ABOUT AUGUST Survey

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* 1. Who is August Wilson?

Originally, named Frederick Wilson, August Wilson is an American playwright known for works like Fences, Native Son, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Originally, named Frederick August Kittel, August Wilson is a Pulitzer Prize winning, Harvard educated, American playwright responsible for plays like Fences and The Piano Lesson.

Originally, named Wilson Kittel, August Wilson is a Pulitzer Prize winning, self-educated, American playwright responsible for plays like Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson.

Originally, named Frederick August Kittel, August Wilson is a Pulitzer prize winning, self-educated, American playwright responsible for plays like Fences, The Piano Lesson, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

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* 2. What was August Wilson First Major Play?

A Raisin in the Sun

Fences

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

The Piano Lesson

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* 3.
What building is the Image above depicting?

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois.

The August Wilson African American Performing Arts Center in Trenton, New Jersey.

The August Wilson African American Cultural Center in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

The August Wilson African American Performing Arts Center in Seattle, Washington.

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* 4. August Wilson won Pulitzer Prizes for which two plays?

Fences and The Piano Lesson.

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Fences.

Seven Guitars and Gem of the Ocean

Radio Golf and King Hedley II

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* 5. How has racism influenced the life of August Wilson?

His family were the target of racial threats in the predominately-white suburb Hazelwood, Pennsylvania.

He quit school at age 15 after being accused of having plagiarized a paper.

Wilson was protected from the harsh realities of racism because his father was a powerful white man.

A and B.

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* 6. Wilson was posthumously inducted to the Theater Hall of Fame, after losing his fight to liver cancer.

True

False

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* 7. The August Wilson Theater on Broadway, which was renamed in his honor after his death, was formerly known as:

The Broadway Theater

The Midtown Theater

The Virginia Theater

The Howard Crane Theater

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* 8. Ten of Wilson’s Plays make up which cycle.

Black Arts

Hill District

American Century

Hazelwood

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* 9. Each of Wilson’s plays were set in a different decade of the 20th century. Which of these decades was not included?

1900s

1950s

1990s

None of the above

ABOUT AUGUST

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* 1. Who is August Wilson?

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* 2. What was August Wilson First Major Play?

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* 3.
What building is the Image above depicting?

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* 4. August Wilson won Pulitzer Prizes for which two plays?

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* 5. How has racism influenced the life of August Wilson?

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* 6. Wilson was posthumously inducted to the Theater Hall of Fame, after losing his fight to liver cancer.

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* 7. The August Wilson Theater on Broadway, which was renamed in his honor after his death, was formerly known as:

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* 8. Ten of Wilson’s Plays make up which cycle.

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* 9. Each of Wilson’s plays were set in a different decade of the 20th century. Which of these decades was not included?

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* 10. Wilson completed his 10-play cycle in 2005, with Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, shortly before his death.

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* 11. Name

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* 12. Email Address

ABOUT AUGUST

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* 1. Who is August Wilson?

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* 2. What was August Wilson First Major Play?

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* 3. What building is the Image above depicting?

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* 4. August Wilson won Pulitzer Prizes for which two plays?

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* 5. How has racism influenced the life of August Wilson?

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* 6. Wilson was posthumously inducted to the Theater Hall of Fame, after losing his fight to liver cancer.

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* 7. The August Wilson Theater on Broadway, which was renamed in his honor after his death, was formerly known as:

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* 8. Ten of Wilson’s Plays make up which cycle.

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* 9. Each of Wilson’s plays were set in a different decade of the 20th century. Which of these decades was not included?

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* 10. Wilson completed his 10-play cycle in 2005, with Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, shortly before his death.

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* 11. Name

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* 12. Email Address

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What building is the Image above depicting?