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Alfred Edward Housman Quiz
Housman's Poetry Prowess: Engaging Quiz on A. E. Housman's Life and Works
Updated: Aug 11, 2023
Step into the captivating world of A.E. Housman as we journey through the words of this enigmatic English classicist and poet - a quiz of poetic prowess awaits!
Are you a true Alfred Edward Housman expert? Find out with this difficult quiz! Featuring 31 questions on a variety of topics, it's not for the casual fan. Only the most dedicated Alfred Edward Housman enthusiasts will be able to answer them all correctly. Challenge yourself.
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Carpenter
Doctor
Clerk
Baker
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Harvard University
University College London
University Of Cambridge
University Of Oxford
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Satires, Epigrams, And Georgics
Aeneid, Elegies, And Odes
Odyssey, Iliad, And Helenica
Juvenal, Manilius, And Lucan
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1876
1896
1906
1886
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As An Unsophisticated And Melancholy Youth
As A Brave And Audacious Warrior
As A Happy And Optimistic Old Man
As A Misunderstood Artist
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The Shropshire Lad
The London Lass
The Oxford Boy
A Shropshire Lad
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His Colleague
His Publisher
His Best Friend
His Brother, Laurence
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1922
1902
1956
1879
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Albert Edward Housman
Alfred Edward Housman
Alfred Edwin Housman
Alfred Ernest Housman
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The British Library
The House Of Commons
University College London
Oxford University
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Nature Imagery
Romanticism
Social Critique
Preoccupation With Early Death
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30 April 1936
26 March 1859
15 November 1896
22 December 1879
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Melancholic
Nostalgic
Romantic
Cheerful
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His Plays
His Scholarly Works
His Novels
His Poetry
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26 March 1859
15 November 1896
22 December 1879
30 April 1936
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Nobel Laureates
Famous Philosophers
World-renowned Musicians
The Greatest Scholars Of All Time
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Classical Scholar And Poet
Policeman
Doctor
Boxer
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World Traveler
Unsophisticated And Melancholy Youth
Ambitious Tradesman
Successful Scholar
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Cambridge University
University Of Manchester
Oxford University
University College London
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Controversial
Criticized
Praised Due To Preoccupation With Early Death
Ignored
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Yale University
University Of Oxford
Harvard University
Cambridge University
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Last Poems
Final Thoughts
Second Poems
Another Shropshire Lad
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Songwriters
Movie Producers
Theatre Directors
Painters
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Georgian Era
Edwardian Era
Victorian Era
Elizabethan Era
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More Poems
Diary Entries
Recipes
Personal Thoughts
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His Sexual Orientation
His Religious Beliefs
His Political Views
His Wealth
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Depressed
Enthusiastic
Melancholy
Ambitious
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As A Clerk
As A Teenager
As A Professor
As A University Student
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Two
One
Three
Five
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In The British Library
In The Victoria And Albert Museum
In The National Archive
At Oxford University
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Jan 29, 1963
Jan 13, 1599
Apr 30, 1936
Mar 28, 1970
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