Great XX Century Poets

Which poet was born English but moved to the US later on?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet also wrote novels? (Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891) and Jude the Obscure (1895))

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet criticised the Victorian society?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet produced the poem 'The Lovesong of J.Alfred Prufrock'?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet based his oeuvres on Irish folklore?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet was awarded the 1923 Nobel Prize in Literature?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet was married to American poet Sylvia Plath?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats

Which poet had many jobs including a rose gardener, a night watchman and a reader for the British film company?

• Robert Frost

• Ted Hughes

• Thomas Hardy

• T.S.Eliot

• W.B.Yeats