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5 cards from this section. Quick, good the night before a test.
In which year was 'Refugee Blues' written, and which war began a few months later?
Recall the year in which Auden moved to New York.
Name two events of 1938 that forced Jewish families to flee or showed that other countries would not take them in.
Look at the timeline in the Historical Context part.
Which conference of July 1938 failed to agree on a plan to take in Jewish refugees?
It was held in France and named after a spa town.
Why did Auden marry Erika Mann in 1935?
Think about why a passport mattered so much in 1935.
Build a context-to-text map. Choose any four stanzas of the poem and, for each, write one sentence linking it to a specific fact from 1933-1939.
Match each official or institution in the poem to the real rule or event that could have produced it.
Write a background paragraph of about 130 words that could open an exam answer on 'Refugee Blues'. Use at least three dates.
Cover who wrote it, when, why the refugees needed a voice, and which form Auden chose, in about four sentences.
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