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Who does Dylan Thomas describe as “broken and blind”
Question Who does Dylan Thomas describe as “broken and blind”
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Answer 1 – 100 His dying father
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This poet wrote “I cannot live with You”
Question This poet wrote “I cannot live with You”
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Answer 1 – 200 Emily Dickinson
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Personification is an example of what aspect of poetry?
Question Personification is an example of what aspect of poetry?
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Answer 1 – 300 Figurative language
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What country was Yeats describing in his poem, “The Fisherman”?
Question What country was Yeats describing in his poem, “The Fisherman”?
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Answer 1 – 400 Ireland
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Poet Walt Whitman is mentioned in what other poem read in class?
Question Poet Walt Whitman is mentioned in what other poem read in class?
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Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”
Answer 1 – 500 Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”
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What war did Walt Whitman write extensively about?
Question What war did Walt Whitman write extensively about?
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Answer 2 – 100 The Civil War
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In “Masters of War,” who is Bob Dylan attacking?
Question In “Masters of War,” who is Bob Dylan attacking?
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Government and political leaders
Answer 2 – 200 Government and political leaders
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Question When Dylan writes: “Like Judas of old you lie and deceive” he is using what literary devive?
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Allusion (reference to something well-known)
Answer 2 – 300 Allusion (reference to something well-known)
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Question What does Charles Bukowski refer to when he writes: “I’m too tough for him.”?
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Bluebird in his heart (happiness)
Answer 2 – 400 Bluebird in his heart (happiness)
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Charles Bukowski spent most of his life in what city?
Question Charles Bukowski spent most of his life in what city?
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Answer 2 – 500 Los Angeles
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Question What is Allen Ginsberg commenting on in “A Supermarket in California.”?
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Answer 3 – 100 1950s America
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Question French poet Charles Baudelaire was writing about what when he wrote: “I’ll plunge my head, enamored of its pleasure, in this black ocean..”?
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Answer 3 – 200 A woman’s hair
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What kind of rhyme pattern does a “blank verse” poem have?
Question What kind of rhyme pattern does a “blank verse” poem have?
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Answer 3 – 300 None
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Question Langston Hughes’ poem about the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is actually about what?
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The struggles of poor people
Answer 3 – 400 The struggles of poor people
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Langston Hughes was a key member of what literary movement?
Question Langston Hughes was a key member of what literary movement?
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The Harlem Renaissance
Answer 3 – 500 The Harlem Renaissance
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Question In Joni Mitchell’s poem “The Same Situation,” what is the situation she writes of?
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A woman waiting for the right man.
Answer 4 – 100 A woman waiting for the right man.
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What poet was an actress before she started writing?
Question What poet was an actress before she started writing?
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Answer 4 – 200 Maya Angelou
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In “Phenomenal Woman,” Angelou describes who?
Question In “Phenomenal Woman,” Angelou describes who?
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Answer 4 – 300 Herself
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In what poem are characters in a painting described?
Question In what poem are characters in a painting described?
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John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Answer 4 – 400 John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
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What poet is also known as the father of the crime novel?
Question What poet is also known as the father of the crime novel?
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Answer 4 – 500 Edgar Allan Poe
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In “The Village Street,” Poe remembers what?
Question In “The Village Street,” Poe remembers what?
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Answer 5 – 100 His lost love
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Question Why does the woman in Elizabeth Browning’s poem “trembles her fan in a sweetness dumb…”?
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She trying to attract a man
Answer 5 – 200 She trying to attract a man
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What poet was among a group of writers called “the beats”?
Question What poet was among a group of writers called “the beats”?
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Answer 5 – 300 Allen Ginsberg
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Which poet recited her poem at the inauguration of Barack Obama?
Question Which poet recited her poem at the inauguration of Barack Obama?
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Answer 5 – 400 Maya Angelou
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Question Which poet died at the age of 25, but is one of the most famous in English literature.
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Answer 5 – 500 John Keats
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