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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Quiz

1 Where was Dylan Thomas born?
Edinburgh, Scotland

Cardiff, Wales

London, England

Swansea, Wales
2 In what year was “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” written?
1891

1947

1908

1956
3 The illness and impending death of which of Thomas' relatives likely inspired the poem?
His uncle

His grandmother

His sister

His father
4 What is the form of the poem?
Villanelle

Limerick

Haiku

Sonnet
5 What is the poem’s meter?
Dimeter

Trochaic

Iambic pentameter

Iambic heptameter
6 Which phrase is an example of alliteration?
“blinding sight/Blind eyes could blaze like meteors”

"wise men at their end”

“the last wave by”

“crying how bright/Their frail deeds might have danced”
7 What is one of the poem’s refrains?
“And you, my father, there on the sad height”

“Because their words had forked no lightning they”

“Do not go gentle into that good night”

“Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight”
8 Which type of men do NOT appear in the poem?
Grave men

Brave men

Wild men

Good men
9 How is death ultimately characterized in the poem?
Right

Wrong

Happy

Light
10 How are the deeds of “good men” described?
Right

Strong

Frail

Wrong
11 What do “wild men” “learn, too late”?
How to defy death

How to be calmer

How short life is

How sad death is
12 Who is the speaker addressing?
His father

His friend

His son

His girlfriend
13 What does the speaker compare the eyes of “grave men” to?
The moon

The sun

Lightning

Meteors
14 What was a common source of inspiration for Thomas?
Jealousy

His dog

Nature

His family
15 What is NOT used as a metaphor in the poem?
Thunder

Lightning

Light

Dark
16 What does the speaker ask his father to do?
Die peacefully

Show emotion in the face of death

Retire

Give the speaker’s marriage his blessing
17 Why is the poem referred to as “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?
It's what Thomas called it

It's the first line

It's the last line

It's the refrain
18 What word would fit the poem’s rhyme scheme?
Green

Gray

Blue

Black
19 What verb is used to describe what “old age” should do?
Bless

Smile

Cry

Rave
20 How does the speaker characterize old age?
Defiant

Peaceful

Boring

Loving
21 Which literary device does NOT appear?
Alliteration

Allusion

Hyperbole

Simile
22 Which is a theme of the poem?
Lust

Death

War

Guilt
23 Which natural image does NOT appear in the poem?
Waves

Lightning

Tornados

Meteors
24 "Rage, rage against the…”
Dying of the might

Dying of the light

Dying of the bright

Dying of the night
25 What do “wise men” know?
That death is right

That stealing is wrong

That life is beautiful

That love is strange

I don't know if the number of lines represent something. The first three lines of “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” establish the poem's themes and its form but the poem develops from there.

Asked by Keylin T #1300815

Answered by Aslan on 4/14/2023 3:18 AM

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Year

The poem was first published in 1951.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/9/2022 10:48 PM

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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

In the opening, "Do not go gentle into that good night," Thomas uses an euphemistic metonymy for death. "That good night", associated with death, describes death as "good" to overcome the negative connotation one ususlly connects to the idea of...

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