Quiz: Canadian Poets and Poetry

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Happy Poetry Month! Put your knowledge of poetry and Canadian poets to the test with this fun quiz. 

Quiz: Poetry Trivia

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1. This poet was Halifax’s Poet Laureate from 2018-2020.
2. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways? was written by this poet.
3. Canadian Rupi Kaur appeared on this late night talk show.
4. The real name of this poet is Reuben Holmes.
5. William Blake wrote this iconic poem in 1794.
6. This beloved Canadian Singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist passed away in 2016.
7. Rudyard Kipling’s famous poem 'If' ends with this line.
8. This Canadian wrote the iconic poem “In Flanders Fields”.
9. Which title was not written by children’s poet Shel Silverstein?
10. This poet became the first African American woman to write and read a poem at a Presidential Inauguration in 1993.

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