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Which of the following lines is an
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Question 1
Which of the following lines is an example of alliteration?
Question 1 options:”a sad, raggy tune”
“dreamless, uninvaded sleep”
“the sound of steel on stones”
“thump, thump, thump”
Question 2 (5 points)
What do the experiences described in “A Tree Telling of Orpheus” show about life?
Question 2 options:the effects of weather
the goodness of nature
the power of music
the wisdom of stillness
Question 3 (5 points)
SavedWhich phrase from “Meeting at Night” contains alliteration?
Question 3 options:”the yellow half-moon large and low”
“As I gain the cove”
“the two hearts beating each to each”
“Three fields to cross”
Question 4 (5 points)
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Which of the following lines is an example of a metaphor?
Question 4 options:”I am offering this poem to you”
“He didn’t fight / he hadn’t fought at all”
“My stomach was a melon split wide inside my skin”
“The weeping of the guitar / begins”
Question 5 (5 points)
What does the speaker of “When I went to visit …” hint at, or suggest, in the poem?
Question 5 options:how cruelly his beloved treats him
how deeply he loves his girlfriend
how greatly he regrets his actions
how cleverly he tricked someone
Question 6 (5 points)
To what does the speaker in “The Empty Dance Shoes” compare the energy of dance shoes at rest?
Question 6 options:a 98-pound weakling
“The Colossus” by Sylvia Plath
A clown knocked down by a sandbag
the music in the Stardust Ballroom
Question 7 (5 points)
Which sentence summarizes the story told in “The Fish”?
Question 7 options:A woman catches a fish and then lets it go.
A woman catches a fish that grants her three wishes.
A woman catches a fish and takes it home for dinner.
A woman catches a fish but the fish gets away.
Question 8 (5 points)
In which season of the year is a forest most likely to look very stark?
Question 8 options:winter
spring
summer
fall
Question 9 (5 points)
A poem’s words and details give clues about the author’s attitude toward his or her subject. In “Fear,” what is Mistral’s attitude toward the mother’s fears?
Question 9 options:She feels sorry for the child who is smothered by such fears.
She sees that the mother’s fears spring from her deep love.
She thinks that the mother’s fears are unnecessary.
She believes that the mother’s fears are not normal.
Question 10 (5 points)
Vocabulary and Grammar. Which item below is an object that could be venerable?
Question 10 options:an antique book
a box of crayons
a cell phone
a luxurious new house
Question 11 (5 points)
Which of the following lines is an example of onomatopoeia?
Question 11 options:”dreamless, uninvaded sleep”
“the sound of steel on stones”
“a sad, raggy tune”
“thump, thump, thump”
Question 12 (5 points)
What does the word context mean in the following passage from “How to React to Familiar Faces”? A face out of context creates confusion.
Question 12 options:a previous neighborhood
expression
familiar surroundings
a past conversation
Question 13 (5 points)
Which of the following are characteristics of the tanka form?
Question 13 options:a rhyme scheme of aba
14 lines and 5 accented syllables per line
5 lines and a syllable count of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7
a rhyme scheme of abba, cddc, efef, gg
Question 14 (5 points)
How are the poems “The Bridegroom” and “Danny Deever” alike?
Question 14 options:They are both set in England in the 1800s.
The both describe the dangers of romantic love.
They both describe military life.
They both use dialogue to tell a dramatic story.
Question 15 (5 points)
How many sentences would be included if the following lines from “Mowing” were read aloud? There was never a sound beside the wood but one, And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground.
Question 15 options:one
none
two
three
Question 16 (5 points)
Which of the following is an example of a narrative poem?
Question 16 options:
All of the above
The Bridegroom by Alexander Pushkin
The Fish by Elizabeth Bishop
Danny Deever by Rudyard Kipling
Question 17 (5 points)
When previewing the following lines from Sonnet 18, how many sentences should readers plan to read fluently? So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
Question 17 options:one
four
two
none
Question 18 (5 points)
Which of these phrases from “In Flanders Fields” contains an example of assonance?
Question 18 options:”In Flanders fields the poppies blow”
“We are the Dead”
“The torch; be yours to hold it high.”
“We shall not sleep”
Question 19 (5 points)
What is the tone of “Conscientious Objector”?
Question 19 options:comic
defiant
happy
despairing
Question 20 (5 points)
SavedHow does the poem “Also All” respond to the poem “All”?
Question 20 options:It praises the poem’s world view.
It disagrees with the poem’s main idea.
It extends the poem with extra examples.
It answers the poem’s questions.
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