Literature LoH

Question 1

Where was LeGuin born?

Answer 1

Berkeley, California

Question 2

Why did LeGuin’s father relocate to Berkeley?

Answer 2

to start a museum and department of anthropology at University of California

Question 3

What degree did LeGuin’s mother receive?

Answer 3

Masters in clinical psychology

Question 4

Leguin’s parents were best known for controversy surrounding…

Answer 4

their relationship to California Indian, named Ishi

Question 5

Which of LeGuin’s novels was inspired by her childhood vacations to Napa Valley?

Answer 5

Always Coming Home (1985)

Question 6

the Papago Juan Dolores and the Yurok Robert
Spott (friends of LeGuin’s father) inspired which of LeGuin’s essays?

Answer 6

Indian Uncles (1991)

Question 7

Family friend Robert J. Oppenheimer inspired a character in which of LeGuin’s novels?

Answer 7

The Dispossessed (1974)

Question 8

What degrees did LeGuin receive from Columbia university?

Answer 8

her M.A. in Renaissance French and Italian Language Literature