David Herbert Richards Lawrence was born in 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. From 1908 he worked as a teacher in Croydon. It was there that he began to write, his first novel being published in 1910. In 1912 he eloped to Germany with Frieda Weekley, the wife of his former tutor, Professor Ernest Weekley. At the outbreak of World War One the two returned to the UK and took up residence in Cornwall. It was here that Lawrence wrote Women in Love.
Lawrence was a prolific writer, not only of novels but also of poetry, short stories, plays and essays. He was also a painter. He drew a lot of his inspiration from his childhood in Nottinghamshire. Sadly, he suffered with his health for most of his life. In the 1920s it declined and Lawrence spent most of his final years abroad, rarely visiting the UK. He died in 1930 at the age of 44. He is probably best remembered for his controversial novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.
Test your knowledge of the life and works of D H Lawrence in this fun yet testing quiz!
1.
|
Lawrence was born in 1885 in which mining town in Nottinghamshire? |
|
[ ] |
Eastgate |
[ ] |
Eastwood |
[ ] |
Westgate |
[ ] |
Westwood |
|
|
2.
|
In Lady Chatterley's Lover, what is Lady Chatterley's first name? |
|
[ ] |
Carol |
[ ] |
Constance |
[ ] |
Cora |
[ ] |
Cynthia |
|
|
3.
|
Lawrence's 1926 novel The Plumed Serpent is set in which country? |
|
[ ] |
Egypt |
[ ] |
India |
[ ] |
Mexico |
[ ] |
Peru |
|
|
4.
|
In 1901 Lawrence left school to work as a junior clerk in a factory making what? |
|
[ ] |
Bicycles |
[ ] |
Pit props |
[ ] |
Railway sleepers |
[ ] |
Surgical appliances |
|
|
5.
|
What is the appropriate title of Lawrence's 1923 novel, a semi-biographical account of a visit to Australia? |
|
[ ] |
Boomerang |
[ ] |
Bush |
[ ] |
Kangaroo |
[ ] |
Koala |
|
|
6.
|
Which 1913 novel charts the life of the aspiring artist Paul Morel? |
|
[ ] |
Aaron's Rod |
[ ] |
The Boy in the Bush |
[ ] |
Sons and Lovers |
[ ] |
The Trespasser |
|
|
7.
|
In 1907 Lawrence won a short story competition in which local newspaper? |
|
[ ] |
Nottingham Echo |
[ ] |
Nottingham Guardian |
[ ] |
Nottingham Herald |
[ ] |
Nottingham Post |
|
|
8.
|
Lawrence was diagnosed in 1925 with which disease, from which he died five years later? |
|
[ ] |
Cancer |
[ ] |
Cholera |
[ ] |
Tuberculosis |
[ ] |
Typhoid |
|
|
9.
|
In the 1969 film version of Women in Love, who wrestles naked with Oliver Reed? |
|
[ ] |
Alan Bates |
[ ] |
Tom Courtenay |
[ ] |
Richard Harris |
[ ] |
Patrick McGoohan |
|
|
10.
|
The Kiowa Ranch, where Lawrence once lived, has now been renamed the D H Lawrence Ranch. In which US state is it situated? |
|
[ ] |
Arizona |
[ ] |
Colorado |
[ ] |
New Mexico |
[ ] |
Oklahoma |
|
|
1.
|
Lawrence was born in 1885 in which mining town in Nottinghamshire? |
|
[ ] |
Eastgate |
[x] |
Eastwood |
[ ] |
Westgate |
[ ] |
Westwood |
|
|
2.
|
In Lady Chatterley's Lover, what is Lady Chatterley's first name? |
|
[ ] |
Carol |
[x] |
Constance |
[ ] |
Cora |
[ ] |
Cynthia |
|
|
3.
|
Lawrence's 1926 novel The Plumed Serpent is set in which country? |
|
[ ] |
Egypt |
[ ] |
India |
[x] |
Mexico |
[ ] |
Peru |
|
|
4.
|
In 1901 Lawrence left school to work as a junior clerk in a factory making what? |
|
[ ] |
Bicycles |
[ ] |
Pit props |
[ ] |
Railway sleepers |
[x] |
Surgical appliances |
|
|
5.
|
What is the appropriate title of Lawrence's 1923 novel, a semi-biographical account of a visit to Australia? |
|
[ ] |
Boomerang |
[ ] |
Bush |
[x] |
Kangaroo |
[ ] |
Koala |
|
|
6.
|
Which 1913 novel charts the life of the aspiring artist Paul Morel? |
|
[ ] |
Aaron's Rod |
[ ] |
The Boy in the Bush |
[x] |
Sons and Lovers |
[ ] |
The Trespasser |
|
|
7.
|
In 1907 Lawrence won a short story competition in which local newspaper? |
|
[ ] |
Nottingham Echo |
[x] |
Nottingham Guardian |
[ ] |
Nottingham Herald |
[ ] |
Nottingham Post |
|
|
8.
|
Lawrence was diagnosed in 1925 with which disease, from which he died five years later? |
|
[ ] |
Cancer |
[ ] |
Cholera |
[x] |
Tuberculosis |
[ ] |
Typhoid |
|
|
9.
|
In the 1969 film version of Women in Love, who wrestles naked with Oliver Reed? |
|
[x] |
Alan Bates |
[ ] |
Tom Courtenay |
[ ] |
Richard Harris |
[ ] |
Patrick McGoohan |
|
|
10.
|
The Kiowa Ranch, where Lawrence once lived, has now been renamed the D H Lawrence Ranch. In which US state is it situated? |
|
[ ] |
Arizona |
[ ] |
Colorado |
[x] |
New Mexico |
[ ] |
Oklahoma |
|
|