Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Quizzes

Aunt Jennifer's Tigers "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" Quiz

1 What is the "screen" in line 1 of "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"?

Fabric stretched over a hoop

An iPad playing a video

Paper stretched within a frame

A TV playing a nature documentary
2 Why do the tigers belong to Aunt Jennifer?

She purchased them

She cares for them

She found them

She is making them
3 Which of the following best replaces "denizens" in line 2?

Devotees

Occupants

Followers

Employees
4 Where is "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" set?

A tropical forest

A household

A library

A medieval story
5 The line "they do not fear the men beneath the tree" is an example of what literary device?

Foreshadowing

Allegory

Alliteration

Metaphor
6 Which of the following tiger attributes does Rich NOT emphasize?

Bravery

Vanity

Cheer

Fierceness
7 What other animal are Rich's tiger descriptions reminiscent of?

A lion

A tortoise

A frog

A pony
8 Which of the following best describes the image of the tigers?

Fanciful

Surreal

Amateur

Realistic
9 How does Rich relate the tigers to Jennifer?

The tigers are the opposite of Jennifer

The tigers are the best parts of Jennifer

The tigers are the worst parts of Jennifer

The tigers are like Jennifer
10 What does the verb "fluttering" in line 5 suggest about Aunt Jennifer?

She is lighthearted

She is uncertain

She is active

She is stupid
11 "The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band" is an example of what literary device?

Hyperbole

Understatement

Metaphor

Foreshadowing
12 What is so heavy about Uncle's wedding band?

The marriage it symbolizes

The metal it is made out of

The guilt it reminds Jennifer of

The history it carries
13 Why does Rich emphasize Jennifer's hands?

Jennifer's hands are the most beautiful part of her

Jennifer's hands reveal the troubles she is otherwise able to conceal

By not mentioning the heart, Rich suggests that Jennifer doesn't love her husband

Jennifer's hands represent her ability to act in the world
14 What is the connection between Jennifer's ivory needle and the tigers?

The ivory comes from the jungle, while the tigers live there

The needle is fierce like they are

Both tigers and ivory have been removed from the jungle by Jennifer

The needle is blunt, while the tiger's teeth are sharp
15 What can we infer with certainty about Jennifer's marriage from the second stanza?

Jennifer's husband is abusive

Jennifer feels that her marriage is a burden

Jennifer's wedding ring doesn't fit

Jennifer was always a weak woman
16 The phrase "her terrified hands" is an example of what literary device?

Allusion

Symbolism

Metaphor

Personification
17 What does it mean that Jennifer was "mastered" by her "ordeals"?

Surviving ordeals allowed her to master life

Jennifer gave up in the face of her ordeals

They prevented her from living a full life

She was too weak to overcome them
18 Which of the following best describes the relationship between the third stanza and the first and second stanzas?

The third stanza parallels the first two stanzas, but uses a different meter and rhyme scheme

The third stanza keeps Jennifer's characterization the same, but changes the characterization of the tigers

The third stanza condenses and intensifies the structure of the first two stanzas

The third stanza reverses what the first two stanzas established
19 Which image in the third stanza is not a repeat from earlier in the poem?

"Aunt is dead"

"The tigers...will go on prancing"

"Ringed with ordeals"

"Terrified hands"
20 Which new attribute for the tigers does Rich suggest in the third stanza?

They are fearless

They are vain

They are immortal

They are created
21 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABCB

AABB

AABC

ABAB
22 What is the meter of the poem?

Free verse

Trochee pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter
23 What is the speaker's tone towards Jennifer?

Childlike and affectionate

Distant and frustrated

Distant but sympathetic

Polemical and argumentative
24 If we read "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" as an allegory for female creativity, what does Uncle represent?

Marriage

Rich's father

Patriarchal power

The lure of poetry
25 What is the relationship between Jennifer's life and the image she embroiders?

The image doesn't relate to her life

The image shows her how valuable life is, despite its difficulties

The image is a brief escape from her life

The image is a cruel contrast to her life

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