This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Gwendolyn Brooks > Gwendolyn Brooks – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Gwendolyn Brooks grew up poor. They had little money but lots of ..... A) Christmas cards. B) Apples. C) Poetry books. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poetry books. 2. Why did Gwendolyn Brooks take her poems wherever she went? A) She read in hospitals, schools, and apartment buildings. B) She felt poetry should be read out loud. C) She was always ready to read. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She felt poetry should be read out loud. 3. What do we call lines that repeat in a poem? A) Doubles. B) Lines. C) Single. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 4. Brooks worked for the NAACP A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. How does the author develop the perspectives of Maud Martha and Helen in the text? A) Through their dialogue about Papa's purpose in life. B) Through their thoughts about each other. C) Through their actions in firing from October to April. D) Through their feelings about the terms of the loan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Through their dialogue about Papa's purpose in life. 6. The rhyme scheme of a sonnet looks like: A) Abba-cddc-effe-gg. B) Abab-cdcd-efef-gg. C) ABCD EFGH IJKL M N. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abab-cdcd-efef-gg. 7. Gwendolyn Brooks did not have support from her teachers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. The setting for this selection is ..... A) The Home Owners' Loan office. B) A party hosted by Helen. C) The front porch of a house. D) A flat on South Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The front porch of a house. 9. Was the Pulitzer Prize important to Gwendolyn Brooks? A) Yes. B) No. C) She didn't win the prize. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 10. What age did she release her first poem? A) 18. B) 13. C) 9. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13. 11. Which is NOT one of Brooks' works? A) "A Street in Bronzeville". B) "I, Too". C) "Annie Allen". D) "In The Mecca". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "I, Too". 12. What does the word injustice mean? A) Something that is unfair. B) Liking something more than something else. C) A goal or something you want a lot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Something that is unfair. 13. Which word rhymes with fish? A) Math. B) Thank. C) Dish. D) Phone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dish. 14. In the dark:What does someone suffering from "John Henry-ism" do? A) Fight against racism. B) Overwork themselves to prove their value to others. C) Notice negative things that people around them are saying. D) They sit in silence to prevent people from thinking bad about them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overwork themselves to prove their value to others. 15. What was the title of Gwendolyn Brooks' first book of poetry? A) A Street in Bronzeville. B) Annie Allen. C) The Bean Eaters. D) In the Mecca. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Street in Bronzeville. 16. What does the phrase "turning her hands over and over" reveal about Mama? A) She gestures a lot as she talks. B) She waves excitedly at her husband. C) She has pain in her hands. D) She is worried or nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She is worried or nervous. 17. What year was Gwendolyn Brooks born? A) 1954. B) 1945. C) 1917. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1917. 18. What does the word dream mean? A) A goal or wanting something a lot. B) Liking something more than something else. C) Having a lot of something. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A goal or wanting something a lot. 19. In the dark:Explain the situation in the first section of the poem. A) The coworker is trying to get a negative reaction out of the narrator by saying racist things. B) The narrator is being followed by the police in a car with a coworker. C) The narrator is imagining an interaction with her colleague from school. D) A fellow professor explains that he feels forced to hire a non-white writer when he feels there are better options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A fellow professor explains that he feels forced to hire a non-white writer when he feels there are better options. 20. The tone of this passage could BEST be described as ..... A) Tender. B) Mocking. C) Bitter. D) Critical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tender. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesGwendolyn Brooks Quiz 1Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 2Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 4Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 5Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 6Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books