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Why are autobiograpghies valuable?
Factual, historical documents
Authentic recount & reflection of somones experiences
Information about wars
Strategies of leadership and how to be elected.
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Why was Lincolns autobiography important?
Documented abolishon of immigrants to the US
Documented abolishon of alcohol in the US
Documented abolishon of slavery in the US
Documented independence day in the US
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An autobiograpghy is a
Self-written memoir
A historical recount of an event
A narrtive about a person
A memoir written about a person
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Biograpghy is more popular than autobiography
False
True
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Which of these famous people did NOT write an autobiography
Winston Churchill
Jacinda Ardern
Nelson Mandela
Donlad Trump
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Who is this ?
Malala Yufus
Nelson Mandela
Jacob Zuma
Michael Jordan
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The most lucrative ($) autobiograpghy, by Dave pelzer, was about:
Dying on the Titianic
Generating a successful business
Surviving childhood neglect
Surviving WWII
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Writer Mark Twain asked for his biography to be pubished 100 years after his death because:
He was a criminal
He didn't write his own books
He hated the government and laws
He had offensive personal opinions of others
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Who is this?
Winston Churchill
Benjamin Franklin
John Key
Abraham Lincoln
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To publish a biography that uses the names of others, legally you must:
Integrate their perspectives
Have them write sections of the book
Seek their permission in writing
Intergrate facts and historical details
11
John Key by John Roughan is a
non-fiction autobiography
autobiography
biography
fictional autobiography
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Autobiographies are commonly written by
academics recording studies
notable historical or public figures
historians as away to document history.
public figures that have passed away
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The worlds most popular biography was written by:
Benjamin Franklin, War hero 1726
Benjamin Franklin, Founding Scientist of the HDI
Benjamin Franklin, Noble prize winner for literature
Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the US
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Who is this?
Benazir Bhutto
Tayyip Erdoğan
Mahatma Gandhi
Malala Yousafzai
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The most read autobiographies are from
Musicians
Politicians
Business owners
Rescue service workers
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Which is the only female autobiography in the top 10 ?
Maya Angelou
Ann Frank
Helen Clark
Martin Luther King
17
Which 2 nations did Winston Churchill convince to fight the Nazis in WWII?
Australia and the UK
NZ and the UK
Britain and the US
The US and Canada
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Why was Malcolm X famous?
African American singer and stage actor
African American athlete
African American leader in the womens rights movement
African American leader in the civil rights movement
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Which US president has written or co-written the most published books?
George Washington
Donald Trump
George Bush
Barak Obama
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The first publicly available autobiography written in English was Captain John Smith's autobiography published in:
1980
1630
1400
1990
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Who was Winston Churchill?
Former Prime Minister of the United States of America
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand
Former Prime Minister of the UN
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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What event led Malala to write an autobiography?
First female priminister of Pakistan
Shot in the head by the Taliban & survived
Youth first immigrant youth politician in US
Charity advocate for the homeless
23
Notable hisotical figures write autobiographies with no assistance
False
True
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Which US president wrote the most published autobiographies ?
George Bush
Donald Trump
George Washington
Barak Obama
25
Who is this?
Mahatma Ghandi
George Washinton
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
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Name the autobiographer from NZ:
Niki Caro
Allan Ala'alatoa
Katherine Mansfield
Patricia Grace
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A memoir is a:
A diary of the present
A narration of the future
A memory of one event
Personal recount of the past
