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Philip Larkin
  • 1. When was Philip Larkin born?
A) 1950
B) 1940
C) 1922
D) 1930
  • 2. In which city was Philip Larkin born?
A) Manchester
B) London
C) Birmingham
D) Coventry
  • 3. Which university did Philip Larkin work at as a librarian?
A) University of London
B) University of Oxford
C) University of Cambridge
D) University of Hull
  • 4. What was the title of Philip Larkin's first poetry collection?
A) The Less Deceived
B) A Girl in Winter
C) High Windows
D) The North Ship
  • 5. Which literary award did Philip Larkin win in 1965?
A) Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
B) Nobel Prize in Literature
C) Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry
D) Booker Prize
  • 6. What was the title of Philip Larkin's last poetry collection published during his lifetime?
A) High Windows
B) Aubade
C) The Whitsun Weddings
D) The Less Deceived
  • 7. In which year did Philip Larkin pass away?
A) 1965
B) 1985
C) 1995
D) 1975
  • 8. Philip Larkin famously held what position at the University of Hull?
A) Chancellor
B) Professor of Poetry
C) Librarian
D) Dean
  • 9. What pen name did Philip Larkin use when contributing jazz criticism to The Daily Telegraph?
A) Black-Haired Davis
B) Blonde Harrison
C) Redhead Smith
D) Brunette Coleman
  • 10. Philip Larkin's poetry is often associated with which literary movement?
A) Romanticism
B) Beat Generation
C) The Movement
D) Modernism
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