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Eudora Welty Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Eudora Welty's role at the Works Progress Administration?

a)

Photographer

b)

Publicity agent

c)

Writer

d)

Editor

2.

What did Eudora Welty's father inspire in her?

a)

A love of literature

b)

A love of mechanical things

c)

A love of teaching

d)

A love of music

3.

When was Eudora Welty born?

a)

April 13, 1908

b)

April 13, 1909

c)

April 13, 1910

d)

April 13, 1911

4.

Where did Eudora Welty lecture and eventually adapt her talks into a memoir?

a)

Yale University

b)

Harvard University

c)

Princeton University

d)

Stanford University

5.

Where is Eudora Welty buried?

a)

Greenwood Cemetery in Jackson

b)

Arlington National Cemetery

c)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

d)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

6.

What did Eudora Welty use technology for in her stories?

a)

To create illustrations

b)

For symbolism

c)

To enhance dialogue

d)

For character development

7.

What did Eudora Welty study at Columbia University?

a)

Literature

b)

Advertising

c)

Photography

d)

Journalism

8.

What did Eudora Welty struggle to find in New York?

a)

Housing

b)

Employment

c)

Education

d)

Friends

9.

What did Eudora Welty's mother believe about reading?

a)

It should be done in the morning

b)

It should be done at night

c)

It could be done anytime

d)

It should be done in silence

10.

Which universities did Eudora Welty lecture at while abroad?

a)

Harvard and Yale

b)

Oxford and Cambridge

c)

Princeton and Stanford

d)

MIT and Caltech

11.

What was Eudora Welty's first job after returning to Jackson in 1931?

a)

Teacher

b)

Radio station correspondent

c)

Photographer

d)

Writer

12.

Until what year did Eudora Welty live in her family house in Jackson?

a)

1995

b)

2001

c)

2010

d)

1985

13.

What was Eudora Welty's father's profession?

a)

Doctor

b)

Lawyer

c)

Insurance executive

d)

Engineer

14.

What is the title of Eudora Welty's three-part memoir?

a)

The Optimist's Daughter

b)

One Time, One Place

c)

One Writer's Beginnings

d)

Where Is the Voice Coming From?

15.

What was the title of the story Eudora Welty published in The New Yorker after Medgar Evers was assassinated?

a)

The Optimist's Daughter

b)

Where Is the Voice Coming From?

c)

One Time, One Place

d)

One Writer's Beginnings

16.

What was Eudora Welty's job at the local radio station?

a)

Host

b)

Producer

c)

Correspondent

d)

Technician

17.

What was the name of the group Eudora Welty formed with fellow writers and friends?

a)

The Night-Blooming Cereus Club

b)

The Literary Circle

c)

The Southern Writers Guild

d)

The Mississippi Writers Group

18.

What quote is on Eudora Welty's headstone from The Optimist's Daughter?

a)

For her life, any life, she had to believe, was nothing but the continuity of its love.

b)

Life is a journey, not a destination.

c)

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

d)

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.

19.

What was Eudora Welty's father's cause of death?

a)

Heart attack

b)

Cancer

c)

Leukemia

d)

Stroke

20.

Which university did Eudora Welty attend to complete her studies in English literature?

a)

University of Mississippi

b)

University of Wisconsin

c)

Columbia University

d)

Harvard University