1 What does the word "mire" most closely mean? Muck Ocean Tower Center 2 Who is Hades? The Greek god of the underworld A famous patriarch of the early Orthodox Church The emperor who founded the city of Constantinople An Egyptian pharaoh 3 What type of stanzas make up the poem? Sestets Octaves Tercets Quintains 4 What does the word "begot" most closely mean? Tricked Possessed Understood Created 5 What is the poem's form? Villanelle Sestina It does not follow a traditional form Sonnet 6 Which type of meter are most of the poem's lines written in? Iambic tetrameter Iambic trimeter Trochaic trimeter Iambic pentameter 7 What does the word "superhuman" most closely mean? Animal-like and instinctive Extremely human-like Very large Possessed of unusual or magical powers 8 What is the meter of the line "breathless mouths may summon"? Iambic pentameter Trochaic trimeter Iambic trimeter Dactylic pentameter 9 What does the word "bobbin" most closely mean? A despotic ruler, especially in the ancient world An implement used in sewing and weaving A type of ballroom dance popular in the early 20th century A multi-story Ottoman mansion 10 What does the word "shade" most closely mean? Tent Curtain Ghost Night 11 What does the word "singe" most closely mean? Monkey Burn Opera Clean 12 Which objects are personified in this work? The moon The bobbin The marbles The domes 13 What does the word "smithies" most closely mean? Metal forgeries Members of the royal court Narrow alleyways Rivers to the underworld 14 What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza? ABBACDDC ABABCBCDC AABBCDDC ABABCDCD 15 What is the meter of the line "Fresh images beget"? Spondaic pentameter Iambic trimeter Iambic pentameter Trochaic tetrameter 16 The line "Can like the cocks of Hades crow" contains an instance of what? Metonymy Simile Personification Metaphor 17 What does the word "flit" most closely mean? Hide Dart Equivocate Blink 18 What is the meter of the line "Can like the cocks of Hades crow"? Trochaic trimeter Trochaic tetrameter Iambic tetrameter Dactylic pentameter 19 What does the word "gong" most closely mean? An instrument that can be struck to make a ringing sound A meter that Yeats made up and used in his poetry A type of Byzantine church A wormlike creature from Greek myth 20 Which of the following phrases is not alliterative? "Night resonance recedes" "moonlit dome disdains" "mire or blood" "cannot singe a sleeve" 21 Which best describes the poem's conflict? It is a conflict between the speaker and the shade It is a conflict between the Emperor and his soldiery on the one hand, and everyday citizens on the other It is a conflict between spiritual and physical existence It is a conflict between the Byzantine and Persian empires 22 To which of the following does Yeats frequent allude in this work? Ottoman history Celtic legend Greek myth Easter Orthodox theology 23 Which of the following words is an instance of onomatopoeia? bough none of these are onomatopoetic singe trance 24 The phrase "mire and blood" is a synecdoche representing what? The spiritual world Family War The physical world 25 How many stanzas does the poem contain? 5 3 4 2
