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Carl Sandburg
By Meredith Secko
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Carl Sandburg's Life
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Question 1
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In what state was Carl Sandburg born?
Question 2
2.
In what month was Sandburg born?
Question 3
3.
What was Carl Sandburg's mother's name?
Question 4
4.
How many siblings did Sandburg have?
Question 5
5.
What did Carl Sandburg’s mom do for a living
Question 6
6.
Slide 2:
Other than a bricklayer, what other profession did Sandburg have before he was legally an adult?
Question 7
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Slide 2: What was the most influential part of Sandburg’s life? (The part that played a large role in his poetry.)
Question 8
8.
Slide 2: What was Sandburg’s wife’s first name?
Question 9
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Slide 2: What year did Sandburg die?
Question 10
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Slide 2: In what state did Sandburg live right before he died?
Question 11
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Slide 3: What college did Sandburg attend?
Question 12
12.
Slide 3: In which club did Sandburg participate?
Question 13
13.
Slide 3: What was the name of Sandburg’s first volume of poetry?
Question 14
14.
Slide 4: Other than Knox College, what other university acknowledged Sandburg after he died?
Question 15
15.
Slide 4: For writing “Abraham Lincoln: The War Years,” Sandburg earned what award ?
Question 16
16.
Slide 4: Sandburg received a second Pulitzer Prize for “Complete Poems” in THIS year:
Question 17
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Slide 5: Sandburg enjoyed writing in this city because it was so competitive.
Question 18
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Slide 5: Sandburg is best remembered for
this
type of poetry?
Question 19
19.
Bonus: Explain/define free verse poetry.
Question 20
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Bonus: What made Sandburg and his father drift apart?
Question 21
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Bonus: Name some of Sandburg's poems - use correct titles.