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A
Thomas Stearns
B
Thompson Simson
C
Thomas Stewart
D
Thomas Stephen

Explanation

T.S. stands for Thomas Stearns. (Note: The description 'famous for his sensuousness' in the question text is more often applied to Keats, but the question asks for the name expansion of Eliot).

A
a drama
B
a poem
C
a novel
D
an eassy

Explanation

'The Waste Land' is a long poem by T.S. Eliot, published in 1922, and is regarded as one of the most important poems of the 20th century.

A
W.B Yeats
B
Robert Frost
C
W.H. Auden
D
T.S. Elliot

Explanation

T.S. Eliot wrote 'The Waste Land', a landmark poem of the modernist era.

A
D.H. Lawrence
B
Lord Tennyson
C
T.S. Eliot
D
William Wordsworth

Explanation

T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 'for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry', including 'The Waste Land'.

A
Harold Pinter
B
T.S. Eliot
C
G.B. Shaw
D
Samuel Becket

Explanation

'Murder in the Cathedral' is a verse drama by T.S. Eliot, first performed in 1935, portraying the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket.

A
Virginia Woolf
B
T.S. Eliot
C
Edward Morgan Forster
D
William Somerset Maugham

Explanation

T.S. Eliot popularized the term 'objective correlative' in his essay 'Hamlet and His Problems' to refer to a set of objects, a situation, or a chain of events which shall be the formula of that particular emotion.

A
Charles Dickens
B
Smoerset Maugham
C
Jane Austen
D
D.H. Lawrence

Explanation

'Of Human Bondage' is a 1915 novel by W. Somerset Maugham, generally agreed to be his masterpiece and strongly autobiographical.

A
Somerset Maugham
B
Somerset Mom
C
Somerset Mauhm
D
Somerset Maghm

Explanation

The correct English spelling of the author's name is Somerset Maugham.

A
A novel
B
A short story
C
A poem
D
A scientific article

Explanation

'The Luncheon' is a famous short story by William Somerset Maugham about a lunch date where the guest eats expensively while the host suffers.

A
Stalin
B
Nixon
C
Churchil
D
Rosevelt

Explanation

Sir Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister (statesman), was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his historical and biographical descriptions and oratory.