Oliver Goldsmith MCQs [English Literature & Famous Authors]
Collection of important MCQs on Oliver Goldsmith
Who stoops to conquer in the play ‘She Stoops to Conquer”?
(A) Miss Neville
(B) Miss Williams
(C) Miss Hardcastle
(D) A Maid
Question’s Answer: Miss Hardcastle
On his grave the following epitaph was written: ‘A gentle master who left scarcely any kind of writing untouched. Who is the writer of this Epitaph?
(A) Garrick
(B) Dr. Johnson
(C) Burke
(D) Reynolds
Question’s Answer: Dr. Johnson
To ____ , Goldsmith dedicate his play ‘She Stoops to Conquer ?
(A) Lord Chesterfield
(B) Joshua Reynolds
(C) Mr. Whitehead
(D) Dr. Samuel Johnson
Question’s Answer: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Goldsmith belongs to _______ literary age.
(A) The Age of Johnson
(B) The Age of Pope
(C) The Augustan Age
(D) The Age of Wordsworth
Question’s Answer: The Age of Johnson
Goldsmith travelled over the Continent for two years supported only:
(A) By playing on his flute
(B) By reading aloud his poems and singing songs
(C) By his friends
(D) None of these
Question’s Answer: By playing on his flute
literary age was so poor and supportless that for some time he _____
(A) served as a bookseller’s hack but left it
(B) lived with professional beggars
(C) took to teaching in basic schools but failed
(D) took to writing articles to local Papers
Question’s Answer: lived with professional beggars
Goldsmith’s first work published under his name of ______ .
(A) The Good Natured Man
(B) The Vicar of Wakefield
(C) The Deserted Village
(D) The Traveller
Question’s Answer: The Traveller
She Stoops to Conquer was published in:
(A) 1780
(B) 1774
(C) 1750
(D) 1775
Question’s Answer: 1774
Goldsmith was born in which country?
(A) Scotland
(C) Ireland
(B) England
(D) Border of England-Scotland
Question’s Answer: Ireland
The alternative title of ___was given by Goldsmith to She Stoops to Conquer
(A) The Errors of a Night
(B) The Mistakes of a Night
(C) The Blunders of a Night
(D) The Follies of a Night
Question’s Answer: The Mistakes of a Night
Who said of Goldsmith that He wrote like an angel but talked like poor Poll’ ?
(A) Beanclerk
(B) Garrick
(C) Masson
(D) Newberry
Question’s Answer: Beanclerk
The Deserted Village was written by Goldsmith in the memory of which of the following?
(A) His father who had pass away not long before
(B) His brother who had pass away a few months earlier
(C) A village in Ireland where Goldsmith passed his boyhood days
(D) It refers to no particular village
Question’s Answer: His brother who had pass away a few months earlier
What is Goldsmith’s ‘The Good Natured Man’ ?
(A) A Narrative Poem
(B) A Play
(C) A Novel
(D) A Satire in Verse
Question’s Answer: A Play
Name the work which Goldsmith left unfinished on account of his death:
(A) The Vicar of Wakefield
(B) The Good Natured Man
(C) Retaliation
(D) The Deserted Village
Question’s Answer: Retaliation
At the age of ___ Goldsmith pass away.
(A) Fifty-six
(B) Fifty-eight
(C) Forty-eight
(D) Forty-six
Question’s Answer: Forty-six
What is Goldsmith’s The Bee?
(A) A Short Poem
(B) A Prose Pamphlet
(C) A Book of Stories
(D) A Periodical
Question’s Answer: A Periodical
What is Retaliation?
(A) A Galaxy of Animated Reparties
(B) A Prose Romance
(C) A Story in Verse
(D) A Novel
Question’s Answer: A Galaxy of Animated Reparties
But finally he found both a sheltering rock and literary recognition by writing:
(A) An account of his continental tours
(B) A history of France
(C) A history of England
(D) Writing articles in National Journals
Question’s Answer: A history of England
Goldsmith published a series of letters under the title The Letters of a Citizen of the World.”
They were professed to have been written by:
(A) A French Traveller
(B) A Roman Traveller
(C) A Chinese Traveller
(D) A Japanese Traveller
Question’s Answer: A Chinese Traveller
What is Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer?
(A) A Satire on Hero Worship
(B) A Farce
(C) A Satire on Women
(D) A Comedy
Question’s Answer: A Comedy
Oliver Goldsmith books names
| The Vicar of Wakefield | 1766 |
| The Citizen of the World | 1762 |
| She Stoops to Conquer | 1773 |
| The Deserted Village | 1770 |
| The Good-Natur’d Man | 1768 |
| An History of the Earth and Animated Nature | 1774 |
| Poems for Young Ladies | 1767 |
| The Traveller | 1764 |
| The Life of Richard Nash, Esq | 1762 |
| Retaliation | 1774 |
| A History of the Earth and Animated Nature | 1774 |
Oliver Goldsmith Basic info
| Full Name | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Birthdate | November 10, 1728 |
| Birthplace | Smithstown, County Longford, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright, novelist, essayist |
| Notable Works | “The Vicar of Wakefield,” “She Stoops to Conquer,” “The Deserted Village” |
| Literary Style | Sentimental, pastoral, comedic |
| Education | Trinity College, Dublin; University of Edinburgh (did not graduate) |
| Influences | Classical literature, especially the works of Virgil and Horace |
| Contemporaries | Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, David Garrick |
| Achievements | Influential figure in English literature, significant contributions to the novel and drama of the 18th century |
| Death Date | April 4, 1774 |
| Death Place | London, England |
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