Canada Culture MCQs

Canadian Poets MCQs with Answer

Who wrote the poem “In Flanders Fields,” one of the most famous pieces of Canadian war poetry?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Leonard Cohen
c) Robert Service
d) John McCrae
Answer: d) John McCrae

Which Canadian poet is known for works such as “The Journals of Susanna Moodie” and “The Circle Game?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Leonard Cohen
c) Al Purdy
d) Anne Carson
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

The Beauty of the Weapons” is a collection of poems by which Canadian poet?
a) Dennis Lee
b) Margaret Atwood
c) Al Purdy
d) Leonard Cohen
Answer: c) Al Purdy

Who is known for writing poetry collections such as “The Ghost in the Machine” and “Burning in This Midnight Dream”?
a) Lorna Crozier
b) Joy Kogawa
c) E. Pauline Johnson
d) Richard Wagamese
Answer: a) Lorna Crozier

“Unsettled” is a poetry collection by which Indigenous Canadian poet?
a) Katherena Vermette
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Thomas King
d) Louise Bernice Halfe
Answer: a) Katherena Vermette

Who is known for writing “A Strange Kind of Comfort,” a poetry collection that reflects on the experience of war?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Patrick Lane
c) Al Purdy
d) Rupi Kaur
Answer: b) Patrick Lane

This Wound is a World” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Rupi Kaur
c) Billy-Ray Belcourt
d) Dionne Brand
Answer: c) Billy-Ray Belcourt

Who wrote the poem “The Hockey Sweater,” a beloved piece of Canadian literature often taught in schools?
a) Leonard Cohen
b) Dennis Lee
c) Margaret Atwood
d) Roch Carrier
Answer: d) Roch Carrier

“The Red Heart” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Robert Service
b) Al Purdy
c) Leonard Cohen
d) Margaret Atwood
Answer: b) Al Purdy

Who is known for writing “Autobiography of Red,” a novel in verse that reimagines the myth of Geryon and Herakles?
a) Anne Carson
b) Margaret Atwood
c) E. Pauline Johnson
d) Leonard Cohen
Answer: a) Anne Carson

“The Sun and Her Flowers” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Rupi Kaur
c) Al Purdy
d) Patrick Lane
Answer: b) Rupi Kaur

Who is known for writing the poem “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” a humorous and macabre narrative poem?
a) Al Purdy
b) Robert Service
c) Leonard Cohen
d) Dennis Lee
Answer: b) Robert Service

“Falling Angels” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Katherena Vermette
b) Rupi Kaur
c) Dennis Lee
d) Ali Blythe
Answer: d) Ali Blythe

Who wrote “The Edible Woman,” a novel that blends fiction with elements of poetry and feminist critique?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) E. Pauline Johnson
c) Al Purdy
d) Anne Carson
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

“Leaving Howe Island” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Patrick Lane
b) Leonard Cohen
c) Dionne Brand
d) Dennis Lee
Answer: a) Patrick Lane

Who is known for writing “Monkey Beach,” a novel that incorporates poetry and oral storytelling traditions?
a) Joy Kogawa
b) Eden Robinson
c) Margaret Atwood
d) Esi Edugyan
Answer: b) Eden Robinson

“Un/inhabited” is a poetry collection by which Indigenous Canadian poet?
a) Louise Bernice Halfe
b) Katherena Vermette
c) E. Pauline Johnson
d) Margaret Atwood
Answer: a) Louise Bernice Halfe

Who wrote “Selected Poems” which includes works like “The Circle Game” and “Surfacing”?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) E. Pauline Johnson
c) Al Purdy
d) Leonard Cohen
Answer: a) Margaret Atwood

“Bodymap” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Rupi Kaur
b) Dionne Brand
c) Katherena Vermette
d) Esi Edugyan
Answer: b) Dionne Brand

Who is known for writing “Bone Black,” a memoir that weaves together prose and poetry to explore issues of race and identity?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Lorna Crozier
c) Anne Carson
d) bell hooks
Answer: c) Anne Carson

“The Essential Anne Wilkinson” is a collection of poems by which Canadian poet?
a) Anne Carson
b) Anne Wilkinson
c) Lorna Crozier
d) E. Pauline Johnson
Answer: b) Anne Wilkinson

Who is known for writing “Medicine Walk,” a novel that incorporates elements of poetic language and storytelling?
a) E. Pauline Johnson
b) Thomas King
c) Eden Robinson
d) Richard Wagamese
Answer: d) Richard Wagamese

The Earth Is One Body” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Anne Carson
c) Al Purdy
d) Robert Bringhurst
Answer: d) Robert Bringhurst

Who wrote “The New Oxford Book of Canadian Verse,” an anthology of Canadian poetry?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Leonard Cohen
c) Margaret Avison
d) Margaret Laurence
Answer: c) Margaret Avison

The Break” is a novel by which Indigenous Canadian author, known for her powerful poetry?
a) Joy Kogawa
b) Eden Robinson
c) Katherena Vermette
d) Louise Bernice Halfe
Answer: c) Katherena Vermette

Who is known for writing “The Perfection of the Morning,” a collection of nature-inspired poems?
a) Al Purdy
b) Anne Carson
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Sharon Butala
Answer: d) Sharon Butala

“The Sentinel” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Al Purdy
c) Leonard Cohen
d) Dennis Lee
Answer: b) Al Purdy

Who wrote “You Can’t Hide You Can’t Run,” a poetry collection exploring themes of racism and social justice?
a) Dionne Brand
b) Lorna Crozier
c) Rupi Kaur
d) Esi Edugyan
Answer: a) Dionne Brand

“The Emigrant” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Anne Carson
b) E. Pauline Johnson
c) Al Purdy
d) Lorna Crozier
Answer: c) Al Purdy

Who is known for writing “The Boat People,” a novel that addresses themes of immigration and identity?
a) Madeleine Thien
b) Kim Thúy
c) Katherena Vermette
d) Joy Kogawa
Answer: b) Kim Thúy

“Reinventing the Enemy’s Language” is a collection of poems by which Indigenous Canadian poet?
a) Joy Kogawa
b) Louise Bernice Halfe
c) E. Pauline Johnson
d) Katherena Vermette
Answer: b) Louise Bernice Halfe

Who wrote “The Moccasins of Silence,” a poetry collection that draws on Indigenous cultural themes?
a) Joy Kogawa
b) E. Pauline Johnson
c) Louise Bernice Halfe
d) Katherena Vermette
Answer: c) Louise Bernice Halfe

“Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Dionne Brand
c) Rupi Kaur
d) Liz Howard
Answer: d) Liz Howard

Who is known for writing “The Marrow Thieves,” a dystopian novel with poetic and Indigenous storytelling elements?
a) Joy Kogawa
b) Cherie Dimaline
c) Katherena Vermette
d) Louise Bernice Halfe
Answer: b) Cherie Dimaline

“Hiroshima Bugi” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Roy Miki
b) Al Purdy
c) Patrick Lane
d) Dennis Lee
Answer: a) Roy Miki

Who wrote “Life Among the Qallunaat,” a collection of essays that also incorporates poetic elements?
a) Eden Robinson
b) Thomas King
c) Al Purdy
d) Mini Aodla Freeman
Answer: d) Mini Aodla Freeman

“The Names of Things” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Dionne Brand
b) Rupi Kaur
c) Lorna Crozier
d) Al Purdy
Answer: c) Lorna Crozier

Who is known for writing “Braiding Sweetgrass,” a collection of essays that combines scientific knowledge with poetic reflection?
a) Katherena Vermette
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Robin Wall Kimmerer
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: c) Robin Wall Kimmerer

“In the Land of Birdfishes” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Al Purdy
b) Anne Carson
c) Rupi Kaur
d) Rebecca Thomas
Answer: d) Rebecca Thomas

Who is known for writing “Even This Page Is White,” a poetry collection that explores themes of race and identity?
a) Katherena Vermette
b) Vivek Shraya
c) Dionne Brand
d) Joy Kogawa
Answer: b) Vivek Shraya

“The Light Changes” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Lorna Crozier
b) Dionne Brand
c) Esi Edugyan
d) Margaret Atwood
Answer: a) Lorna Crozier

Who is known for writing “The Body’s Place,” a collection of poems that explores the Indigenous experience?
a) Louise Bernice Halfe
b) Katherena Vermette
c) E. Pauline Johnson
d) Margaret Atwood
Answer: a) Louise Bernice Halfe

For the Changing Moon: Poems and Songs” is a collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Katherena Vermette
b) E. Pauline Johnson
c) Louise Bernice Halfe
d) Joy Kogawa
Answer: b) E. Pauline Johnson

Who wrote “Late Victorians,” a poetry collection that reflects on issues of aging and mortality?
a) Al Purdy
b) Lorna Crozier
c) Margaret Atwood
d) Leonard Cohen
Answer: b) Lorna Crozier

“No Language Is Neutral” is a collection of essays and poems by which Indigenous Canadian writer?
a) Joy Kogawa
b) Dionne Brand
c) Lorna Crozier
d) Dionne Quintasket
Answer: d) Dionne Quintasket

Who is known for writing “This Place: 150 Years Retold,” a graphic novel anthology that includes Indigenous perspectives and poetry?
a) Katherena Vermette
b) Joy Kogawa
c) Richard Wagamese
d) Alicia Elliott
Answer: d) Alicia Elliott

“The Uncharted” is a poetry collection by which Canadian poet?
a) Dionne Brand
b) Anne Carson
c) Al Purdy
d) Roo Borson
Answer: d) Roo Borson

Who is known for writing “The Juggler’s Children,” a memoir that weaves together personal history and poetic exploration?
a) E. Pauline Johnson
b) Carolyn Abraham
c) Dionne Brand
d) Lorna Crozier
Answer: b) Carolyn Abraham

“Not Vanishing” is a poetry collection by which Indigenous Canadian poet?
a) Louise Bernice Halfe
b) Katherena Vermette
c) Joy Kogawa
d) Eden Robinson
Answer: a) Louise Bernice Halfe

Who wrote “White Album,” a poetry collection that explores themes of memory, identity, and place?
a) Margaret Atwood
b) Dennis Lee
c) Patrick Lane
d) R. Murray Schafer
Answer: d) R. Murray Schafer

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