Q.1
What was Johnson's father's profession?
  • Bookbinder
  • Book illustrator
  • Bookmaker
  • Bookseller
Q.2
In 1775 Johnson published his account of a journey he and Boswell had made two years earlier to where?
  • France
  • Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Wales
Q.3
What was the title of the periodical published by Johnson from 1750 until 1752?
  • The Rambler
  • The Rover
  • The Traveller
  • The Wanderer
Q.4
What was the title of Johnson's last major work, published in 1781 - ?
  • English Parliamentarians
  • English Playwrights
  • English Poets
  • English Politicians
Q.5
What was the first name of Johnson's biographer, Boswell?
  • James
  • Jeremy
  • John
  • Joseph
Q.6
In which English cathedral city was Johnson born in 1709?
  • Durham
  • Lichfield
  • Ripon
  • Wells
Q.7
Who played Johnson on in the episode, ?
  • Tom Baker
  • Robbie Coltrane
  • Billy Connolly
  • Rik Mayall
Q.8
What pen name did Johnson use in a series of essays he wrote for the Universal Chronicle between 1758 and 1760?
  • The Commentator
  • The Idler
  • The Inquisitor
  • The Spectator
Q.9
What was the title of Johnson's 1770 political pamphlet attacking the English radical, John Wilkes?
  • The False Alarm
  • The False Dawn
  • The False Identity
  • The False Promise
Q.10
In what year did Johnson publish his ?
  • 1745
  • 1755
  • 1765
  • 1775
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