New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is Loren Eiseley: Commentary, Biography, and Remembrance, edited by Hilda Raz. This highly respected anthropologist, writer, poet, and ecologist was born in Lincoln, NE in 1907. This book is a collection of essays, and remembrances of his work from his peers. This week Tuesday Trivia will put together a short quiz and test you on your Loren Eiseley knowledge. For all you Lincolnites out there, you had better get a hundred percent!

1.    Loren Eiseley was born when?  (Starting with an easy one)
2.    Loren Corey Eiseley was a respected
               a.    Anthropologist
               b.    Science Writer
               c.    Ecologist
               d.    Poet
               e.    All the above
3.    In 1933 he was diagnosed with what?
4.    He was best known for what essay style?
5.    At the time of his death, Eiseley had received how many honorary degrees?
6.    Eiseley taught himself to read with a copy of what book?
7.    He served what position at the Prairie Schooner?
8.    The inscription on his and his wife’s joint headstone, reads what?
9.    This is a line from where?
10.    In Lincoln, NE there is what named after Loren Eiseley?

Ok readers, check back tomorrow for the answers! In the meantime you can find Loren Eiseley: Commentary, Biography, and Remembrance at the University of Nebraska Press website.