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Test yourself! Take this E. E. Cummings Quiz | Authors

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A multiple-choice quiz by jericha. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
jericha

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
124,498

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Difficult

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Question 1 of 10

1. In the line: "When the world is ________-wonderful," what word goes into the blank?

Answer: (One Word Six Letters)

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Question 2 of 10

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

black

silver

white

red

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Question 3 of 10

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

Wordsworth

Longfellow

Coleridge

Shelley

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Question 4 of 10

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

ant

worm

skunk

pig

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Question 5 of 10

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

tiger

gorilla

camel

lion

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Question 6 of 10

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

isabel

emily

lucy

natalie

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Question 7 of 10

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

toiletbowl

the flag

bayonets

officers

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Question 8 of 10

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

summer

winter

spring

fall

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Question 9 of 10

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

beetle

ant

grasshopper

butterfly

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Question 10 of 10

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

eagle-owl

snowy-owl

screech-owl

barn-owl

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the line: "When the world is ________-wonderful," what word goes into the blank?

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

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.

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

Answer: Longfellow

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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".

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Source: Author jericha

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