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What was the real name of the author that we know as Dr. Seuss?
Theodor Geisel
Bernard Franklin
Klaus Braun
Henry Yelchev
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One of the first jobs that Seuss worked in the realm of illustrations was as a political cartoonist for which of the following newspapers near the World War Two Era?
The Saturday Evening Post
The Seventh
The New Yorker
PM
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Which of the following of Seuss's works is technically his first children's book?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Cat in the Hat
And to Think I Saw It on Mullberry Street
Horton Hears a Who
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In the year 1947, one of Seuss's early works (a documentary) actually won an Academy Award. What was the name of this award-winning documentary?
Design for Death
The Falling of the Rising Sun
The Men who Returned Home
The Lost Brigade
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During the Second World War, Dr. Seuss worked for which branch of the United States Military as an illustrator of wartime propaganda?
The Army
The Navy
The Air Force
The Marines
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One of the most famous of Dr. Seuss's beloved characters, Sam I Am, was featured in which of the following of Seuss's books?
The Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
Horton Hears a Who
If I Ran the Zoo
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Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2nd has since become what national holiday in memory of the man's achievements?
National Green Eggs and Ham Day
National Creativity Day
National Writers' Day
National Read Across America Day
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One of the lesser-known works by Dr. Seuss was a certain newspaper comic strip that he temporarily wrote. What was the name of this comic strip?
The Cornbrush Express
Maxwell Stritch
Heiji
Brustle Bush
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Dr. Seuss tried to write The Cat in the Hat in order to alleviate the low literacy rates of his day that he read about from a study by what magazine?
People Magazine
Life Magazine
Forbes Magazine
Education Today
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Dr. Seuss was awarded a special Pulitzer Prize to commemorate his efforts. In what year did he receive this honor?
1984
1987
1976
1992
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What college's medical school renamed itself to Geisel Medical School in honor of the generous donations that Seuss and his wife gave to the school?
University fo Massachusetts
Harvard
Dartmouth
University of Southern California
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Which Dr. Seuss book famously used less than fifty different words throughout its whole?
The Sneetches
Green Eggs and Ham
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
Horton Hears a Who
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Which of the following is one of the alternative pen names of Dr. Seuss?
Rosetta Stone
Frank Lee
Who Whomson
Joe King
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The American Heritage Dictionary credits Seuss with the first official use of which of the following terms?
Hop-Scotch
Hay-Day
Wingnut
Nerd
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