Robert Burns Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

11. When did Robert Burns die?

1. 20 February 1800
2. 5 June 1804
3. 21 July 1796
4. 11 November 1802

12. When did Robert Burns publish Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect?

1. 1784
2. 1776
3. 1786
4. 1778

13. When was Robert Burns born?

1. 25 January 1759
2. 27 April 1756
3. 15 August 1764
4. 2 December 1755

14. Where did Robert Burns die?

1. Edinburgh
2. Glasgow
3. Aberdeen
4. Dumfries

15. Where is Burns buried?

1. Dumfries
2. Ayr
3. Aberfeldy

16. Where was Poosie Nansies tavern – said to have inspired The Jolly Beggars – located?

1. Mauchline
2. Cumnock
3. Alloway

17. Where was Robert Burns born?

1. Mount Oliphant
2. Alloway
3. Lachlea
4. Kilmarnock

18. Which British astronaut took a miniature book of Burns poetry into space?

1. Tim Peake
2. Helen Sharman
3. Nick Patrick

19. Which modern American classic did not draw from Burns as an inspiration?

1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
2. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
3. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

20. Which modern day poet recently described Burns as a sex pest?

1. Jackie Kay
2. Carol Ann Duffy
3. Liz Lochhead