1 Who of the following was NOT a contemporary of John Clare? George Byron Percy Shelly Silvia Plath John Keats 2 What poetry movement does John Clare belong to? Gothic Modernist Romantic None of the above 3 When was John Clare born? Early nineteenth century Mid eighteenth century Early eighteenth century Late eighteenth century 4 Which of the following characteristics of Clare's poetry was typical of the Romantics? Focus on the English countryside Celebrating the natural landscape Working-class background Rejection of fantastical elements 5 Which of the following contemporary phenomena has drawn new attention to John Clare's writing? Invention of the internet Environmental crisis Migration to cities Worsening wealth inequality 6 How did John Clare's social status change over the course of his life? He gradually became well-known over the course of his career He never achieved success in his life His first book was a runaway success, but then he faded into obscurity His first book made him famous and successful for life 7 Which of the following is John Clare NOT known for? Simple yet sophisticated verse Melancholy tone Descriptions of vast and awe-inspiring landscapes Close attention to the natural world 8 What is the meter of "Autumn"? Iambic hexameter (six pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Trochaic hexameter (six pairs of one stressed and one unstressed syllable) Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and one stressed syllable) Free verse (no fixed meter) 9 What is the rhyme scheme of "Autumn"? No fixed rhyme scheme AABC ABAB AABB 10 What does the absence of a first-person singular suggest in "Autumn"? The speaker has to forget himself to experience the sublime The speaker has forgotten himself and needs the landscape to remember who he is The poem is written from God's perspective The poem is written by a group of people 11 What is "thistledown"? The flowers of thistles Sheep's wool studded with thistle spines Cloth made from thistles Floating thistle seeds akin to dandelion seeds 12 In the context of "Autumn," what is "gossamer"? Cobwebs A delicate fabric A kind of bird Whispering 13 What is the "greensward"? Fields left empty The manor house Grassy land Land designated for farming 14 Which of the following best describes the tone of the first stanza? Celebratory Matter-of-fact Mournful Awe-struck 15 Which line subtly blurs the boundaries between the landscape and the speaker? The ground parched and cracked is like overbaked bread And the rivers we're eying burn to gold as they run Whoever looks round sees Eternity there On the green grass now lying, now mounting the hill 16 What is the mood of the second stanza? Melancholy Sublime Cheerful None of the above 17 In the context of the second stanza, the line "The fallow fields glitter like water indeed" is an example of what literary device? Metaphor Juxtaposition Irony Parallelism 18 What idea does the second stanza INTRODUCE? The autumnal landscape remains touched by heat The natural world can be awe-inspiring The human gaze can allow opposites to coexist It's worth looking closely at the natural world 19 Which line most emphatically emphasizes the disastrous impacts of the autumn on the landscape? The ground parched and cracked is like overbaked bread, The fallow fields glitter like water indeed, And gossamers twitter, flung from weed unto weed. The greensward all wracked is, bents dried up and dead. 20 Which of the following does not suggest the power of the human gaze? And the rivers we're eying burn to gold as they run And gossamers twitter, flung from weed unto weed The fallow fields glitter like water indeed Whoever looks round sees Eternity there 21 Which two lines most closely resemble one another in their use of figurative language? Lines 3 and 9 Lines 5 and 7 Lines 3 and 11 Lines 3 and 5 22 Which literary device does NOT appear in line 11, "burning hot is the ground, liquid gold is the air" Syntactical inversion Parallel Metaphor Alliteration 23 Which of the following contains an example of alliteration? The greensward all wracked is, bents dried up and dead. And the rivers we're eying burn to gold as they run; The spring from the fountain now boils like a pot; Whoever looks round sees Eternity there. 24 Which of the following best describes the significance of "Eternity" in the final line? The presence of the Christian God A sense of one's own mortality in comparison to the natural world A sense of something bigger than oneself in the ordinary world A loss of the ordinary world in favor of the sublime 25 What is the primary conflict of "Autumn"? Between the harshness of the autumnal landscape and its beauty Between the speaker and God Between summer's heat and winter's cold Between the speaker's desire to find the landscape beautiful and the reality of its ugliness
