This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Poets > Gwendolyn Brooks > Gwendolyn Brooks – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of the HUGE prize that Gwendolyn won for writing poetry? A) Oscar. B) Pulitzer Prize. C) First Prize. D) Emmy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pulitzer Prize. 2. Gwendolyn Brooks would write about her own life experiences? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 3. Caged bird:Which of these words best describes the emotional state of the caged bird? A) Angry, longing. B) Upset, annoyed. C) Downtrodden, given up. D) Confused, saddened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry, longing. 4. Where was Gwendolyn Brooks born? A) Ball, Kansas. B) Chicago, Illinois. C) Blue Island, Illinois. D) Kansas City, Missouri. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball, Kansas. 5. How is a poem different from a story? A) Its funny. B) Its colorful. C) It has stanzas, rhythm, rhyming, repetition, and imagery. D) Its a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It has stanzas, rhythm, rhyming, repetition, and imagery. 6. What reason tells you that the author thought the Black Arts Movement was important to the story? A) She talked about Gwendoyln Brooks being an important part of the Black Arts Movement. B) Gwendolyn Brooks loved to read her poems wherever she was. C) She gave the advice, "Talk about what you wonder.". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She talked about Gwendoyln Brooks being an important part of the Black Arts Movement. 7. Where is Gwendolyn Brooks from? A) Chicago, Illinois. B) Manhattan, New York. C) Detroit, Michigan. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicago, Illinois. 8. What does stretch out or apart mean? A) Lonely. B) Scolding. C) Might. D) Spread. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spread. 9. Gwendolyn Brooks would write about ..... A) Life for African Americans before the Civil Rights Movement. B) Life for affluent African Americans. C) Life for all Americans. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Life for African Americans before the Civil Rights Movement. 10. Which poem by Gwendolyn Brooks explores themes of youth, rebellion, and morality? A) In the Mecca. B) The Bean Eaters. C) A Street in Bronzeville. D) We Real Cool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) We Real Cool. 11. Which word means without company or alone? A) Lonely. B) Stamp. C) Spread. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lonely. 12. What does "the home" symbolize in the text? A) It symbolizes perseverance and shame. B) It symbolizes isolation and desperation. C) It symbolizes country living and expensive rent. D) It symbolizes familiarity and family togetherness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It symbolizes familiarity and family togetherness. 13. A sonnet consists of A) 10 lines. B) 12 lines. C) 14 lines. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 lines. 14. What is am iamb? A) The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g., cuckoo, sizzle ). B) A literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables, followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem (unstressed/stressed syllables). C) A line of verse consisting of five metrical feet, or (in Greek and Latin verse) of two halves each of two feet and a long syllable. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A literary device that can be defined as a foot containing unaccented and short syllables, followed by a long and accented syllable in a single line of a poem (unstressed/stressed syllables). 15. Vocabulary:Before winter comes, we always need to do the ..... for the furnace. A) Flat. B) Extension. C) Firing. D) Obstinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firing. 16. Gwendolyn Brooks was a Civil Rights Champion. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. What type of story of was this? A) Non-Fiction. B) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-Fiction. 18. What was Gwendolyn's first book of poems written about? A) Bronzeville. B) Murfreesboro. C) Nashville. D) Atlanta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bronzeville. 19. Caged bird:Why doesn't the free bird sing? A) He is not a talented singer like the caged bird. B) He is too busy with the other things in life. C) The free bird does sing about his experiences too. D) He has no reason to singe since he can experience anything he wants to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has no reason to singe since he can experience anything he wants to. 20. What were Gwendolyn's first two books about? A) What African American's wanted to know about. B) The African American Neighborhood Bronzville. C) A cartoon cat and mouse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The African American Neighborhood Bronzville. 21. Barbara is often ..... when she does not get her way. A) Casual. B) Extension. C) Obstinate. D) Flat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obstinate. 22. What does power and or strength mean? A) Spread. B) Lonely. C) Stamp. D) Might. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Might. 23. Did Gwendolyn Brooks go to college? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 24. Which of the following awards did Gwendolyn Brooks win for her book 'Annie Allen'? A) Guggenheim Fellowship. B) Eunice Tietjens Prize. C) National Book Award. D) Pulitzer Prize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pulitzer Prize. 25. " ..... with the snake plant in the jardiniere in the southwest corner ..... " What does the word jardiniere most likely mean? A) A porch. B) A rocking chair. C) The ground. D) Decorative flower box. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Decorative flower box. 26. "Break a leg" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Idiom. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 27. What was the name of Gwendolyn Brooks' second husband? A) Robert Johnson. B) Henry Lowington Blakely Sr. C) Henry Lowington Blakely Jr. D) John Davis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry Lowington Blakely Jr. 28. Vocabulary:His mother woke up early to start the ..... for the overn A) Flat. B) Casually. C) FIring. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FIring. 29. She was not the first African american to win the Pulitzer Prize A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 30. Which word rhymes with brother? A) Me. B) Mother. C) Scolding. D) Rough. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mother. 31. Which word rhymes with away? A) Doors. B) Country. C) Too. D) Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Day. 32. What does it mean to Emerge? A) To slowly come into view. B) To run and hide. C) To fade into a blur. D) To be seen dancing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To slowly come into view. 33. What were Gwendolyn's first poems about? A) Clouds, snow, sleet, and ice. B) Candy, gum, ice cream, and sushi. C) Snakes, snails, pails, and tails. D) Paper dolls, clocks, raindrops, and rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paper dolls, clocks, raindrops, and rocks. 34. Brooks was inspired by works created during the Harlem Renaissance. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. Who is Gwendolyn Brooks? A) An African American poet. B) An American screenwriter. C) An American folk musician and lyricist. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An African American poet. 36. What did Gwendolyn's mom tell her she was going to become? A) A pilot. B) An astronaut. C) An engineer. D) A famous poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A famous poet. 37. In the poem "Pete At the Zoo", which words rhyme? (Pick 2) A) Dark and lonely. B) Stall and All. C) Elephant and Stamp. D) MIght and Night. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stall and All. 38. Where was Gwedolyn's favorite place to sit and dream about her future? A) In the bathtub. B) On the back porch. C) On a swing. D) In a tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the back porch. 39. Imagery means to make a picture in your mind about what you are reading. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 40. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to A) Discover a new poetic form. B) Win the Nobel Peace prize. C) Win the Pulitzer prize. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Win the Pulitzer prize. 41. Which word rhymes with move? A) Home. B) Mother. C) Love. D) Go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love. 42. What did Gwendolyn Brooks do for a living? A) She was a teacher. B) She was a poet. C) She was a janitor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She was a poet. 43. Throughout the book about Gwendolyn's life, what did the illustrator use on many of the pages? A) Flowers. B) Mushrooms. C) Clouds. D) Fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clouds. 44. Gwendolyn Brooks' poetry reflected A) The everyday plight of the housewife. B) People just surviving the day to day. C) Politicians and their policies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People just surviving the day to day. 45. Was Brooks important to the Black Arts Movement? A) Yes. B) No. C) She didn't help the movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 46. What was the name of Gwendolyn Brooks' first husband? A) Henry Lowington Blakely Sr. B) Henry Lowington Blakely Jr. C) Robert Johnson. D) John Davis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Lowington Blakely Sr. 47. Which of the following identifies a theme of the text? A) While change can be frightening, it also allows for growth. B) The stress of waiting for bad news can be worse than the news itself. C) Homes provide physical and emotional security for families. D) Families are stronger when everyone shares their true feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Homes provide physical and emotional security for families. 48. Gwendolyn went to a meeting for proud, black poets in what year? A) 1945. B) 1967. C) 1935. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1967. 49. What does it mean to be Obstinate? A) Never giving up one's dreams. B) Stubbornly not changing one's opinion. C) Eating too much at one time. D) Easy going. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stubbornly not changing one's opinion. 50. Gwendolyn Brooks began her writing career as young girl. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 51. What is the conflict in this selection? A) Two sisters cannot get along with their parents. B) Members of a family have a dispute with their neighbors. C) A mother is too tired to manage the family home. D) A family is trying to keep their home. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A family is trying to keep their home. 52. What does speaking in an angry way mean? A) Spread. B) Might. C) Scolding. D) Stamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scolding. 53. Why was the elephant lonely? A) It was too noisy. B) Because everyone had gone home-the zoo was closed. C) He was hungry. D) He missed his mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because everyone had gone home-the zoo was closed. 54. In the poem "Rudolph is Tired of the City", the speaker currently lives where? A) Country. B) City. C) In a House. D) In an Apartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) City. 55. What were her parents' professions A) Both Poets. B) Janitor and Schoolteacher. C) Lawyer and Teacher. D) Both Teachers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Janitor and Schoolteacher. 56. What was the theme or main idea of this story? A) To tell about Gwendolyn's teaching career. B) Telling us everything about the Black Arts Movement. C) To tell how Gwendolyn Brooks's life and how she important to the Black Arts Movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To tell how Gwendolyn Brooks's life and how she important to the Black Arts Movement. 57. How old was Gwendolyn when she started writing poems? A) Seven. B) Twelve. C) Nine. D) Two. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seven. 58. What statement BEST describes how the two sisters and the mother feel about the problem they face? A) Mama and Helen are worried, but Maud Martha doesn't care. B) All three are equally concerned but show it in different ways. C) Mama and Maud are worried, but Helen is ready to leave. D) Maud Martha and Helen are unconcerned, but their mother is worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All three are equally concerned but show it in different ways. 59. How old was Gwendolyn when she first published a poem? A) 17. B) 13. C) 28. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13. 60. For question 4, what page can you find the text evidence? A) Page 14. B) Page 15. C) Page 16. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Page 15. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesGwendolyn Brooks Quiz 1Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books