric Chopin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ludwig Van Beethoven

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of the following was derided and mocked as a "hunchbacked toad"? Hint

Matthew Arnold

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Alexander Pope

Thomas Gray

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of the following suffered the loss of several children in infancy, followed by the death of his wife at a young age? Hint

Renoir

Michelangelo

Van Gogh

Rembrandt

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following was accused of complicity in the murder of his mistress? Hint

Cocteau

Racine

Ibsen

Beckett

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these famous poets lost his wife after being married for only four years? Hint

Hart Crane

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Rupert Brooke

Ernest Dowson

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following suffered the death of his wife, Ellen, at an early age? Hint

Ralph Waldo Emerson

William Blake

Henry David Thoreau

Charles Lamb

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following was romantically involved with the legendary George Sand? Hint

Charles Baudelaire

Robert Burns

Novalis

Alfred De Musset

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following died on stage while performing the lead role in a play that he had written? Hint

Racine

Beckett

Ibsen

Moliere

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following people suffered the tragic loss of his 10 year old daughter, Annie?

Answer: Charles Darwin

Darwin was said to have been completely and utterly devastated by the loss of his young daughter.

2. Daniel Defoe did time in prison. Why?

Answer: Political and Religious Writings

Defoe's writings were often critical of popular religious or political viewpoints. Such criticism was not always well-tolerated by the existing powers. (Defoe, of course, was the author of "Robinson Crusoe".)

3. Which of the following did NOT die young?

Answer: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Mozart died young after a spectacular early career (as you know if you've seen "Amadeus"). Chopin also succumbed (to TB, I believe) at an early age. Schubert made it only to 31; VD may have been the cause of his demise. Beethoven lived a normal life span.

4. Which of the following was derided and mocked as a "hunchbacked toad"?

Answer: Alexander Pope

He was very short and definitely hunchbacked .... but this did not prevent him from becoming one of the world's most celebrated poets.

5. Which of the following suffered the loss of several children in infancy, followed by the death of his wife at a young age?

Answer: Rembrandt

Rembrandt had several children die in infancy. One boy finally made it through the early years ... but Rembrandt's wife died all-too-soon thereafter.

6. Which of the following was accused of complicity in the murder of his mistress?

Answer: Racine

Racine was apparently a bit of a playboy. When one of his mistresses died young there was talk (from the lady's family) that Racine may have been involved and may have poisoned her. Formal charges, however, were never brought.

7. Which of these famous poets lost his wife after being married for only four years?

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The others mentioned all had other problems: Crane and Dowson committed suicide and Brooke died during WWI (of septicemia).

8. Which of the following suffered the death of his wife, Ellen, at an early age?

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson's world was badly jolted when he lost his wife to illness at an early age.

9. Which of the following was romantically involved with the legendary George Sand?

Answer: Alfred De Musset

DeMusset, the famous poet, was involved with the famous (or infamous) Sand. I believe that Chopin followed DeMusset as the "new boyfriend".

10. Which of the following died on stage while performing the lead role in a play that he had written?

Answer: Moliere

Moliere was performing the lead role in "The Imaginary Invalid" when he collapsed on stage. He did not recover.

Source: Author robert362

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