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    Brooke, Rupert

    When was Brooke born?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      3 August 1887.

    What was Henry James, the author, reported to have thought about Brooke's poetry?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      He was glad that Brooke was a 'second rate' poet, as with his good looks 'talent ... would be too unfair'.. If James indeed thought and said this, it was before he had even read any of Brooke's poetry. He was later to write the preface to one of Brooke's American articles.

    Brooke was friends with which writer while he was at Cambridge University?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      Virginia Woolf.

    In 1910, Brooke became secretly engaged to whom?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      Noel Olivier. They actually met two years before, when Noel was fifteen. She called off the engagement, after Brooke tried to make her jealous in an attempt to interest her. He did fall in love with Katherine and became very close to Cathleen, but there is no evidence to suggest he proposed in either case.

    Who described Brooke as 'A young Apollo, golden haired ...'?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      Frances Cornford.

    How many 'war sonnets' did Brooke write?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      five.

    When was Brooke's first collection of poetry published?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      1911. One particular poem, 'A Channel Passage' was the subject of outrage. 'The Times' critic declared it shouldn't have been published.

    Where is Brooke buried?Rupert Brooke Quiz

      on Skyros, a Greek island.

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