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Famous Poet Trivia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the somewhat creepy author and poet who wrote "The Raven?"

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Lewis Carroll

2.

Who is famous for writing plays and special poems called "sonnets," like the one that begins "Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?"

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Lewis Carroll

3.

This author wrote a poem called "Jabberwocky" right in the middle of his novel, Through the Looking Glass, a sequel to Alice in Wonderland

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Lewis Carroll

4.

This poet didn't get out much, but she wrote great poems like "Hope is the Thing with Feathers."

a)

Emily Dickinson

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Edgar Allan Poe

d)

Lewis Carroll

5.

This poet was a part of the Harlem Renaissance (In NYC), but he actually came from the Midwest. He also wrote short stories, and his poems include "Mother to Son"

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Paul Laurence Dunbar

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Langston Hughes

6.

This poet, from New England, wrote about apple picking, stopping by the woods on a snowy day, and choosing between two paths in the woods. Very popular among hikers!

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Paul Laurence Dunbar

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Langston Hughes

7.

This poet wrote a poem called "We Wear the Mask," about not being able to express himself because of the way others perceived his race.

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Paul Laurence Dunbar

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Langston Hughes

8.

This poet recited "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of a US President!

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Paul Laurence Dunbar

c)

Maya Angelou

d)

Langston Hughes

9.

This very short type of poetry uses 5 syllables in the first line, then 7 in the next, and 5 in the third and last line.

a)

Haiku

b)

Sonnet

c)

Solliloquy

d)

Ode

10.

This type of poetry is about performance, not reading from a page of paper

a)

Blackout Poetry

b)

Concrete Poetry

c)

Spoken Word Poetry

d)

Silent Poetry