WorksheetsEudora Welty Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was Eudora Welty's role at the Works Progress Administration?
Photographer
Publicity agent
Writer
Editor
What did Eudora Welty's father inspire in her?
A love of literature
A love of mechanical things
A love of teaching
A love of music
When was Eudora Welty born?
April 13, 1908
April 13, 1909
April 13, 1910
April 13, 1911
Where did Eudora Welty lecture and eventually adapt her talks into a memoir?
Yale University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Stanford University
Where is Eudora Welty buried?
Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson
Arlington National Cemetery
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
What did Eudora Welty use technology for in her stories?
To create illustrations
For symbolism
To enhance dialogue
For character development
What did Eudora Welty study at Columbia University?
Literature
Advertising
Photography
Journalism
What did Eudora Welty struggle to find in New York?
Housing
Employment
Education
Friends
What did Eudora Welty's mother believe about reading?
It should be done in the morning
It should be done at night
It could be done anytime
It should be done in silence
Which universities did Eudora Welty lecture at while abroad?
Harvard and Yale
Oxford and Cambridge
Princeton and Stanford
MIT and Caltech
What was Eudora Welty's first job after returning to Jackson in 1931?
Teacher
Radio station correspondent
Photographer
Writer
Until what year did Eudora Welty live in her family house in Jackson?
1995
2001
2010
1985
What was Eudora Welty's father's profession?
Doctor
Lawyer
Insurance executive
Engineer
What is the title of Eudora Welty's three-part memoir?
The Optimist's Daughter
One Time, One Place
One Writer's Beginnings
Where Is the Voice Coming From?
What was the title of the story Eudora Welty published in The New Yorker after Medgar Evers was assassinated?
The Optimist's Daughter
Where Is the Voice Coming From?
One Time, One Place
One Writer's Beginnings
What was Eudora Welty's job at the local radio station?
Host
Producer
Correspondent
Technician
What was the name of the group Eudora Welty formed with fellow writers and friends?
The Night-Blooming Cereus Club
The Literary Circle
The Southern Writers Guild
The Mississippi Writers Group
What quote is on Eudora Welty's headstone from The Optimist's Daughter?
For her life, any life, she had to believe, was nothing but the continuity of its love.
Life is a journey, not a destination.
To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.
What was Eudora Welty's father's cause of death?
Heart attack
Cancer
Leukemia
Stroke
Which university did Eudora Welty attend to complete her studies in English literature?
University of Mississippi
University of Wisconsin
Columbia University
Harvard University
