Quiz  /  Poetry Puzzle: Fact or Fiction?

  • 1. 
    Homer, the ancient Greek poet, wrote about events he personally witnessed.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 2. 
    Kalidasa, the poet, was probably a laborer.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 3. 
    A famous Japanese poet took his name from the banana tree.

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  • Fiction

  • 4. 
    Geoffrey Chaucer is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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  • 5. 
    The first published African American poet was also a woman.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 6. 
    The poet Emily Dickinson was widely published during her lifetime.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 7. 
    The author of The Canterbury Tales is William Shakespeare.

  • Fact
  • Fiction

  • 8. 
    Robert Burns wrote most of his poems in dialect.

  • Fact
  • Fiction
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