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What Do You KNow About Dr. Seuss?
- 1. What Do YouKnow about Dr. Seuss? BY CAYLA ARMATTI NPHS HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY, 2015
- 2. How Many Booksfor children did Dr. Seuss write? A. 22 B. 33 C. 44 D. 55
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- 4. What is Dr.Seuss’s Real Name? A. Theodore Seuss B. John Siselle C.Theodor Geisel D.Gerald Sousser
- 6. Dr. Seuss alwayswanted to be a children’s book author. A. True B. False
- 7. He first drew advertisementsand political cartoons for various magazines.
- 8. Which Seuss bookwas written with only 220 words? A. Cat in the Hat B. One Fish, Two Fish C. Oh the Places You’ll Go D.The Lorax
- 9. This book waswritten with a total vocabulary of around 220 words.
- 10. Which Seuss Bookhad political undertones? A. The Lorax B. The Sneetches C. Yertle the Turtle D.All of the above
- 11. All three books, and others, contained political messages.
- 12. Dr. Seuss createdmany imaginative words for his rhyming books. Which of his word- creations below is frequently used today? A. jerk B. snafu C. nerd D. snork
- 14. Dr. Seuss lovedchildren and had 5 of his own. A. True B. False
- 15. His second wifeAudrey famously told the Associated Press during a 2004 interview that her late husband didn’t think much of children, even though he wrote for them. She said he was always thinking, “What might they do next? What might they ask next?”
- 16. Before writing children’sbooks, Dr. Seuss was known for which of the following? A. Political cartoons B. War documentaries C. Army training videos D. All of the above
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- 18. Where did Theodorfind inspiration for his animal drawings as a child? A. He copied Walt Disney. B. He used his school friends for models. C. His family had many pets. D. At the zoo where his dad worked.
- 19. His dad workedin a zoo.
- 20. The last children’sbook Giesel published before his death was: A. The Butter Battle Book B. Go, Dog, Go C. Oh The Places You’ll Go D. The Cat in the Hat
- 21. Oh The PlacesYou’ll Go was published in 1990, and Dr. Seuss died in 1991 at age 87.
- 22. For more aboutDr. Seuss… Check out books in your local library, OR see these websites: http://www.biography.com/people/dr-seuss- 9479638 http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm