Exploring Joy Harjo's Life and Work

What is Joy Harjo's birth name?

• Joy Monahwee

• Joy Foster

• Joy Creek

• Joy Jackson

In which city was Joy Harjo born?

• Oklahoma City

• Tulsa

• Albuquerque

• Des Moines

Joy Harjo is a member of which Native American Nation?

• Cherokee Nation

• Navajo Nation

• Muscogee Creek Nation

• Sioux Nation

Who was Joy Harjo's great-great-grandfather?

• Sitting Bull

• Monahwee

• Geronimo

• Crazy Horse

What war did Monahwee fight in?

• Civil War

• Red Stick War

• World War I

• French and Indian War

What is Joy Harjo's mother's ethnic background?

• Cherokee, Irish, and French

• Muscogee, Irish, and French

• Cherokee, German, and French

• Muscogee, German, and French

Where did Joy Harjo earn her Bachelor of Arts degree?

• University of Oklahoma

• University of New Mexico

• University of Iowa

• Brown University

From which institution did Joy Harjo receive her MFA?

• University of New Mexico

• Yale University

• Iowa Writers’ Workshop

• Brown University

In what year did Joy Harjo publish her first volume of poetry?

• 1970

• 1975

• 1980

• 1985

How many books of poetry has Joy Harjo authored?

• 5

• 8

• 10

• 12