Founding Father: A DanielDefoe Quiz

Question 1 of 10:

What was the great writer's surname before he changed it to ‘ Defoe ’ as he approached middle-age?

Foe

Robertson

Griffiths

Howard

Defoe risked his life in 1685 when he joined a futile rebellion against which Catholic monarch?

William III

James II

Charles II

George I

Defoe was briefly imprisoned in 1703 for writing a tract that mercilessly satirised...?

The Royal Family

The Anglican Church

Parliament

The Pope

What was the name of the 18th Century journal that Defoe both founded and wrote for?

The Chronicle

The Londoner

The Review

The Rag

As well as being a writer and journalist, Defoe spent several years working as a...?

Physician

Secret agent

Sailor

Architect

In Defoe 's novel, Robinson Crusoe was ultimately stranded on his island for how long?

4 years

10 years

18 years

28 years

‘Robinson Crusoe’ was based on the true story of a sailor who was stranded on an island for five years.

True

False

We only remember the first book today, but Defoe published two sequels to ‘Robinson Crusoe’.

True

False

Which of the following books did Defoe NOT write?

Colonel Jack

Roxana

Captain Singleton

Tristram Shandy

In 1722 Defoe published a still-valuable chronicle of which 17th Century event?

The Great Fire of London

The Great Plague

The Restoration

The English Civil War