1 Why did MacLeish move to Paris? To get away from growing fascist tendencies in America To pursue a career in poetry and writing To give his wife the life she wanted To learn French 2 When did MacLeish win his first Pulitzer Prize? 1952 1925 1932 1940 3 For what did MacLeish win his first Pulitzer Prize? His play about Roosevelt His poem Ars Poetica His poem Conquistador His novel about WWI 4 Was MacLeish productive in Paris? Yes, he published four books No, and that's why he left No, but he was afterwards Somewhat, he published two books 5 What was one of MacLeish's jobs right after Paris? Professor Editor Chancellor Secretary of State 6 Was MacLeish political? Yes, but only in regards to funding in the arts Yes, but only in his last decades of life Yes, he was very against fascism No, he preferred to focus on poetry 7 What magazine did MacLeish work at in the 1930s? Fortune Magazine The New York Review Life Magazine Esquire 8 Who appointed MacLeish Librarian of Congress? Herbert Hoover Andrew Carnegie Franklin D. Roosevelt e.e. cummings 9 What is one of the things MacLeish did in his position as Librarian of Congress? Reorganize the offices Write American novels Remove low quality poetry from the library Write a play about his experience 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 four two 12 What year did MacLeish begin teaching at Harvard? 1949 1948 1939 1955 13 What does the concept of the "snowflake" symbolize in the Snowflake poem? Lifelessness Strength Transience Teamwork 14 What did Clarence Birdseye invent? The Academy of American Poets The frozen food industry The salmon catching industry The Bollingen Prize 15 What famous writer does MacLeish's Snowflake poem reference? Geoffrey Chaucer William Blake William Shakespeare Edmund Spenser 16 Whose famous line does MacLeish's Snowflake poem reference? The narrator Hamlet Hamlet's father Hamlet's mother 17 What fish does MacLeish use as a metaphor in his Snowflake poem? Trout Salmon Swordfish Carp 18 What synecdoche does MacLeish use in the first stanza of the Snowflake poem? The page The pen The sword The fish 19 What is one of the main philosophical issues in the Snowflake poem? Remembrance Solitude Boredom Violence 20 What metaphysical concept does the title of the Snowflake poem give the reader a clue about? Grief Time Regret Patience 21 What does "pinkness" refer to in his Snowflake poem? Joyful spring Cold skin Blushing cheek Cooked salmon 22 What do "leap and water" represent in the Snowflake poem? Ancient memories Life in the present moment Resilience Life's solitude 23 What is a "plank" referring to in the Snowflake poem? a slab of fish the table written upon the bottom of a boat a pirate's punishment 24 What does "it" most likely mean in the Snowflake poem? A fish A snowflake A poem A memory 25 What does the word "standard" say about the speaker's fears in the Snowflake poem? Blending in and being forgotten Feeling bored by nature's beauty Eating average fish forever Worrying the world's standards will deteriorate
