Post on 11-Dec-2015
JeopardyName that
poetFinish that
quoteWho wrote
that
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Final Jeopardy
True or False
Name that Poet$100
Q:He is known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties. He wrote novels, short stories and plays, as well as poetry, and is also known for his engagement with the world of jazz and the influence it had on his writing, as in "Montage of a Dream Deferred."
Name that Poet$100
A: Langston Hughes
Name that Poet$200
Q:an American poet, essayist and journalist whose work served as a transition between transcendentalism and realism. Known for his bold writings, Whitman produced several controversial works such as Leaves of Grass.
Name that Poet$200
A:Walt Whitman
Name that Poet$300
Q:was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. Very little is known about his life, but by 1592 he was in London working as an actor and a dramatist.
Name that Poet$300
A: Shakespeare
Finish that quote$100
Q:Is there no way out of the ___?Sylvia Plath
Finish that quote $100
A:Mind
Finish that quote$200
Q:I became ___, with long intervals of horrible sanity.Edgar Allan Poe
Finish that quote$200
A:insane
Finish that quote$300
Q: The most wasted of all days is one without ___.e. e. cummings
Finish that quote$300
A:Laughter
Who wrote that$100
Q: In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Who wrote that$100
A:Robert Frost
Who wrote that$200
Q: Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.
Who wrote that$200
A: Emily Dickinson
Who wrote that$300
Q: I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
Who wrote that$300
A: T.S Eliot
True or False$100
Q:Only fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during Emily Dickinson’s lifetime.
True or False$100
Q: True
True or False$200
Q:Edgar Allen Poe joined Alcoholics anonymous
True or False$200
A: True
True or False$300
Q:Slyvia Plath was born in Augusta, Maine
True or False$300
A: False
Final Jeopardy
This author wrote, “If one man kills another, it murder, but if a hundred thousand men kill another hundred thousand, it is considered an act of glory!?”
Final Jeopardy Answer
Who is Tolstoy?(The book is Kingdom of God)