Q 01/05

The Lorax appeared in 1971, the year after Americans first marked which annual environmental day?

A) Arbor Day

B) Earth Day

C) World Oceans Day

D) World Environment Day

Answer · why

B) Earth Day

Earth Day was first held in April 1970, so Seuss's book arrived the very next year, just as the modern American environmental movement was taking off.

Q 02/05

Which publisher released The Lorax?

A) Simon & Schuster

B) Random House

C) Scholastic

D) HarperCollins

Answer · why

B) Random House

Random House's Bennett Cerf once bet Seuss that he couldn't write a book using just 50 words, and lost when Green Eggs and Ham appeared.

Q 03/05

Among all of his own books, Dr. Seuss singled out The Lorax as what?

A) His best seller

B) His funniest work

C) His personal favorite

D) His final book

Answer · why

C) His personal favorite

His personal favorite was The Lorax, the book that loggers later objected to as unfair to their industry.

Q 04/05

In the book, where does the Lorax first appear from?

A) A hollow tree trunk

B) A treetop nest

C) A fresh tree stump

D) A pile of soft tufts

Answer · why

C) A fresh tree stump

A fresh tree stump: he pops out of the first tree the Once-ler chops down, which one Seuss scholar reads as a sign that the Lorax is part of the fores...

Q 05/05

What does the Once-ler lower to the boy's ear to tell the tale of the Lorax?

A) A Mumble-o-Tube

B) A Whisper-ma-Phone

C) A Hush-a-Horn

D) A Secret-o-Scope

Answer · why

B) A Whisper-ma-Phone

A Whisper-ma-Phone slupps down from the Once-ler's Lerkim because, as he puts it, the secrets he tells are for the boy's ears alone.