Cozy Apologia Quizzes

Cozy Apologia Quiz

1 Which of the following is likely Fred's relationship to the speaker?

Her brother

Her imaginary hero

Her romantic partner

A hurricane that she remembers
2 This poem is a sonnet.

False

True
3 Where is the speaker?

Her office in her house

An office away from her home

Upon a horse

A mythical field
4 What embarrasses the speaker?

Her contentment despite a lack of excitement in her relationship

Her past relationships with a string of unmemorable boys

Her inability to focus on her work

Her love of fantasy novels
5 Who is Floyd?

A hurricane

A mischievous boy the speaker remembers from her youth

The speaker's self-proclaimed enemy

The speaker's partner
6 Which of the following are the hallmarks of the "post-postmodern age" that the speaker mentions?

One evening

A return to medieval tropes and rhyming poems

Melancholy and boredom

Compact discs and faxes
7 Who are Marcel, Percy, and Dewy?

The speaker's ex-boyfriends from her youth

The last hurricanes the speaker remembers enduring

The speaker's three brothers

The speaker's three children
8 Who is the "you" in this poem?

The speaker herself

The reader

The speaker's partner

The speaker's unborn child
9 The tone of this poem is best described by which of the following words?

Thoughtful and nostalgic

Self-deprecating and tired

Sorrowful and restrained

Confessional and sarcastic
10 Who in this poem is "cussing up a storm"?

Fred

Hurricane Floyd

Percy

The speaker
11 This poem uses rhyme.

True

False
12 How does the speaker feel about the scene first described where a hero rescues a damsel?

She feels disappointed by her real-life relationships for not living up to the ideals she had as a teenager

She feels that the scene is more romantic and dramatic than the actual experience of her relationship

She feels that the relationships in the romance genre are usually shallow

She feels that the scene is archaic and misogynistic
13 Why does the speaker list the objects "This lamp, the wind-still rain, the glossy blue/My pen exudes"?

The speaker feels like she is having an out-of-body experience and feels closer to these objects than she does to herself

The speaker feels very attached to the belongings she keeps in her office

The speaker describes how these mundane objects could relate back to her partner in her head

The speaker wants to be free of her tangible belongings
14 This poem is in part an apology to the speaker's partner.

False

True
15 This poem is in iambic pentameter.

True

False
16 Whom or what does the speaker call "Oddly male" in this poem?

Her partner

Her computer and fax machine

Percy

Hurricane Floyd
17 This poem directly addresses a specific person.

True

False
18 What does the speaker refer to as "do-it-now-and-take-no-risks/event" in this poem?

The post-postmodern age

The speaker's occupation

The hurricane

The speaker's honeymoon
19 What part does candy play in this poem?

The speaker sees candy as a symbol of the love in her relationship

The speaker is considering the nature of vice in her everyday life

The speaker describes how even simple candy reminds her of her partner

The speaker uses it as a metaphor to describe some of her past relationships
20 What is "the ordinary" that the speaker refers to in the poem?

The speaker's relationship

An unattainable ideal for the speaker's relationships

The objects in the office

The speaker's old life
21 This poem means to shine light on many of the speaker's past relationships as well as her present one.

False

True
22 This poem includes a dedication.

False

True
23 What "falls short of Divine" in this poem?

The speaker's past relationships

The speaker's religious inclinations

The speaker's current relationship

The speaker's relationship to her writing
24 This person is told in first and second person.

False

True
25 Which of the following things are not used as a simile or metaphor in this poem?

The licorice

Aeries (large bird nests)

Hurricane Floyd

The computers

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