Dr. Seuss Quotes Quiz | Kid Lit Authors L - Z

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1. Fill in the blank in the following quote from "Happy Birthday to You!" "Today you are you! That is truer than ___! There is no one alive that is you-er than you!"

Answer: True

The book "Happy Birthday to You!" was published in 1959. This book describes a birthday party in the land of Katroo. This magical birthday is presided over by the birthday bird.

2. Fill in the blank in the following Dr Seuss quote from the book "Oh, The Places You'll Go! "Oh, the places you'll go! There is ___ to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won."

Answer: Fun

The book "Oh, The Places You'll Go!" was Dr. Seuss' final book. There are over three hundred thousand copies sold every year, because many people give a copy to high school, as well as college, graduates. I find this book quite interesting because it is told in the second person (you) and is celebrating the reader and all the choices he/she has. So, this quote is said to the reader in the book. And yes, you, the person, are in the book.

3. Complete the following quote from the story "Green Eggs and Ham". "Try them, try them and you may! Try them and you may, I __!

Answer: Say

The story "Green Eggs and Ham" was written as a dare. Dr. Seuss' publisher challenged him to write a story with fifty words or fewer. "Green Eggs and Ham" has exactly fifty different words. This is a story focused around pickiness with food, and trying new stuff.

4. Fill in the blank space in the following quote from the book "The Lorax". "____ someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Answer: Unless

The book "The Lorax" is about a young boy in a world without trees who goes to the Once-ler to get a tree. This story shows in a dramatic way what could happen if we are not environmentally aware of our actions.

5. Fill in the blank spaces in the story "Horton Hears a Who". "A person's a ____ no matter how ____."

Answer: Person, small

This story has also been turned into a movie. There are many different thoughts on what the morals are in this story, but here is one: Horton, the elephant is very persistent (when the everyone thinks he is crazy, he continues his mission to bring the Whos on the flower to a safe spot). So, one moral could be "don't back down when you believe that what you are doing is right".

6. Fill in the blank in the following Dr Seuss quote from the book "Oh The Places You'll Go!". "Step with care and great ___, and remember that life is a balancing act."

Answer: Tact

As I said, this quote is from the book "Oh The Places You'll Go!" Once again, there can be many interpretations of this quote.

What I understand from this is that no matter your age, or your past experiences, you will always encounter hardships and difficulties. So, like a "balancing act" you will still have the chance of falling, no matter your experience, so you will need to be careful and "step with great care and great tact". Just like in life, sometimes all you can do is take the smallest of steps, but with every one you take eventually you will make a great difference in your distance traveled. :)

7. Complete the following quote from "The Cat in the Hat". "'He should not be here. said the ___ in the ___. 'He should not be here when your mother is not'."

Answer: Fish, pot

Did you know that the reason Dr. Seuss wrote the book "The Cat in the Hat" was because of child illiteracy? He created this book using two hundred and fifty "easy reader" words.

8. Fill in the blank spaces in the quote from the book "Horton Hatches the Egg". "I ____ what I _____ and I ___ what I _____."

Answer: Meant, said, said, meant

This book tells the story of Horton, an elephant, who is tricked into sitting on a bird's egg. Horton goes through a bunch of trials and often says this quote. This book was published in 1940.

9. Fill in the blank spaces in the quote from the book "And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street!" "I swung 'round the corner. And dashed through the gate. I ran up the ___. And felt simply ____!"

Answer: Steps, GREAT

This was Dr. Seuss' first book. Did you know that the book was rejected twenty seven times before it was accepted? That makes you think how many books were never published because after being rejected a couple times the author gave up.

10. Fill in the blank spaces from the book "Oh The Places You'll Go!". "You have brains in your ____. You have feet in your ____. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go.?

Answer: Head, shoes

This quote, as mentioned in the question, is from the book "Oh The Places You'll Go!". This book is about taking your life into your own hands, deciding where you want to go, and going there! It is also about making choices, because in life there will be many of them.

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Dr. Seuss Quotes Trivia Quiz

You must fill in the blank spaces in some of Dr. Seuss' quotes.

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