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Edward Estlin "E. E." Cummings, often written as e e cummings, is known for his unconventional orthography (capitalisation and punctuation), especially in his poems, which number nearly 3,000.
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  Test yourself! E. E. Cummings Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
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Here is a quiz on another really great American poet.
Difficult, 10 Qns, jericha, Sep 17 04
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  E. E. Cummings Quiz for Experts    
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e.e. cummings influenced a generation of writers and thinkers. Here is a quiz about his life and work.
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e e cummings Trivia Questions
1. In the line: "When the world is ________-wonderful," what word goes into the blank?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: puddle

It's in the tenth line of "in Just-". "When the world is puddle-wonderful" FYI: e. e. cummings was born in 1894. Cummings was an extremely eccentric poet who wrote using a very unconventional style.

2. What is E.E. Cummings' full name?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: Edward Estlin Cummings

E.E. Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Edward and Rebecca Haswell Clarke Cummings.

3. What color is the stallion in "Buffalo Bill's defunct"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: silver

In the fourth line: "ride a watersmooth-silver" FYI: cummings had only one formal job at a mail-order firm where he worked for three months.

4. Who is the dead writer that the ladies still believe in "the Cambridge ladies who lived in furnished souls"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: Longfellow

In the fifth line: "they believe in Christ and Longfellow, both dead." FYI: cummings attended Harvard and after graduation travelled to France.

5. What talent (other than poetry) did Cummings receive some acclaim for?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: painting

His Cubist paintings were exhibited and received much attention.

6. After the chicken farm, what kind of farm did Uncle Sol have in the poem "nobody loses all the time"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: skunk

In the poem "nobody loses all the time" the answer is in the 21st line: "had a skunk farm but" FYI: But after arriving in France cummings was imprisoned in a concentration camp.

7. One of his poems is featured in the Woody Allen film "Hannah and Her Sisters." The first line of the poem is:

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: Somewhere I have never travelled gladly beyond

In the movie, Michael Caine has fallen in love with his wife's sister and begins to woo her with Cummings. She weeps because the poem is so beautiful.

8. In "next to of course god america i" what animal is mentioned?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: lion

In the eleventh line: "who rushed like lions to the roaring slaughter" FYI: After WWI cummings studied painting and 1920's travelled to Paris.

9. E.E. Cummings' astrological sign was:

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: Libra

He was born October 14, 1894. For astrology buffs: Being a talented writer, poet and painter, he fits the Libran profile.

10. What is the sister's name in "my sweet old etcetera"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: isabel

In the seventh and eighth line: "my sister/isabel created hundreds" FYI:In 1924 he returned to America and a year later published "XLI Poems".

11. What will Olaf not kiss in "i sing of Olaf glad and big"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: the flag

In the last line of the second stanza. Which I will let you look up because of the language. FYI: e. e. cummings is known for using unusual typography, odd spelling, and different punctuation rules. And, he didn't always just write in lower case.

12. On September 3, 1925, in a letter to his mother, he wrote:

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: I am a small eye poet.

E.E. Cummings used the lower case to indicate the poet, and the upper case to indicate himself.

13. What season does Cummings mention in "somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: spring

In the third line of the second stanza: "you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens" FYI: He liked all things natural and condemned science and technology.

14. What animal is talked about in "r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: grasshopper

In the very last line: ",grasshopper;" FYI: also if you rearrange the letter of the title you get grasshopper. This is such a strange poem but very interestingly written. Another poem that is like this one is "l(a". Which is also a very good poem about the loneliness of one leaf falling.

15. According to one of his poems, "a hero equals any jerk who is afraid to dare to answer..."

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: "no"

This poem was a tribute to dissenters everywhere. A good anti-war poem.

16. What kind of owl is mentioned in "when serpents bargain for the right to squirm"?

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: screech-owl

In the second line of the second stanza: "if all screech-owls have not okayed his voice" FYI: But above all he loved poetry and once while at a poetry reading he shouted, "Well, write poetry, for God's sake; it's the only thing that matters." e. e. cummings died in 1962.

17. In one of his poems he ends with "And if I sing you are my..."

From Quiz E. E. Cummings

Answer: voice

"hate blows a bubble of despair into" is the first line. E.E. Cummings has some very famous last lines.

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