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Where were these writers born:
Rudyard Kipling
Olive Schreiner
Ama Ata Aidoo |
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Kipling: India
Schreiner: South Africa
Aidoo: Ghana |
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Where were these writers born?
Derek Walcott
Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
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Walcott: St. Lucia
Tennyson: Somersby, Lincolnshire (England) |
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| the "mixing" of cultures on many levels, from linguistic to geographical |
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| Theorist who introduced "hybridity" |
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| Tennyson was born in the year ______ to a father who worked as a _________. |
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What college did Tennyson go to?
While there, he joined the elite group The _______ and met his best friend, _______ _____ _________. |
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Trinity College
The Apostles ; Arthur Henry Hallam |
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| Arthur Henry Hallam's death inspired lyrics to Tennyson's poems: |
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In Memoriam
Morte d'Arthur |
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Tennyson's father dies in ____,
Hallam dies in ____.
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Tennyson becomes Poet _______ in 1850 and meets Queen Victoria
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| What is the name of Tennyson's wife? |
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What was Tennyson's first volume of poetry?
Who did he write it with? |
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Poems by Two Brothers
his brothers Frederick and Charles |
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| Which volume contains some of Tennyson's greatest works, and what are those works? |
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Poems (1832)
"The Lady of Shallot"
"Oenone"
"The Lotos-Eeaters" |
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What newspaper correspondent inspired Tennyson's poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade"?
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Which of Tennyson's poems:
1. Was about the Arthurian cycle?
2. Was about the death of his son Lionel? |
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1. Idylls of the King
2. "Crossing the Bar" |
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| "Ulysses" was inspired by this literary work |
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| In what city was Kipling born? |
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| What name did Kipling give to the Holloway family's home? |
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| Kipling's Aunt Georgiana was married to _______________, a famous ___________ painter. |
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| Edward Burne-Jones ; Pre-Raphaelite |
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| What two newspapers did Kipling work for, in order? |
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1. Civil and Military Gazette
2. Pioneer |
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Kipling reached the peak of his fame with the _____ ______ for Literature in 1907
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Kipling was known as ‘‘Bard of the ______ ________’’and the ‘‘Poet of _______’’.
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| What was Kipling's first volume of poetry? |
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| Departmental Ditties (1886) |
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| What are two of Kipling's most famous works? |
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the Jungle Book
Captain Courageous |
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| "The White Man's Burden" was written about _________ colonization in ____________ |
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| American ; The Philippines |
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Who did Kipling send "The White Man's Burden" to?
Hint: Governor of NY at the time |
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| The iambic marching meter of "The White Man's Burden" suggests _________. |
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| The major image in "The White Man's Burden" is that between |
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| Where was Olive Schreiner born? |
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Wittebergen, Basutoland
(Now Lesotho, surrounded by South Africa) |
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Schreiner's book, ______________, published under the name _____ ____, quickly won her recognition
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| The Story of an African Farm ; Ralph Iron |
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| Schreiner joined the radical ______________ Club, which focused on overturning percieved inequality of the sexes |
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| Schreiner was friends with __________, but had to end the friendship over conflicting views on imperialism |
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| Schreiner published this book as a direct attack to Rhode's imperialism |
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| Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland |
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| Schreiner wrote this book for "those who love Africa, but who love Europe also" |
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| An English South African's View of the Situation (1899) |
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Schreiner is considered the first important ________________________ novelist.
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| Schreiner's feminist examiniation of capitalism and labor |
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| "A Little African Story" seems to float between two geographical areas: |
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Eastbourne, England
Lily Kloof (South African Boer territory) |
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| Aidoo's father, ______, is a _____ tribal chief. |
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| Ghana gained independence from Britain in _______ , when Aidoo was ___ years old. |
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| Aidoo's first play, which centers on a Western-influenced African, is called what? |
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| What collection of short stories is "Certain Winds from the South" a part of? |
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| Aidoo's novel on persisting colonialism after independence is called what? |
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| Aidoo was appointed minister of education under __________, but moved to ________ in 1983. |
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| Jerry Rawlings ; Zimbabwe |
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| In what essay did Aidoo create her own definition of feminism? |
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‘‘Unwelcome Pals and Decorative Slaves’’
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| The end of "Certain Winds from the South" is a dramatic monologue, suggesting a "___________" pattern |
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"A Far Cry From Africa" suggests
___________’s poem "___________" |
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| Andrew Marvell ; The Garden |
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"A Far Cry From Africa" deals with the
______________ from 1952-1960 |
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