1. What was the name of the place where Dylan and his creative contemporaries regularly gathered, which the group was later named after?

   1. Kardomah Cafe

   2. Antelope Pub

   3. No Sign Bar

   4. The Three Lamps

2. What occupation did Dylan Thomas undertake before becoming an established writer and poet?

   1. Carpentry

   2. Publishing

   3. Journalism

   4. Plumbing

3. 'Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means / Time held me green and dying / Though I sang in my chains like the sea." The closing lines of which poem appear on the monument dedicated to Thomas in Cwomdonkin Park?

   1. Fern Hill

   2. I have longed to move away

   3. Lie still, sleep be calmed

   4. The Hunchback in the Park

4. In 1940, Thomas and his family moved into the house of the literary editor for The Sunday Observer, John Davenport. What was the name of the satirical work they produced together?

   1. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog

   2. Quite Early One Morning

   3. The Murder of the King's Canary

   4. The Death of the King's Canary

5. "Rage, rage against the dying of the light" is a prominent line from one of Thomas' most celebrated poems. When was it first published?

   1. 1939

   2. 1948

   3. 1951

   4. 1952

6. “And death shall have no dominion” was published in which of the following volumes of poetry expressing Thomas's views on religion and nature?

   1. 18 poems (1934)

   2. Twenty-five poems (1936)

   3. New poems (1943)

   4. Young Commonwealth Poets (1965)

7. Which of the following names was the creative moniker Thomas crafted for himself?

   1. Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive

   2. Dante of the Valleys

   3. The Infant Shakespeare

   4. The Hardy of Aberystwyth

8. Which of the following biographies of Dylan Thomas's life caused considerable controversy by potraying him as a drunk and a philanderer?

   1. Dylan Thomas: A Biography by Paul Ferris

   2. The Life of Dylan Thomas by Constantine FitzGibbon

   3. Fatal Neglect: Who killed Dylan Thomas? by David Thomas

   4. Dylan Thomas in America by John Malcolm Brinnin

9. Which of the following was revealed as the true cause of Dylan Thomas's unexpected death in 1953?

   1. He drank himself to death after knocking back 18 straight whiskeys at a bar in White Horse, New York

   2. He was mugged and later died from stab wounds

   3. He overdosed on drugs in a hotel room and was discovered 48 hours later

   4. He had caught pneumonia, which put pressure upon his brain

10. In which of Thomas's prose works can you find the early character and idea development showcased in his radio drama Under Milk Wood?

    1. Quite Early One Morning

    2. A Child's Christmas in Wales

    3. A Prospect of the Sea: and Other Stories and Prose Writings

    4. Rebecca's daughters

Solutions

1:A, 2:C, 3:A, 4:D, 5:C, 6:B, 7:A, 8:D, 9:D, 10:A

Scores

1. 1 and above.

   Oh dear! If you haven't heard of Dylan Thomas before, at least you have the joy of discovering him ahead of you...

2. 6 and above.

   Pop on Under Milk Wood, crack open a copy of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog and try again!

3. 10 and above.

   Are you one of the Kardomah Gang? Top marks, well done!