Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz
The Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz
Test your knowledge of the celebrated poet Gwendolyn Brooks with this engaging quiz! Learn about her life, achievements, and impact on literature, particularly within the Black Arts Movement.
Challenge yourself with questions that cover:
- Her early life and career
- Major awards and recognitions
- Significant works and contributions to poetry
Gwendolyn Brooks of the Black Arts Movement was a...
Actor
Engineer
Poet
Renowned Physician
Gwendolyn Brooks was born June 7, 1917 in...
Atlanta, GA
Chicago, IL
Topeka. KS
New York, NY
She was the first African- American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
True
False
Brooks' considered her lifelong residency in this city "My Headquarters". This city was a source of her work and characters.
Chicago, IL
Birmingham, AL
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
She published her first poem at the age of?
18
13
22
31
Gwendolyn Brooks' first book of poetry was entitled?
The Weary Blues
A Street in Bronzeville
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
If Beale Street Could Talk
She was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Academy of American Poets..
True
False
She was Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress, the first Black woman to hold such position?
True
False
Her first and only novel, "Maud Martha" was published in what year?
1960
1972
1950
1937
Gwendolyn Brooks died in December of 2000 in Chicago, IL.
True
False
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