This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Gwendolyn Brooks > Gwendolyn Brooks – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Gwendolyn love to share with her aunts? A) Money. B) Books. C) Poems. D) Food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poems. 2. In which year did Gwendolyn Brooks die? A) 1995. B) 2000. C) 2005. D) 2010. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2000. 3. What does the word preferred mean? A) A goal or something you want a lot. B) Something that is unfair. C) Liking something more than something else. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liking something more than something else. 4. What is the setting of "Home." A) A party hosted by Helen. B) The front porch of a home. C) A loan officer's office. D) An apartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The front porch of a home. 5. Caged Bird:What does the phrase "unknown but longed for still" mean? A) The caged bird has not lost hope yet, but he is close to giving up. B) The caged bird used to have a free life, but he is now in a cage. C) The rest of the world wants the caged bird to be out after hearing his singing. D) The caged bird doesn't know what he's missing, but he still misses it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The caged bird doesn't know what he's missing, but he still misses it. 6. The climax of the story occurs when ..... A) The door slams and mama walks away. B) Mama exclaims "It's alright he got it.". C) Papa opens the gate and says nothing. D) Helen sees Papa walking up the street. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mama exclaims "It's alright he got it.". 7. When the passage says the Maud Martha "tried to keep the fronts of her eyes dry, " it means that she ..... A) Struggled to keep from crying. B) Reacted to the effects of the afternoon sun. C) Tried to keep from arguing with her sister. D) Concentrated on watching the robin in the tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Struggled to keep from crying. 8. How did Gwendolyn Brooks feel when she sent her work to Langston Hughes? A) Excited and Brave. B) Nervous and Anxious. C) Unhappy and Bored. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excited and Brave. 9. Does a poem have rhyming words? A) Maybe. B) I dont know. C) No. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yes. 10. What does it mean to be Emphatic? A) Showing something with a special and strong emphasis. B) Being shy and timid. C) Not trying your best to get a job done. D) Being rude and selfish to others for no reason. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Showing something with a special and strong emphasis. 11. What was the Author's Purpose A) Inform. B) Entertain. C) Persuade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inform. 12. Julian ..... said that he could not make it to the party. A) Obstinately. B) Casually. C) Firing. D) Flatly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Casually. 13. What were Brooks' Poems mostly about A) Romantic encounters. B) The weather. C) Her favorite foods. D) The lives of African Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The lives of African Americans. 14. Which of these sentences from the story BEST reflects the sense of security Helen feels at the end of the story? A) They could not tell a thing. B) Presently Mama's head emerged. C) The door slammed shut. D) "I think I'll give a party.". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "I think I'll give a party.". 15. At which university did Gwendolyn Brooks teach creative writing? A) Columbia College. B) Chicago State University. C) Northeastern Illinois University. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. How did the poets of the Black Arts Movement set an example for Gwendolyn? A) They wrote about things that were important to black Americans. B) She wrote about the way they were treated. C) They were not proud to be black. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They wrote about things that were important to black Americans. 17. The sentence "Her eyes were lamps turned on" is an example of ..... A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Allegory. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 18. This selection is BEST described as a ..... A) Myth. B) Satire. C) Story. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Story. 19. What does to forcefully put a foot down mean? A) Stamp. B) Lonely. C) Might. D) Scolding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stamp. 20. What year did she pass away? A) 2000. B) 1980. C) 1955. D) 1974. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2000. Next →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesGwendolyn Brooks Quiz 2Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 3Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 4Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 5Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 6Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books