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22 Cards in this Set
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When was Seamus Heaney born, and where did he grow up?
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1939 - Northern Ireland
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When did Seamus Heaney win the Nobel Prize, and what was it for?
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1995 - Literature
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When did Seamus Heaney write "Digging"?
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1966
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How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
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154
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Who published Shakespeare's sonnets, and when?
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Thomas Thorpe - 1609
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Who are the main characters in Shakespeare's sonnets?
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The "Fair Youth", "Dark Woman", and the "Rival Poet"
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When did Ezra Pound live, and where was he born?
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1885 - 1972: born in Idaho
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What kind of artist was Ezra Pound?
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an expatriate artist
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What were some of the factors that caused people to dislike Ezra Pound?
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he was pleaded insane and incarcerated from 1946 - 1958, and he was deemed a traitor beause of his political prejudice
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When did Archibald Macleish live?
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1892 - 1982
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When did Archibald Macleish serve as the Librarian of Congress?
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1939 - 1944
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What awards did Archibald Macleish win, and when did he win them?
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Pulitzer Prizes and an Academy Award in 1965
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What was Walt Whitman known as?
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"The Father of Free Verse"
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What was Walt Whitman's best known work, and when was it published?
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Leaves of Grass - published 1855
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At what age did Walt Whitman conclude his formal education?
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age 11
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What other occupations did Walt Whitman have?
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Journalist, Teacher, Editor, Nurse
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Walt Whitman is a _____, which means he believes in a higher power, but not a specific G-d.
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deist
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Name three things that Maya Angelou describes herself as.
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poet, writer, mother, journalist, activist, performer, dancer, actress, director, teacher
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When was Maya Angelou born, and what was her birth name?
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born as Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4th, 1928
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What time period did Maya Angelou live which much of her poetry is about?
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The Great Depression
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Which two African-American leaders from the 60's were Maya Angelou close with?
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Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Whose inauguration did Maya Angelou recite a poem at, which year did this happen, and what poem did she recite?
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at Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993: "On the Pulse of the Morning"
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