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The Life Of Graham Greene by Norman Sherry - Test
  • 1. What was the title of Greene's first published novel?
A) The Man Within
B) The Power and the Glory
C) Stamboul Train
D) Brighton Rock
  • 2. Which religion did Graham Greene convert to in 1926?
A) Anglicanism
B) Baptism
C) Methodism
D) Catholicism
  • 3. What was the name of Greene's wife whom he married in 1927?
A) Dorothy Glover
B) Vivien Dayrell-Browning
C) Catherine Walston
D) Elisabeth Dennys
  • 4. Which country served as the setting for 'The Power and the Glory'?
A) Cuba
B) Argentina
C) Mexico
D) Vietnam
  • 5. Which novel features the character Harry Lime?
A) The Comedians
B) The Quiet American
C) Our Man in Havana
D) The Third Man
  • 6. In which African country is 'The Heart of the Matter' set?
A) Sierra Leone
B) Nigeria
C) Kenya
D) South Africa
  • 7. What was the name of Greene's long-term mistress?
A) Anita Björk
B) Catherine Walston
C) Vivien Dayrell-Browning
D) Dorothy Glover
  • 8. Which political leader did Greene personally meet and admire?
A) Charles de Gaulle
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Winston Churchill
D) Fidel Castro
  • 9. Which novel was inspired by Greene's experiences in Vietnam?
A) The Human Factor
B) The Quiet American
C) The Comedians
D) The Honorary Consul
  • 10. What literary term is often used to describe Greene's serious novels?
A) Protestant novels
B) Catholic novels
C) Gothic novels
D) Existential novels
  • 11. What was the cause of Graham Greene's death?
A) Heart attack
B) Stroke
C) Pneumonia
D) Leukemia
  • 12. What was Greene's relationship with the British government?
A) Strong supporter
B) Neutral observer
C) Official spokesperson
D) Often critical
  • 13. Which literary prize did Greene never win despite multiple nominations?
A) Booker Prize
B) Hawthornden Prize
C) James Tait Black Prize
D) Nobel Prize
  • 14. How many volumes comprise Norman Sherry's biography of Greene?
A) Two
B) One
C) Four
D) Three
  • 15. What was Graham Greene's profession?
A) Musician
B) Novelist
C) Painter
D) Scientist
  • 16. Who wrote the biography 'The Life Of Graham Greene'?
A) Norman Sherry
B) Martin Amis
C) John le Carré
D) Ian McEwan
  • 17. Which intelligence agency did Greene work for during WWII?
A) MI6
B) KGB
C) Mossad
D) CIA
  • 18. Greene divided his works into novels and what other category?
A) Fables
B) Entertainments
C) Chronicles
D) Tales
  • 19. In which city was Greene born?
A) Oxford
B) Cambridge
C) London
D) Berkhamsted
  • 20. Greene attended which university?
A) London
B) Edinburgh
C) Oxford
D) Cambridge
  • 21. Greene's 'The Third Man' was originally written as what?
A) Play
B) Film treatment
C) Short story
D) Radio drama
  • 22. Greene suffered from what condition, which influenced his writing?
A) Blindness
B) Deafness
C) Paralysis
D) Bipolar disorder
  • 23. In which decade did Greene die?
A) 1980s
B) 1970s
C) 2000s
D) 1990s
  • 24. Greene's 'The Comedians' is set in which country?
A) Brazil
B) Chile
C) Haiti
D) Argentina
  • 25. What was the occupation of Greene's father?
A) Lawyer
B) Clergyman
C) Doctor
D) Headmaster
  • 26. Greene worked as a journalist for which newspaper?
A) The Independent
B) Daily Mail
C) The Guardian
D) The Times
  • 27. Which novel features the character Scobie?
A) The Heart of the Matter
B) The Honorary Consul
C) The Human Factor
D) A Burnt-Out Case
  • 28. Which novel features a whisky priest as its protagonist?
A) The Honorary Consul
B) The Comedians
C) The Power and the Glory
D) A Burnt-Out Case
  • 29. How many children did Greene have?
A) Two
B) One
C) Three
D) None
  • 30. What was Greene's first major critical success?
A) Stamboul Train
B) England Made Me
C) It's a Battlefield
D) The Man Within
  • 31. What was Sherry's profession besides being a biographer?
A) Academic professor
B) Psychologist
C) Journalist
D) Novelist
  • 32. What was the profession of Norman Sherry?
A) Biographer
B) Novelist
C) Literary critic
D) Journalist
  • 33. Which continent provided settings for several Greene novels?
A) South America
B) Australia
C) Africa
D) Asia
  • 34. What was Greene's attitude toward his fame?
A) Completely rejected it
B) Ambivalent
C) Eagerly sought it
D) Indifferent
  • 35. What was Greene's primary occupation?
A) Politician
B) Diplomat
C) Writer
D) Teacher
  • 36. What literary movement was Greene associated with?
A) Romanticism
B) Realism
C) Postmodernism
D) Modernism
  • 37. Which famous writer was Greene's cousin?
A) Robert Louis Stevenson
B) D.H. Lawrence
C) Virginia Woolf
D) Charles Dickens
  • 38. How long did Sherry work on Greene's biography?
A) Over 20 years
B) 5 years
C) 30 years
D) 10 years
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