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Peter Skrzynecki - Old/New World
Peter Skrzynecki - Old/New World
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#Poetry #English #MigrantExperience
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1
Many of Skrzynecki's nature poems are described as
haunting
journeys
vignettes
sonnets
2
What school did Peter Skrzynecki attend?
Magdalene Catholic High School
St Patricks College
St Pat's
St Greg's
3
Which tribe works the hardest in this room?
tribe Jones
tribe Cox
4
"...unaware of the season, whose track we would follow."
Which poem?
Migrant Hostel
Feliks Skrzynecki
10 Mary Street
Postcards
5
Which one of the following was NOT a topic on a past English Exam? Guess!!
Skrzynecki's poems explain how we come to belong
Barriers and boundaries are central to Skrzynecki's poems
Skrzynecki's poems are about happiness and dreams
Skzynecki's poems reveal beauty in life's ordinary moments
6
Where in NSW was the 'Migrant Hostel'?
Parkes
Bankstown
Strathfield
Regents Park
7
In poetry, paragraphs are referred to as
dialects
sections
stanzas
enjambments
8
How do you spell Peter's last name?
Skrzyneicki
Skrzinecki
Skrzynecki
Skrízynecki
9
Peter Skrzynecki wrote a poem about his father, what was his father's name?
Feliks
Steven
Joni
Frederick
10
What is the book called in which all of Peter Skrzynecki's poems are in?
The Collected Poems
Immigrant Chronicle
Odyssey
Immagrant Chronicle
11
Which country were Skrzynecki's parents born?
Ukraine
Poland
Iceland
Germany
12
Which of the following
best
describes the core idea within the poem 'Feliks Skrzynecki'?
Love and life
disconnection from social gatherings
Displacement and alienation
Celebrating Feliks' resiliance and cultural connection
13
What jobs did Skrzynecki's father and mother do?
Tradesman and Domestic
Farmer and Maid
Labourer and Domestic
Mechanic and Nanny
14
Which of the following is NOT a key symbol in Srzynecki's work?
children
birds
roses
robots
15
Skrzynecki lived on Mary Street but to which number did his house belong?
16
14
10
11
16
Which of the following is NOT a key theme in Skrzynecki's poetry
Journeys
Horror
Identity
The Migrant Experience
17
"Gum trees shed their bark to the wind and she-oaks dipped their hands in the shallows" is from
A Drive in the Country
Tadpoles
A New England Morning
Hunting Rabbits
18
Which teacher is more like Sanders (the evil overseer of the plantation in TLM)?
Chris
Chris
Chris
Chris
19
"Time waited anxiously with us..." is an example of
alliteration
metaphor
personification
similie
20
Which poem is a celebration of life and family in Australia?
A Drive in the Country
Sunday Visits
Immigrants at Central Station
Hunting Rabbits
21
Which of the following was one of your SAC prompt's themes for poetry analysis?
Conflicting emotions surrounding being a migrant
Belonging to the New World
Finding love and happiness in the New World
Belonging to a landscape, a family and a community
22
Who was in a forced labour in Germany?
Feliks
Paul
Peter
John
23
"Keeping up with the the Joneses"
is an example of...
a metaphor
a hyperbole
a simile
an idiom
24
"
His Polish friendsAlways shook hands too violently, I thought…
" Which poem?
Migrant Hostel
10 Mary Street
Feliks Skrzynecki
Crossing the Red Sea