Maya Angelou Trivia

What was Maya Angelou?

• She was a chemist

• She was a doctor

• She was a poet, an actress, a singer, and a civil rights activist

• She was a housewife

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How many honorary degrees did Maya Angelou win?

• 50

• 30

• 25

• 40

Maya Angelou delivered a poem of inauguration to which of the following presidents?

• Barack Obama

• Bill Clinton

• John F Kennedy

• George Bush

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What was her most famous work?

• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

• Woman Work

• And Still I Rise

• Mother: A Cradle to Hold Me

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How many Grammy awards did she win?

• 6

• 2

• 1

• 3

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Maya Angelou won the Presidential Medal of Freedom

• true

• false

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Maya Angelou helped the civil rights activists ______ and ______

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She was NOT the first black woman to write a screenplay for a major film release.

• true

• false

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She won a National Medal of Arts

• True

• False

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When was she born?

• April 4, 1928

• December 3, 1888

• June 2, 2019

• June 25,1928

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