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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

L. Ferlinghetti was born in...

a)

Yonkers, NY.

b)

Brooklyn, NY.

c)

Manhattan, NY.

d)

New Jersey.

2.

He was sent to (a)   to live with a female relative.

3.

He was sent away because his father died and his mother was precluded at a (a)   asylum.

4.

He served the US _____ during the Second World War.

a)

Army

b)

Navy

c)

Marines

5.

Ferlinghetti has a doctorate from the ________.

a)

North Carolina University

b)

Columbia University

c)

Sorbonne

6.

When he moved to San Francisco, he decided to open a (a)   .

7.

The name of his bookshop is:

a)

City Lights

b)

Lights of the City

c)

Charles Chaplin

8.

Ferlinghettis´bookshop was the place where the _______ group was born.

a)

Brit

b)

Beat

c)

Bate

9.

In 1998, he was elected...

a)

Governor poet

b)

Beat poet

c)

Laureate poet

10.

A Laureate poet is the one who...

a)

Is elected by the Queen of England.

b)

Is elected as President of the Association of poets.

c)

Is elected as the official poet of a particular government.