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The Snowflake Which Is Now and Hence Forever Quiz

1 Why did MacLeish move to Paris?
To give his wife the life she wanted

To learn French

To pursue a career in poetry and writing

To get away from growing fascist tendencies in America
2 When did MacLeish win his first Pulitzer Prize?
1925

1940

1952

1932
3 For what did MacLeish win his first Pulitzer Prize?
His play about Roosevelt

His poem Conquistador

His poem Ars Poetica

His novel about WWI
4 Was MacLeish productive in Paris?
No, and that's why he left

Somewhat, he published two books

No, but he was afterwards

Yes, he published four books
5 What was one of MacLeish's jobs right after Paris?
Editor

Chancellor

Secretary of State

Professor
6 Was MacLeish political?
Yes, but only in regards to funding in the arts

No, he preferred to focus on poetry

Yes, he was very against fascism

Yes, but only in his last decades of life
7 What magazine did MacLeish work at in the 1930s?
Esquire

Life Magazine

The New York Review

Fortune Magazine
8 Who appointed MacLeish Librarian of Congress?
Franklin D. Roosevelt

e.e. cummings

Herbert Hoover

Andrew Carnegie
9 What is one of the things MacLeish did in his position as Librarian of Congress?
Reorganize the offices

Write American novels

Write a play about his experience

Remove low quality poetry from the library
10 Which statement is false?
MacLeish didn't believe in having children

MacLeish was an expatriate

MacLeish was a patriot

MacLeish struggled with the human condition
11 How many children did MacLeish have?
three

none

two

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

1939

1948

1949
13 What does the concept of the "snowflake" symbolize in the Snowflake poem?
Lifelessness

Teamwork

Strength

Transience
14 What did Clarence Birdseye invent?
The salmon catching industry

The frozen food industry

The Bollingen Prize

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

Geoffrey Chaucer

Edmund Spenser

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

Hamlet

Hamlet's mother

The narrator
17 What fish does MacLeish use as a metaphor in his Snowflake poem?
Swordfish

Trout

Salmon

Carp
18 What synecdoche does MacLeish use in the first stanza of the Snowflake poem?
The sword

The pen

The page

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

Solitude

Remembrance

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

Grief

Time

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

Cold skin

Cooked salmon

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

Ancient memories

Life in the present moment

Life's solitude
23 What is a "plank" referring to in the Snowflake poem?
the table written upon

the bottom of a boat

a slab of fish

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

A poem

A snowflake

A fish
25 What does the word "standard" say about the speaker's fears in the Snowflake poem?
Feeling bored by nature's beauty

Blending in and being forgotten

Eating average fish forever

Worrying the world's standards will deteriorate

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