"Slam: Performance Poetry Lives On/Euphoria"

According to Katy Murphy, students at San Leandro HS went to "Friday Night of the Arts" to listen to the works of all of the following except:

• Bob Dylan

• Dylan Thomas

• Marianne Martin

• Langston Hughes

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How many people showed to the first "Friday Night of the Arts" organized by Jesse Ibarra?

• 20

• 50

• 0

• 15

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What is not a way Pooja Makhijani defines poetry?

• Poetry has to have twelve lines on page

• Poetry is not something anyone can understand

• Poetry is moving and breathing

• Poetry is a constant state of transformation

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According to Makhijani, being at the Urban Word Annual Teen Poetry Slam in New York City feels like:

• being in a college English class

• being in a night club

• being at a rock concert

• being at a sporting event

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What word does journalist Shilanda L. Woolridge use to define "Slam?"

• lyrical

• bout

• transcending

• expression

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What are the origins of "Slam?"

• hip-hop and dance

• story-telling and narration

• speaking and writing

• poetry and story-telling

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William Shakespeare is considered the most famous poet of all time because he:

• invented "Slam"

• wrote the epic poems The Illiad and The Odyssey

• authored 37 plays and 154 sonnets

• won many poetry recital competitions

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Who was responsible for bringing poetry directly to the people in the 1950s and 1960s using the ancient ways of the traveling storyteller?

• the Beatles

• the Beat poets

• the Beastie Boys

• Jay-Z and Russel Simmons

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In his first public performance, Allen Gingsberg performed his most well-known poem titled:

• "Live and Experience"

• "Euphoria for the Ages"

• "Wolf"

• "Howl"

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Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac are poets who were influenced heavily by:

• Shakespeare

• Hip-hop and rap

• Jazz

• the Civil Rights movement

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