Mulberry Street: The Seuss is Loose Quiz

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1. "And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street" was Dr. Seuss' first published book in 1937.

Answer: True

Marco, the main character in the story, imagines all sorts of animals, people, and interesting events as he walks along the street.

Dr. Seuss was the pen name of a man named Theodore Geisel, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts.

2. Which book by Dr. Seuss was subtitled, "The Simplest Seuss for Youngest Use"?

Answer: Hop on Pop

"Hop on Pop" was written by Dr. Seuss as an aid to pronunciation and spelling using phonics in a very basic format. Published in 1963, the book became popular with both students and teachers alike.

3. The very first library book that I ever read was "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories". In this 1958 story by Dr. Seuss, Yertle was the king of the pond. He became insistent that the rock upon which he perched was not tall enough for him to see all of his kingdom, so he enlisted the aid of his fellow turtles to crawl underneath him one by one, thus enabling him to go higher and higher. Which character repeatedly begged him to get the growing pile of other turtles off his back?

Answer: Mack

Mack, whose discomfort grew and grew as the heap of turtles began crushing him with their weight repeatedly pleaded with Yertle to call off the pile-up, but Yertle merely demanded that he be quiet. Finally, in desperation, Mack burped, and caused Yertle to be thrown into the mud as the stack of turtles collapsed.

4. "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss was concerned with teaching methods, specifically the learning of mathematics.

Answer: False

"The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss was published in 1971 and was concerned with environmental issues. The character of the Lorax spoke for the Truffula trees while the "Once-ler" busily exploited the environment for industrial gain.

5. The 1954 children's story "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss was the first to feature the character of Horton the elephant.

Answer: False

Horton had actually appeared in an earlier work by Dr. Seuss; "Horton Hatches the Egg". That story had been published in 1940.

6. "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" was published in December 1957 in both the women's magazine "Redbook" and as a book by Random House. Who was the prototype for the character of the Grinch?

Answer: Dr. Seuss

According to an article in "Redbook" at the time the story ran, Dr. Seuss stated that, "I was brushing my teeth on the morning of the 26th of last December when I noticed a very Grinch-ish countenance in the mirror. It was Seuss! So I wrote about my sour friend, the Grinch, to see if I could rediscover something about Christmas that obviously I'd lost."

7. How many different words are included in the Dr. Seuss classic, "Green Eggs and Ham"?

Answer: 50

Only 50 words comprised the entire storyline of "Green Eggs and Ham". A friendly wager between Dr. Seuss and his publisher resulted in the story being limited to that number of words, since a previous book by Dr. Seuss, "The Cat in the Hat" had contained 225 words. Dr. Seuss' publisher, Bennett Cerf, had felt that it would be impossible to create a story using less words than "The Cat in the Hat" had contained.

8. One group of "The Sneetches" had a special marking on them, distinguishing them from other Sneetches. What type of marking was this, that caused this group to imagine themselves elite?

Answer: green stars on their bellies

This story was published along with three others in 1961 as "The Sneetches and Other Stories".

The star-bellied Sneetches thought themselves superior to their non-starred counterparts. After a wheeler-dealer named Sylvester McMonkey McBean offers to provide stars for those without for a price of three dollars, the previously starred Sneetches had theirs removed at a cost of ten dollars. After this lucrative venture, with the the Sneetches running back and forth between machines, they finally realized the folly of their prejudices, and McBean departed as a wealthy man at their collective expense.

9. "One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish" was a story written by Dr. Seuss that was published in 1960. The storyline featured a young boy and girl who explored the underwater world of fish and had no other animals in the story at all.

Answer: False

A wide variety of fish, animals and fanciful creatures were examined in rhyming fashion in this tale by Dr. Seuss.

10. What was the title of Dr. Seuss' last book to be published?

Answer: Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Published in 1990, just a year prior to his death, Dr. Seuss' book "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" is probably best known for the question-and-answer line of -"Will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed. (983⁄4% guaranteed.)"

This book has become an iconic classic for graduating students, whether they are graduating from grade school, high school or even college.

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Mulberry Street: The Seuss is Loose Quiz

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