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 What's Your Censorship IQ? Banned and Challenged Books: A Timeline 1. What happened in the 1950s (the same time Bradbury wrote //Fahrenheit 451//)? 2. What is the 1998 ruling of Judge Stephen Reinhardt?
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 * Task 1: ** Take the censorship quiz at the following site. Write down your score on your response sheet.
 * Task 2: ** Visit the websites below and answer the questions that follow on your response sheet.

Some of the Best Books in Life are...Banned? 3. Why was Shel Silverstein censored? 4. Which book on this list surprised you? Why?

Famous Banned or Censored Books 5. How/why was //Fahrenheit 451// censored? 6. Why was Dr. Seuss censored?

The Trouble with Harry Potter 7. Why is //Harry Potter// often censored? 8. What did a Pennsylvania church do with //Harry Potter// books?

9. (This question applies to all of the above sites). You have written a book about the sometimes harsh realities of teenage life. While your book has gained critical acclaim and is a best seller, parent complaints have kept it out of public high schools. Would you defend your writing? Would you continue to write such blunt portrayals of life or would you soften your future writing so it could reach its intended audience?