1. This author is one of England's first great poets. "The Canterbury Tales" and "Troilus and Criseyde" are two of his most famous works. Boethius Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas Malory Robert Southey

2. This poet wrote the romance "The Faerie Queen" and the wedding song "Epithalamion". John Milton Walt Whitman Henry Wadsorth Longfellow Edmund Spenser

3. This very popular novelist, short story writer and poet is known for such works as "The Jungle Book", "Kim", "Captains Courageous" and "Gunga Din". H.G. Wells Rudyard Kipling W.S. GIlbert G.K. Chesterton

4. This distinguished actor had a multifaceted career in both film and theatre. Among his memorable films are "Hamlet", "Wuthering Heights", "Henry V" and "Spartacus". Laurence Olivier Ralph Richardson John Gielgud Richard Harris

5. This question is about a celebrated English actor from the eighteenth century. He was also a renowned theatrical manager, being responsible for renewing interest in the plays of Shakespeare. Edwin Booth Ben Jonson David Garrick Charles Macklin

6. This playwright, who was born in Ireland, is most famous for his comedy "The School for Scandal". William Congreve William Wycherley George Farquhar Richard Brinsley Sheridan

7. This composer from the seventeenth century wrote the opera "Dido and Aeneas". Henry Purcell Ralph Vaughan Williams Benjamin Britten Edward Elgar

8. Another composer buried in the Abbey was born in Germany and later became a naturalized English citizen. He was famous for his operas and oratorios, particularly "Messiah". George Frideric Handel Franz Joseph Haydn Johann Sebastian Bach Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9. This man is known as the author of the first great English dictionary. His friend James Boswell wrote a celebrated biography of him. Noah Webster Bennet Cerf Peter Mark Roget Samuel Johnson

10. This author, born in 1840, wrote many novels. Among his most famous are "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", "Jude the Obscure", "The Return of the Native" and "Far from the Madding Crowd". John Galsworthy Evelyn Waugh D.H. Lawrence Thomas Hardy