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 purchased them

She cares for them

She is making them

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

Followers

Employees

Occupants

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

A tropical forest

A medieval story

A household

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?

Bravery

Fierceness

Cheer

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

A lion

A frog

A tortoise

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

Fanciful

Surreal

Realistic

Amateur
9 How does Rich relate the tigers to Jennifer?

The tigers are like Jennifer

The tigers are the opposite of Jennifer

The tigers are the best parts of Jennifer

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

She is uncertain

She is active

She is lighthearted

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

Foreshadowing

Understatement

Metaphor

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

The history it carries

The guilt it reminds Jennifer of

The marriage it symbolizes

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 represent her ability to act in the world

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
14 What is the connection between Jennifer's ivory needle and the tigers?

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

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

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

The needle is fierce like they are
15 What can we infer with certainty about Jennifer's marriage from the second stanza?

Jennifer's wedding ring doesn't fit

Jennifer was always a weak woman

Jennifer feels that her marriage is a burden

Jennifer's husband is abusive
16 The phrase "her terrified hands" is an example of what literary device?

Metaphor

Symbolism

Personification

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

Jennifer gave up in the face of her ordeals

She was too weak to overcome them

They prevented her from living a full life

Surviving ordeals allowed her to master life
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 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

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?

"Terrified hands"

"The tigers...will go on prancing"

"Aunt is dead"

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

They are vain

They are fearless

They are created

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

AABC

ABCB

ABAB

AABB
22 What is the meter of the poem?

Free verse

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

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

Childlike and affectionate

Distant but sympathetic

Polemical and argumentative

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

Rich's father

Marriage

The lure of poetry

Patriarchal power
25 What is the relationship between Jennifer's life and the image she embroiders?

The image is a brief escape from her life

The image doesn't relate to her life

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

The image is a cruel contrast to her life

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