What Do You Know

about Dr. Seuss?BY CAYLA ARMATTI

NPHS HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY, 2015

How Many Books for children did

Dr. Seuss write?

A. 22

B. 33

C. 44

D. 55

44

What is Dr. Seuss’s Real Name?

A. Theodore Seuss

B. John Siselle

C.Theodor Geisel

D.Gerald Sousser

Dr. Seuss always wanted to be a

children’s book author.

A. True

B. False

He first drew

advertisements and

political cartoons for

various magazines.

Which Seuss book was written with

only 220 words?

A. Cat in the Hat

B. One Fish, Two Fish

C. Oh the Places You’ll Go

D.The Lorax

This book was written with

a total vocabulary of

around 220 words.

Which Seuss Book had political

undertones?

A. The Lorax

B. The Sneetches

C. Yertle the Turtle

D.All of the above

All three books , and others,

contained political messages.

Dr. Seuss created many imaginative words

for his rhyming books. Which of his word-

creations below is frequently used today?

A. jerk

B. snafu

C. nerd

D. snork

Dr. Seuss loved children and had 5 of

his own.

A. True

B. False

His second wife Audrey

famously told the Associated

Press during a 2004 interview

that her late husband didn’t

think much of children, even

though he wrote for them. She

said he was always thinking,

“What might they do next?

What might they ask next?”

Before writing children’s books, Dr. Seuss

was known for which of the following?

A. Political cartoons

B. War documentaries

C. Army training videos

D. All of the above

Yes, all

three!

Where did Theodor find inspiration for his

animal drawings as a child?

A. He copied Walt Disney.

B. He used his school friends for models.

C. His family had many pets.

D. At the zoo where his dad worked.

His dad worked in

a zoo.

The last children’s book Giesel published

before his death was:

A. The Butter Battle Book

B. Go, Dog, Go

C. Oh The Places You’ll Go

D. The Cat in the Hat

Oh The Places You’ll Go

was published in 1990,

and Dr. Seuss died in

1991 at age 87.

For more about Dr. Seuss…

Check out books in your local library,

OR see these websites:

http://www.biography.com/people/dr-seuss-

9479638

http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm