Ted Hughes MCQs 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. : What is the full name of Ted Hughes? (A) Edward James Hughes (B) Thomas Edward Hughes (C) Edward John Hughes (D) Theodore James Hughes 2. : When was Ted Hughes born? (A) 1930 (B) 1935 (C) 1928 (D) 1932 3. : Where was Ted Hughes born? (A) London (B) Manchester (C) Mytholmroyd (D) Liverpool 4. : Which British poet was Ted Hughes married to? (A) Elizabeth Jennings (B) Sylvia Plath (C) Carol Ann Duffy (D) Stevie Smith 5. : What was Ted Hughes’s primary occupation? (A) Novelist (B) Essayist (C) Poet (D) Historian 6. : Which collection is considered Ted Hughes’s first major work? (A) Crow (B) The Hawk in the Rain (C) Lupercal (D) Birthday Letters 7. : In what year was “The Hawk in the Rain” published? (A) 1955 (B) 1957 (C) 1959 (D) 1956 8. : What is the central theme in much of Hughes’s poetry? (A) Romantic love (B) Nature and violence (C) Urban life (D) Religious faith 9. : Ted Hughes served as Poet Laureate of the UK from which year until his death? (A) 1984 (B) 1978 (C) 1989 (D) 1982 10. : What is the name of Hughes’s famous work focused on crows and mythology? (A) Wolfwatching (B) Crow (C) Moortown (D) Rain-charm for the Duchy 11. : Which of these poems is by Ted Hughes? (A) Daddy (B) The Jaguar (C) Do Not Go Gentle (D) The Waste Land 12. : Ted Hughes’s “Birthday Letters” primarily revolves around which figure? (A) His children (B) His father (C) Sylvia Plath (D) His second wife 13. : In which year did Ted Hughes pass away? (A) 1998 (B) 2000 (C) 1995 (D) 1997 14. : What was Ted Hughes’s position in academia in the United States? (A) Visiting professor (B) Dean (C) Poet-in-residence (D) Chancellor 15. : What is the name of Hughes’s second wife? (A) Assia Wevill (B) Frieda Hughes (C) Carol Orchard (D) Emily Brontë 16. : Which poetic technique is commonly found in Hughes’s works? (A) Irony (B) Allegory (C) Imagery and personification of animals (D) Free indirect speech 17. : What type of verse is Hughes most famous for? (A) Pastoral (B) Confessional (C) Animal poetry (D) Religious poetry 18. : Who influenced Hughes’s interest in myth and the occult? (A) Carl Jung (B) W.B. Yeats (C) Robert Graves (D) All of the above 19. : Which poem features a depiction of a zoo animal to reflect wild energy? (A) The Jaguar (B) Crow’s Nerve Fails (C) Pike (D) Relic 20. : What genre of writing did Hughes also explore besides poetry? (A) Detective fiction (B) Children’s literature (C) Screenplays (D) Travel writing 21. : Which children’s book did Hughes write? (A) How the Whale Became (B) The Gruffalo (C) Winnie-the-Pooh (D) The Iron Giant 22. : Who appointed Hughes as Poet Laureate? (A) Queen Elizabeth II (B) Prime Minister Thatcher (C) The Arts Council (D) House of Lords 23. : What is the tone of Hughes’s poem “Pike”? (A) Playful (B) Violent and ominous (C) Romantic (D) Tragic 24. : What university did Hughes attend? (A) Oxford (B) Leeds (C) Cambridge (D) Durham 25. : Which of these is NOT a collection by Ted Hughes? (A) Lupercal (B) Tales from Ovid (C) The Whitsun Weddings (D) Moortown 26. : What subject did Hughes study at university before switching to English? (A) History (B) Anthropology and Archaeology (C) Philosophy (D) Psychology 27. : Which mythology heavily influenced Hughes’s later poetry? (A) Greek (B) Norse (C) Aztec (D) Celtic 28. : Which prize did Hughes win for “Birthday Letters”? (A) Booker Prize (B) T. S. Eliot Prize (C) Pulitzer Prize (D) Nobel Prize 29. : Which poem by Hughes starts with “The eye: it is the savage of the world”? (A) The Hawk in the Rain (B) Pike (C) Wodwo (D) Crow’s Theology 30. : What type of animal is featured in Hughes’s poem “The Thought-Fox”? (A) Wolf (B) Crow (C) Fox (D) Owl 31. : What was the profession of Hughes’s father? (A) Coal miner (B) Farmer (C) Carpenter (D) WWI veteran and carpenter 32. : What’s a recurring motif in Hughes’s poetry? (A) Angels (B) Machines (C) Predatory animals (D) Romance 33. : Ted Hughes was Poet Laureate of which country? (A) United States (B) Canada (C) United Kingdom (D) Australia 34. : What tragic event marked Hughes’s early personal life? (A) Loss of parents (B) Sylvia Plath’s suicide (C) World War II (D) Child loss in war 35. : Who was Assia Wevill in Hughes’s life? (A) His publisher (B) His muse (C) His second wife (D) His mistress who also died by suicide 36. : What is the poem “Full Moon and Little Frieda” about? (A) World War (B) A hunting ritual (C) His daughter (D) A fox in the woods 37. : What occupation did Hughes hold at the start of his career? (A) Publisher (B) Farmer (C) Schoolteacher (D) Copywriter 38. : What work did Hughes write in collaboration with Seamus Heaney? (A) Tales from Ovid (B) The Rattle Bag (C) Moortown (D) Lament 39. : What major theme does “Crow” deal with? (A) Religion and existentialism (B) War (C) Education (D) Rural life 40. : What is the form of “The Thought-Fox”? (A) Ballad (B) Sonnet (C) Free verse (D) Epic 41. : What notable poetic movement is Hughes often associated with? (A) Romanticism (B) Modernism (C) The Movement (D) Postmodernism 42. : What bird appears frequently in Hughes’s poems? (A) Sparrow (B) Hawk (C) Nightingale (D) Swan 43. : What is “Remains of Elmet” primarily about? (A) Ancient Rome (B) Mythical creatures (C) Industrial decline in Yorkshire (D) Biblical themes 44. : What is the dominant literary device in “The Jaguar”? (A) Simile (B) Irony (C) Metaphor (D) Satire 45. : Hughes’s work often explores the tension between which forces? (A) Love and betrayal (B) Humanity and nature (C) Past and future (D) Silence and speech 46. : What award did Hughes win posthumously in 1998? (A) Whitbread Book of the Year (B) Costa Prize (C) Nobel Prize (D) Booker Prize 47. : What was the name of Ted Hughes’s daughter? (A) Emily (B) Sarah (C) Frieda (D) Rachel 48. : “Tales from Ovid” was based on which Roman poet’s work? (A) Virgil (B) Ovid (C) Horace (D) Cicero 49. : What poetic figure often acts as a trickster in Hughes’s “Crow”? (A) Fox (B) Crow (C) Bear (D) Snake 50. : In which poem does Hughes reflect on a visit to a graveyard and mortality? 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