Q 01/05

What did the initials D. H. stand for in D. H. Lawrence's name?

A) David Herbert

B) Daniel Henry

C) Douglas Harold

D) Dennis Hugh

Answer · why

A) David Herbert

He was born on 11 September 1885 and died on 2 March 1930, aged 44.

Q 02/05

Lawrence was born in 1885 in Eastwood, a mining town in which English county?

A) Yorkshire

B) Derbyshire

C) Nottinghamshire

D) Staffordshire

Answer · why

C) Nottinghamshire

His birthplace is now a museum, and a painted 'Blue Line Trail' links three of his childhood homes.

Q 03/05

What was the occupation of Lawrence's father, Arthur?

A) Coal miner

B) Schoolmaster

C) Methodist minister

D) Railway clerk

Answer · why

A) Coal miner

His mother Lydia had trained for the classroom; the gap between them shaped Sons and Lovers.

Q 04/05

Lawrence became the first local pupil to win a county council scholarship to which institution in 1898?

A) Rugby School

B) Nottingham High School

C) Manchester Grammar School

D) Repton School

Answer · why

B) Nottingham High School

He left in 1901 and briefly worked as a clerk in a surgical-appliance factory before pneumonia ended that job.

Q 05/05

Before becoming a full-time writer, Lawrence worked in which profession, including a spell in Croydon?

A) Bank clerk

B) Teacher

C) Journalist

D) Solicitor's clerk

Answer · why

B) Teacher

He earned a teaching certificate from University College, Nottingham, in 1908.