Life
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Poetry
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What is Suji Kwock Kim's Ethnicity?
Korean American
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List at least three universities that Suji Kwock Kim attended for her learning.
Yonsei University, Yale University, Stanford University, Seoul National University, University of Iowa, and University of California-Berkeley.
100
In which year was the "Notes from the Divided Country" published?
2003
100
State two mass media that Suji Kwock Kim's "Notes from the Divided Country" was on.
The Nation, The New Republic, Poetry, Yale Review, Harvard Review, Threepenny Review, DoubleTake, Ploughshares, Asian-American Poetry: The Next Generation and other journals and anthologies.
100
This is a line from the poem, "Occupation": Inside, the doors are locked, shut like eyes of stone. What figurative language is used in this line?
Simile
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When and where was Suji Kwock Kim born?
1969; Milton, New York
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Suji Kwock Kim went to one university because her great-grandfather was a professor at it. What is this university?
SNU
200
What is the title of this poem?: "...They hammer bodies into the earth like nails, they paint the walls with blood..."
Occupation
200
Where have Suji Kwock Kim live at?
She divides her time between San Francisco and New York.
200
What is the setting of "Rice-Field Road at Dusk"?
In a village in a season of dried grass and has a scent of burn dirt around the rice field.
300
What is Suji Kwock Kim's motive on writing poetry?
Her great-grandfather
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As which kind of scholar did Suji Kwock Kim study in SNU?
Fulbright Scholar (Foreign Student Program)
300
What is the poem, "On Pike Street" about?
It is about someone for his/her mother. (regret, love)
300
What is the first award that Suji Kwock Kim got? What did she prize with?
Suji Kwock Kim won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets with "Notes from the Divided Country".
300
Who is the poem "On Pike Street" for?
For Issac
400
What kind of poet is Suji Kwock Kim known for?
Poet of love and war
400
Who is the Korean Poet that Suji Kwock Kim learned and got ideas for her poetry?
Ko-Un
400
In which poem did Suji Kwock Kim use Ko-un's thoughts?
Rice-Field Road at Dusk
400
What award did Suji Kwock Kim win in the year of 2006?
She was the recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award
400
Explain who Ko-Un is. Give at least two details.
Ko Un is a South Korean poet who wrote mostly about Buddhism. Suji Kwock Kim got ideas from him writing "Rice-Field Road at Dusk".
500
Who was Suji Kwock Kim's great-grandfather?
The cofounder of Korean Language Society (조선어학회)
500
Suji Kwock Kim went to Yonsei University because of which reason?
Her great-grandfather was a dean there.
500
In the poem "Occupation", how many times is the word "Occupy" mentioned?
Once
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How many awards did Suji Kwock Kim win with "Notes from the Divided Country?"
4; Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award, and was a finalist for the Griffin Prize.
500
Did you learn a lot from this Jeopardy? Was this Jeopardy fun? What was did Jeopardy all about? Answer all three questions.
Yes, Yes, Suji Kwock Kim