Dylan Thomas MCQs 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. : What is the full name of Dylan Thomas? (A) Dylan Michael Thomas (B) Dylan Marlais Thomas (C) Dylan Edward Thomas (D) Dylan Gareth Thomas 2. : When was Dylan Thomas born? (A) 1910 (B) 1914 (C) 1917 (D) 1920 3. : Where was Dylan Thomas born? (A) Cardiff (B) London (C) Swansea (D) Liverpool 4. : Dylan Thomas is best known as a: (A) Playwright (B) Novelist (C) Poet (D) Critic 5. : Which of the following is one of Dylan Thomas’s most famous poems? (A) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock (B) Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night (C) The Waste Land (D) Ode to a Nightingale 6. : What was the name of Dylan Thomas’s wife? (A) Caitlin Macnamara (B) Sylvia Plath (C) Edith Sitwell (D) Vivienne Eliot 7. : Dylan Thomas died in which city? (A) London (B) New York (C) Dublin (D) Paris 8. : When did Dylan Thomas die? (A) 1951 (B) 1952 (C) 1953 (D) 1954 9. : How old was Dylan Thomas when he died? (A) 37 (B) 39 (C) 41 (D) 43 10. : What is the title of Dylan Thomas’s play for voices? (A) The Cocktail Party (B) Under Milk Wood (C) The Birthday Party (D) The Sea and the Mirror 11. : In what year was Under Milk Wood first broadcast on the radio? (A) 1951 (B) 1953 (C) 1954 (D) 1955 12. : What is the setting of Under Milk Wood? (A) Cardiff (B) Laugharne (C) Llareggub (D) Swansea 13. : Dylan Thomas often read his works on: (A) BBC Radio (B) ITV (C) Channel 4 (D) NBC 14. : Which of these was a major theme in Thomas’s poetry? (A) Science and Technology (B) Nature and Death (C) War and Conflict (D) Political Reform 15. : Which poem by Dylan Thomas was written for his dying father? (A) A Refusal to Mourn (B) Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night (C) The Hunchback in the Park (D) Fern Hill 16. : What type of poem is Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night? (A) Haiku (B) Sonnet (C) Villanelle (D) Ode 17. : Dylan Thomas’s work is often associated with which literary movement? (A) Romanticism (B) Modernism (C) Postmodernism (D) Realism 18. : What is the title of Dylan Thomas’s first poetry collection? (A) 18 Poems (B) Deaths and Entrances (C) Collected Poems (D) The Map of Love 19. : In what year was 18 Poems published? (A) 1931 (B) 1934 (C) 1936 (D) 1939 20. : What Welsh town did Thomas live in during later life? (A) Aberystwyth (B) Bangor (C) Laugharne (D) Caernarfon 21. : What kind of childhood did Thomas describe in Fern Hill? (A) Lonely (B) Joyful (C) Violent (D) Restrained 22. : Dylan Thomas is buried in which country? (A) United States (B) Wales (C) Ireland (D) England 23. : What was Dylan Thomas’s primary occupation? (A) Journalist (B) Academic (C) Writer (D) Editor 24. : What affliction plagued Dylan Thomas in his life? (A) Tuberculosis (B) Blindness (C) Alcoholism (D) Paralysis 25. : Who was Dylan Thomas’s primary U.S. patron and supporter? (A) Ezra Pound (B) John Brinnin (C) W.H. Auden (D) T.S. Eliot 26. : What was the name of Dylan Thomas’s daughter? (A) Anne (B) Aeronwy (C) Mary (D) Caitlin 27. : What poetic technique is commonly found in Dylan Thomas’s work? (A) Blank verse (B) Free verse (C) Alliteration (D) Dramatic monologue 28. : Which poem opens with the line “Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs”? (A) The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower (B) Fern Hill (C) Poem in October (D) The Hand That Signed the Paper 29. : Dylan Thomas’s Deaths and Entrances was published in which year? (A) 1938 (B) 1943 (C) 1946 (D) 1950 30. : The Map of Love by Dylan Thomas is a collection of: (A) Only poetry (B) Only short stories (C) Both prose and poetry (D) Only drama 31. : Which American city did Dylan Thomas die in? (A) Chicago (B) New York (C) Boston (D) Philadelphia 32. : What is the genre of A Child’s Christmas in Wales? (A) Short story (B) Poem (C) Memoir (D) Essay 33. : Dylan Thomas’s parents were both: (A) Schoolteachers (B) Farmers (C) Writers (D) Politicians 34. : Which war was ongoing during Thomas’s early adult years? (A) World War I (B) Korean War (C) World War II (D) Vietnam War 35. : Dylan Thomas was known for his: (A) Visual art (B) Public poetry readings (C) Silent performances (D) Screenwriting in Hollywood 36. : In which U.S. institution did Thomas give a famous reading tour? (A) Harvard (B) Yale (C) New York Public Library (D) Various American universities 37. : Dylan Thomas’s residence in Laugharne was called: (A) Castle House (B) Boathouse (C) Seaview Cottage (D) Poet’s Inn 38. : Who helped publish many of Dylan Thomas’s works in the United States? (A) Random House (B) Faber and Faber (C) New Directions (D) Oxford University Press 39. : What is a frequent subject in Dylan Thomas’s poetry? (A) Industrialization (B) Childhood and memory (C) Politics (D) Urban life 40. : Dylan Thomas’s middle name, “Marlais,” came from: (A) His grandfather (B) A family tradition (C) A stream near his home (D) A character in Welsh mythology 41. : What BBC program did Dylan Thomas often contribute to? (A) The Spoken Word (B) Third Programme (C) Voices of Wales (D) The Poet’s Hour 42. : Dylan Thomas often clashed with the press due to his: (A) Political views (B) Nationalist beliefs (C) Wild lifestyle (D) Religious poetry 43. : Dylan Thomas once described himself as a: (A) Communist (B) Welshman (C) Religious poet (D) Raconteur 44. : What was Dylan Thomas’s father’s occupation? (A) Doctor (B) Schoolmaster (C) Minister (D) Actor 45. : Dylan Thomas’s boathouse in Laugharne is now a: (A) Hotel (B) Private residence (C) Literary center and museum (D) Café 46. : Dylan Thomas’s radio broadcasts helped make him: (A) A popular political commentator (B) A celebrity poet (C) A war hero (D) A BBC editor 47. : Who illustrated A Child’s Christmas in Wales in later editions? (A) Ralph Steadman (B) Quentin Blake (C) Edward Ardizzone (D) Gerald Scarfe 48. : What is the tone of Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night? (A) Sarcastic (B) Joyful (C) Urgent and emotional (D) Detached 49. : Dylan Thomas’s final poetry collection published in his lifetime was: (A) 18 Poems (B) Deaths and Entrances (C) Collected Poems 1934–1952 (D) A Prospect of the Sea 50. : Dylan Thomas influenced which later writer known for lyricism? 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