WorksheetsJ RR Tolkien; George Orwell
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3mins
Where was Tolkien born?
East India
The USA
The UK
South Africa
What religion did Tolkien convert to when he was very young?
Orthodox Christianity
Catholicism
Judaism
Protestantism
When did J RR Tolkien meet his wife Edith Bratt?
When he was 15.
In 1911.
Before the age of 21
After World War II
Who was a friend of Tolkien's whom he frequently met?
James Joyce
George Orwell
C S Lewis
Anthony Hopkins
Which of the following is NOT correct?
One of his most famous sentences is: "In a hole in the ground there lived an elf."
He wrote a book of stories called The Silmarillion.
He also became a priest.
The Hobbit was published in 1937.
George Orwell was born in:
India
South Africa
South America
Southern California
George Orwell's real name is:
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair
Arthur Conan Doyle
None of the above
During his life Orwell was:
a policeman
a writer
a teacher
All of the above
In 1941 he started working for the BBC, a job which he liked.
TRUE
FALSE
In his works Orwell used and looked for themes such as the truth, political and military conflicts, totalitarianism.
TRUE
FALSE
In his writing Orwell wanted to show the struggles of "real" people, some kind of lie he had to expose and the toll democracy takes on the human spirit.
TRUE
FALSE
