This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Poets > Gwendolyn Brooks > Gwendolyn Brooks – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where was Gwedolyn's favorite place to sit and dream about her future? A) On a swing. B) In the bathtub. C) On the back porch. D) In a tree. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the back porch. 2. Imagery means to make a picture in your mind about what you are reading. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. 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. 4. Which word rhymes with move? A) Mother. B) Love. C) Go. D) Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Love. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. What was the name of Gwendolyn Brooks' first husband? A) Henry Lowington Blakely Jr. B) Henry Lowington Blakely Sr. C) Robert Johnson. D) John Davis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry Lowington Blakely Sr. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. What does it mean to be Obstinate? A) Stubbornly not changing one's opinion. B) Eating too much at one time. C) Easy going. D) Never giving up one's dreams. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stubbornly not changing one's opinion. 13. Gwendolyn Brooks began her writing career as young girl. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What is the conflict in this selection? A) Two sisters cannot get along with their parents. B) A family is trying to keep their home. C) A mother is too tired to manage the family home. D) Members of a family have a dispute with their neighbors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A family is trying to keep their home. 15. What does speaking in an angry way mean? A) Scolding. B) Might. C) Spread. D) Stamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scolding. 16. Why was the elephant lonely? A) Because everyone had gone home-the zoo was closed. B) He missed his mom. C) It was too noisy. D) He was hungry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because everyone had gone home-the zoo was closed. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. How old was Gwendolyn when she started writing poems? A) Twelve. B) Seven. C) Two. D) Nine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seven. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesPoets QuizzesGwendolyn Brooks Quiz 1Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 2Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 3Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 4Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 5Gwendolyn Brooks Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books