Gwendolyn Brooks

Where was Gwendolyn Brooks born?

• Topeka, Kansas

• Lincoln, Nebraska

• Jefferson City, Missouri

• Tulsa, Oklahoma

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What age did she release her first poem?

• 18

• 13

• 9

• 30

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Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American woman to win this prize...what was it named?

• Booker Prize

• Edgar Award

• Pulitzer Prize

• Nobel Prize

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What were her parents' professions

• Both Poets

• Janitor and Schoolteacher

• Lawyer and Teacher

• Both Teachers

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Brooks was inspired by works created during the Harlem Renaissance.

• True

• False

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What were Brooks' Poems mostly about

• romantic encounters

• the weather

• her favorite foods

• the lives of African Americans

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Which is NOT one of Brooks' works?

• "A Street in Bronzeville"

• "I, Too"

• "Annie Allen"

• "In The Mecca"

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Where did she Graduate College?

• Woodrow Wilson Junior College

• Stonehill College

• St. Marys College

• Kansas State University

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Brooks worked for the NAACP

• True

• False

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What year did she pass away?

• 2000

• 1980

• 1955

• 1974

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