Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Quizzes

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

A TV playing a nature documentary

Paper stretched within a frame

An iPad playing a video

Fabric stretched over a hoop
2 Why do the tigers belong to Aunt Jennifer?

She is making them

She cares for them

She found them

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

Devotees

Employees

Followers

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

A medieval story

A household

A tropical forest

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

Allegory

Alliteration

Foreshadowing

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

Fierceness

Bravery

Vanity

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

A tortoise

A pony

A lion

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

Amateur

Surreal

Realistic

Fanciful
9 How does Rich relate the tigers to Jennifer?

The tigers are like Jennifer

The tigers are the worst parts of Jennifer

The tigers are the opposite of Jennifer

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

She is stupid

She is lighthearted

She is active

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

Understatement

Foreshadowing

Hyperbole

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

The marriage it symbolizes

The guilt it reminds Jennifer of

The history it carries

The metal it is made out of
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?

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

The needle is fierce like they are

The needle is blunt, while the tiger's teeth are sharp

The ivory comes from the jungle, while the tigers live there
15 What can we infer with certainty about Jennifer's marriage from the second stanza?

Jennifer feels that her marriage is a burden

Jennifer was always a weak woman

Jennifer's husband is abusive

Jennifer's wedding ring doesn't fit
16 The phrase "her terrified hands" is an example of what literary device?

Personification

Symbolism

Metaphor

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

Surviving ordeals allowed her to master life

They prevented her from living a full life

She was too weak to overcome them

Jennifer gave up in the face of her ordeals
18 Which of the following best describes the relationship between the third stanza and the first and second stanzas?

The third stanza reverses what the first two stanzas established

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

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

The third stanza keeps Jennifer's characterization the same, but changes the characterization of the tigers
19 Which image in the third stanza is not a repeat from earlier in the poem?

"Aunt is dead"

"Terrified hands"

"The tigers...will go on prancing"

"Ringed with ordeals"
20 Which new attribute for the tigers does Rich suggest in the third stanza?

They are created

They are vain

They are fearless

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

AABC

ABAB

AABB

ABCB
22 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Free verse

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

Polemical and argumentative

Distant but sympathetic

Distant and frustrated

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

The lure of poetry

Marriage

Rich's father

Patriarchal power
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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