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Rupert Brook is remembered for his idealistic sonnets about World War I, especially "V: The Soldier". He died all too shortly after first coming to public attention, while he was on the way to the Battle of Gallipoli, from an infected mosquito bite.
2 Rupert Brooke quizzes and 20 Rupert Brooke trivia questions.
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  Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Rupert Brooke is a celebrated poet, writing about all that is lovely, green grass middle england. See his other side with this extract of his most famous poem, Grantchester...
Tough, 10 Qns, whooshdemon, Jun 29 03
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  Rupert Brooke Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is just a small quiz on the poet, Rupert Brooke. If you have read his work and know about his life, this should be fairly easy. If you're not familar with him at all, you might find it more difficult.
Difficult, 10 Qns, WildeGirl, Jun 29 03
Difficult
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Rupert Brooke Trivia Questions
1. When was Brooke born?

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: 3 August 1887

2. And of that district, I prefer, The lovely hamlet _________?

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: Grantchester

Grantchester is a classic, idyllic poem about lovely middle england, and often quoted. However, many people don't realise how many insults Rupert stuck in the middle of it...

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

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: 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.

4. For Cambridge people rarely ____?

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: smile

for Cambridge people rarely smile being urban, squat and packed with guile

5. Brooke was friends with which writer while he was at Cambridge University?

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: Virginia Woolf

6. And _____ men of the far south, Are black and fierce and strange of mouth?

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: Royston

The insults get worse

7. Politically, Brooke was a:

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: Socialist

During his university years, he became the President of the Fabian Society.

8. At Over they fling ____ at one, And worse than _____ at Trumpington What are people flinging?

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: oaths

9. In 1910, Brooke became secretly engaged to whom?

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: 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.

10. And Ditton girls are mean and dirty There's none in _____ under thirty? Where?

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: Harston

I take offence at this - I work in Harston, and I'm only 29!

11. And Barton men make _________?

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: cockney rhymes

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

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: Frances Cornford

13. And Coton's full of nameless crimes, And things are done you'd not believe, In Madingley, on __________ Eve

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: Christmas

14. How many 'war sonnets' did Brooke write?

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: five

15. _______ have run for miles and miles, when one from Cherry Hinton smiles?

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: Strong men

16. When was Brooke's first collection of poetry published?

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: 1911

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

17. Strong men have blanched, and _____ their wives, rather than send them to St. Ives

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: shot

18. Where is Brooke buried?

From Quiz Rupert Brooke Quiz

Answer: on Skyros, a Greek island

19. Strong men have cried like babes, bedamn, To hear what happened in ________

From Quiz Insults in the poem 'Grantchester'

Answer: Babraham

But Grantchester, ah Grantchester. There's peace and holy quiet there. Great clouds along Pacific skies, and men and women have straight eyes...

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