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8th Grade
01/31/2011

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how many shakespeare sonnets were there?
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154
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what does the word "sonnet" mean?
Definition
little song
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how many lines and syllables are in a sonnet?
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14 lines, 10 syllables
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what is the pattern for a shakespeare sonnet?
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ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
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What years did Robert Frost live?
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1874-1963
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Where was Robert Frost born?
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San Francisco, CA
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Robert Frost's first published poetry volume:
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A Boy's Life
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Who wrote the first positive review of Robert Frost's work?
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Ezra Pound
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Robert Frost was asked to: (do what, when, recited what)
Definition
read a poem at JFK's inaguration in 1961, "The Gift Outright"
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Maya Angelou wrote:
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"Still I Rise"
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Maya Angelou was born in:
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1928
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Maya Angelou was asked by MLK to become the:
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coordinator for his southern christian leadership conference
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Maya lived in ___ for a little while?
Definition
Africa
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While in Africa, Maya Angelou became friends with:
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Malcolm X
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Maya Angelou recited _____ at Bill Clinton's inaguration
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"On the pulse of morning"
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seamus heaney grew up in:
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northern ireland
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seamus heaney won: (what/where)
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the nobel prize for literature in 1955
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Seamus Heaney known for being a good:
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translator
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Robert Frost wrote:
Definition
"the Road not taken"
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Seamus Heaney wrote:
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"Digging"
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Seamus Heaney grew up in.....
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northern ireland
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Seamus Heaney won.....
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noble prize in 1955
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Archibald Macleish wrote
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"ars poetica"
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Archibald Macleish served as: (what/years)
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librarian of congress 1939-1944
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Archibald Macleish won:
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academy award in 1965
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Ezra pound lived from:
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1885-1972
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Ezra pound was known as a _____ artist:
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expatriate artist
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Ezra pound was born in:
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Idaho
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Ezra Pound began what art movement?
Definition
imagism
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Ezra Pound was (hospital/years/what)
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incarcenated in St. Elizabeth's hospital from 1946-1958
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Walt Whitman lived from:
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1819-1897
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Li-Young Lee wrote
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Eating Together
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Li-Young Lee was born when/where?
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1957, Indonesia
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Li-Young Lee traveled though where for how long and settled where/when?
Definition
Asia for five years and settled in U.S. in 1964
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