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Thomas Gray

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When was Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray completed ?

a)

1760

b)

1750

c)

1740

d)

1730

2.

When was the poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard first published

a)

1752

b)

1751

c)

1760

d)

1761

3.

What is the original title of of Elegy

a)

Stanzas Writes in a Country Church-Yard

b)

Stanzas I Wrote in a Country Church-Yard

c)

Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church-Yard

d)

Stanzas Written in a Country Church-Yard

4.

Gray completed Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard on

a)

13 June

b)

12 June

c)

14 June

d)

11 June

5.

When was Gray offered the position of Poet Laureate?

a)

1758

b)

1759

c)

1757

d)

1756

6.

When did Thomas Gray die?

a)

28 July 1771

b)

30 July 1771

c)

26 July 1771

d)

25 July 1771

7.

What is the name of Gray's parents?

a)

Philip Gray, Dorothy Antonio

b)

Philip Gray, Dorothy Antrobus

c)

Sydney Gray, Dorothy Antrobus

d)

Philip Gray, Dorothy Emilie

8.

When and where was gray born ?

a)

28 December 1716, Cornhill, London

b)

25 December 1716, Cornhill, London

c)

22 December 1716, Cornhill, London

d)

26 December 1716, Cornhill, London

9.

Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard was written between

a)

(between 1745–1750)

b)

(between 1745–1752)

c)

between 1746–1750)

d)

(between 1745–1751)

10.

Who published the Elegy?

a)

Robert Dodsley

b)

Robert Deedsley

c)

Roberto Dodsley

d)

Roberts Dodsley