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Aubade Quiz

1 How many lines does each stanza have?
3

10

7

6
2 In what year was “Aubade” published?
1989

1977

1972

1985
3 What is the poem’s general meter?
Iambic tetrameter

Trochaic

Anapestic

Iambic pentameter
4 What does the speaker do in the first line?
Complete a crossword puzzle

Go to church

Work and get drunk

Go out with friend
5 What worries the speaker most about death?
Making his loved ones sad

Feeling nothing

It coming randomly

The eternity of it
6 What is an aubade?
A poem set in dawn or early morning

A poem about death

A poem about religion

A poem set at night
7 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABAB

ABBA

ABCB

ABABCCDEED
8 After whose death did Larkin resume writing "Aubade"?
His girlfriend's

His sister's

His mother's

His father's
9 What is a brocade?
A type of bag

A type of jewelry

A type of clothing

A type of fabric
10 What is NOT a theme of Aubade?
Romantic love

Religion

Death

Isolation
11 What religion did Larkin follow?
Judaism

Christianity

Buddhism

None
12 What is does Larkin compare postmen to in the last line?
Writers

Teachers

Death

Doctors
13 Besides being a writer, what did Larkin work as?
A policeman

A librarian

A teacher

A doctor
14 At what age did Larkin die?
72

63

47

55
15 What is NOT an example of alliteration?
"to hold and horrify"

"furnace-fear"

"whined at than withstood"

"intricate rented world"
16 Where is the poem set?
The speaker's place of work

The speaker's friend's house

The speaker's bedroom

The speaker's school
17 What is an example of a simile?
"An only life can take so long to climb/Clear of its wrong beginnings"

"Meanwhile telephones crouch"

"Postmen like doctors go from house to house"

"That vast moth-eaten musical brocade"
18 Which word best describes the tone of the poem?
Joyful

Playful

Gloomy

Romantic
19 What describes the speaker's feelings about religion and rationalism?
He believes in rationalism, but not religion

He objects to both

He believes in religion, but not rationalism

He's comforted by both
20 To the speaker, what "means not scaring others"?
Happiness

Courage

Anxiety

Confidence
21 Which literary device does NOT appear?
Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile
22 What color is the sky in the final verse?
Gray

Pink

Blue

White
23 What does the speaker describe as a "vast moth-eaten musical brocade"?
Religion

Death

Love

Science
24 At what time does the speaker wake up?
10 am

8 am

6 am

4 am
25 What line is NOT an example of iambic pentameter?
"And so it stays just on the edge of vision"

"The mind blanks at the glare. Not in remorse"

"Of dying, and being dead"

"Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing"

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