Prose Authors Jumble CA1

Question 1

Samuel Johnson was a famous_

Answer 1

Writer

Question 2

Samuel Johnson spent several years writing_
He defined how many words?

Answer 2

Dictionary of the English language
43,000 words

Question 3

Who was Johnsons opportunistic patron

Answer 3

Lord Chesterfield

Question 4

Johnsons english dictionary was one of the first to use

Answer 4

Standardized spellings

Question 5

Johnsons writing encompassed many or restricted genres?

Answer 5

Many genres

Question 6

Johnson led a difficult life marked by which problems

Answer 6

Depression, financial problems ,illness

Question 7

Alfred George Gardiner was an

Answer 7

Journalist, editor, author

Question 8

What was the alias of AG gardiner for his famous essays

Answer 8

Alpha of the plough

Question 9

Gardiner was chairman of an advocacy group which wanted what?

Answer 9

Minimum wage in industry

Question 10

Gardiner started his writing career as a reporter for the local _ and then got position at prominent newspapers like _

Answer 10

Sussex daily news, The Daily news

Question 11

What caused Gardiner to get literary fame

Answer 11

His essays in The Idler magazine

Question 12

Bertrand Russell was an English _

Answer 12

Philosopher ,logician, mathematician

Question 13

Who was born in Wales but spent most of his life in england ?

Answer 13

Bertrand Russell

Question 14

Bertrand Russell won the Nobel prize for literature when?

Answer 14

1950

Question 15

Bertrand Russell tried to make philosophy a popular subject. What was his most influential essay of the 20th century called?

Answer 15

On Denoting

Question 16

What were Bertrand Russell political positions

Answer 16

Liberal, anti war activist, socialist

Question 17

George Bernard shaw was an Irish __

Answer 17

Playwright, critic and political activist

Question 18

GB shaws influence on western theatre, culture and politics extended from the __ to his death and beyond.

Answer 18

1880s

Question 19

GB Shaw had a range including both contemporary satire and historical allegory. What are some of GB Shaws major plays

Answer 19

Pygmalion, Man and Superman

Question 20

Who was the leading dramatist of his generation

Answer 20

GB Shaw

Question 21

GB Shaw was awarded the Nobel prize when

Answer 21

1925

Question 22

GB Shaw was member of which society

Answer 22

British socialist Fabian society

Question 23

Nehru was the first PM of independent India from when to when

Answer 23

1947-64

Question 24

Who established parliamentary goverment in India

Answer 24

Nehru

Question 25

How were Nehrus policies wrt to foreign affairs

Answer 25

Neutral or non aligned

Question 26

Nehru was one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the _and _ years. He waged a violent/nonviolent? War against the British?

Answer 26

1930s&40s , nonviolent

Question 27

John Boynton Priestly was an English _

Answer 27

Novelist, playwright, broadcaster

Question 28

Where was Priestly from, that is reflected in much of his works

Answer 28

Yorkshire

Question 29

What theory did priestly develop

Answer 29

Theory of time with different dimensions

Question 30

In 1940 who broadcasted a series of propaganda radio talks credited with strengthening civillian morale during the WW2__?

Answer 30

Priestly, Battle Of Britain

Question 31

Priestly influenced the development of the _. His left wing beliefs brought him into conflict with the government.

Answer 31

Welfare state