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Vachel Lindsay: Quiz
  
  

Question 1: On his return, Harriet Monroe published in ________ first his poem "General William Booth Enters into Heaven" in 1913 and then "The Congo" in 1914.
The New YorkerBOMB (magazine)The Paris ReviewPoetry (magazine)

Question 2: Works by Vachel Lindsay at ________
Amazon KindleGoogle BooksProject Gutenberg AustraliaProject Gutenberg

Question 3: During this time, ________ awarded him a lifetime achievement award of $500 (a substantial sum at the time).
BOMB (magazine)The New YorkerThe Paris ReviewPoetry (magazine)

Question 4: Lindsay was born in ________, where his father — Vachel Thomas Lindsay — worked as a medical doctor and had considerable financial resources.
Salisbury Township, Sangamon County, IllinoisSpringfield, IllinoisLanesville Township, Sangamon County, IllinoisSangamon County, Illinois

Question 5: In that same year, and coinciding with the ________, Lindsay published two more books of poems: The Litany of Washington Street and Every Soul A Circus.
Recession of 1937–1938Wall Street Crash of 1929Panic of 19071997 Asian Financial Crisis

Question 6: Self-printing his poems, he began to barter a pamphlet entitled "Rhymes To Be Traded For Bread", which he traded for food as a self-perceived modern version of a medieval ________.
Vida (Occitan literary form)Occitan literatureTroubadourItalian literature

Question 7: In 1915, Lindsay gave a poetry reading to President ________ and the entire Cabinet.
George B. McClellanFranklin D. RooseveltWoodrow WilsonThomas R. Marshall

Question 8: His art studies also probably led him to appreciate the new art form of ________, on which he wrote a book in 1915: "The Art of the Moving Picture", generally considered the first book of film criticism.
FilmmakingMovie theaterFilmIndependent film

Question 9: Additionally, ________ hailed Lindsay's story "The Golden-Faced People" for its insights into racism.
W. E. B. Du BoisMaafaPan-AfricanismKwanzaa

Question 10: Leaving Hiram, he thought he would become an artist, and went to Chicago to study at the ________ from 1900 to 1903.
Historic Michigan Boulevard DistrictArt Institute of ChicagoArt Institute of Chicago BuildingGrant Park (Chicago)
















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