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The Snowflake Which Is Now and Hence Forever Quiz

1 Why did MacLeish move to Paris?
To get away from growing fascist tendencies in America

To learn French

To give his wife the life she wanted

To pursue a career in poetry and writing
2 When did MacLeish win his first Pulitzer Prize?
1932

1952

1925

1940
3 For what did MacLeish win his first Pulitzer Prize?
His novel about WWI

His poem Conquistador

His play about Roosevelt

His poem Ars Poetica
4 Was MacLeish productive in Paris?
No, and that's why he left

Yes, he published four books

Somewhat, he published two books

No, but he was afterwards
5 What was one of MacLeish's jobs right after Paris?
Professor

Secretary of State

Editor

Chancellor
6 Was MacLeish political?
Yes, but only in his last decades of life

No, he preferred to focus on poetry

Yes, but only in regards to funding in the arts

Yes, he was very against fascism
7 What magazine did MacLeish work at in the 1930s?
Fortune Magazine

The New York Review

Esquire

Life Magazine
8 Who appointed MacLeish Librarian of Congress?
Andrew Carnegie

Herbert Hoover

e.e. cummings

Franklin D. Roosevelt
9 What is one of the things MacLeish did in his position as Librarian of Congress?
Remove low quality poetry from the library

Write American novels

Reorganize the offices

Write a play about his experience
10 Which statement is false?
MacLeish didn't believe in having children

MacLeish was an expatriate

MacLeish struggled with the human condition

MacLeish was a patriot
11 How many children did MacLeish have?
none

two

three

four
12 What year did MacLeish begin teaching at Harvard?
1955

1948

1949

1939
13 What does the concept of the "snowflake" symbolize in the Snowflake poem?
Transience

Strength

Teamwork

Lifelessness
14 What did Clarence Birdseye invent?
The Bollingen Prize

The salmon catching industry

The frozen food industry

The Academy of American Poets
15 What famous writer does MacLeish's Snowflake poem reference?
Geoffrey Chaucer

William Shakespeare

Edmund Spenser

William Blake
16 Whose famous line does MacLeish's Snowflake poem reference?
Hamlet's mother

Hamlet's father

The narrator

Hamlet
17 What fish does MacLeish use as a metaphor in his Snowflake poem?
Trout

Carp

Salmon

Swordfish
18 What synecdoche does MacLeish use in the first stanza of the Snowflake poem?
The page

The sword

The pen

The fish
19 What is one of the main philosophical issues in the Snowflake poem?
Violence

Boredom

Solitude

Remembrance
20 What metaphysical concept does the title of the Snowflake poem give the reader a clue about?
Grief

Regret

Patience

Time
21 What does "pinkness" refer to in his Snowflake poem?
Joyful spring

Cooked salmon

Cold skin

Blushing cheek
22 What do "leap and water" represent in the Snowflake poem?
Ancient memories

Life's solitude

Resilience

Life in the present moment
23 What is a "plank" referring to in the Snowflake poem?
a slab of fish

the bottom of a boat

the table written upon

a pirate's punishment
24 What does "it" most likely mean in the Snowflake poem?
A fish

A memory

A snowflake

A poem
25 What does the word "standard" say about the speaker's fears in the Snowflake poem?
Blending in and being forgotten

Eating average fish forever

Feeling bored by nature's beauty

Worrying the world's standards will deteriorate

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