1 Which of the following best describes the poem's tone? Gleeful Aloof Regretful Aggressive 2 What does "thereupon" mean? Therefore Supposedly On top of Right after 3 What is the poem's central allusion? The Book of Genesis Paradise Lost The parables of Jesus Irish folklore 4 How is the addressee's friend characterized? As clever and critical As beautiful and kind As sluggish and weary As fiery and opinionated 5 What does the word "precedents" mean? People in charge of institutions Underlying principles Prior examples Comforting narratives 6 What is the poem's stanzaic arrangement? It consists of a longer, 27-line stanza, a sestet, and a quatrain It consists of twenty couplets It consists of two fourteen-line sonnets in a row It consists of a single forty-line stanza 7 The poem's addressee is probably based on whom? W.B. Yeats Georgiana Hyde-Lees Augusta Gregory Maud Gonne 8 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABBACDDCEFFE AABBCCDD It does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme ABABCDCD 9 Which of the following appears to be true of the speaker? The speaker is a poet The speaker is a banker The speaker is a mother The speaker is a soldier 10 What is the poem's meter? Dactylic trimeter Trochaic pentameter Iambic pentameter Iambic hexameter 11 Which of the following does the speaker want? To love the addressee in a lofty, effortful way To return to prelapsarian paradise To become a banker or schoolteacher To be recognized as a hardworking poet and lover 12 In which poetry collection did this first appear? The Tower In the Seven Woods The Winding Stair The Wanderings of Oisin 13 What does the word "pauper" mean? A poet A poor person A person who works in a kitchen A very old person 14 What does the word "idler" mean? A member of the clergy A lazy person An artist A sick person 15 When was this poem published? 1903 1914 1900 1921 16 When does the work take place? The middle of the night Early spring A summer evening Christmas afternoon 17 What does the word "high," as used in this poem, mean? Elevated Physically far from the ground Wealthy Intoxicated 18 Which of the following, according to the poem, is not taught in schools? The art of writing poetry The art of following norms of feminine beauty The art of reading the Bible The art of understanding nature 19 The line "I had a thought for no one’s but your ears" contains which device? Synecdoche Personification Understatement Metonymy 20 What does Yeats compare the fading daylight to? A dream that has been forgotten Coins in a pocket Drops of water from a fountain The embers of a fire 21 Which character does not speak out loud in this poem? The friend The speaker The addressee All of the above—the characters sit in silent reflection 22 The speaker compares poetry to which of the following? Sewing Hunting Farming Childbearing 23 Which of the following is true of the poem? It switches speakers several times It is a sonnet It expresses skepticism about biblical stories It is written in the second person 24 Which of the following is not described as a casualty or victim of Adam's curse? Love Childhood Physical beauty Poetry 25 What does the moon symbolize? The light and redemption found in dark times The eternal beauty of nature The speaker's cynicism about love The omnipresence of the divine
