1 When was "Enlightenment" published? 2012 2005 2020 2015 2 What is the tone of the poem? Contemplative Elegiac Somber Upbeat 3 What was the name of the collection the poem was included in? Monument Collected Works Thrall Native Guard 4 What historical figure is the poem about? John Adams Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson George Washington 5 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Sestets Ocrtaves Couplets 6 What is the name of Jefferson's home? Alexandria Homestead Mount Vernon Monticello 7 What does the speaker compare her father to? A bird A field guild A song A portrait 8 What is the genre of the poem? Historical poetry Aubade Ode Confessional poetry 9 What relationship does the speaker explore in the poem? Her relationship with her grandfather Her relationship with her mother Her relationship with the past Her relationship with her father 10 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration? "across the centuries, his lips fixed as if" "In the portrait of Jefferson that hangs" "at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned:" "his forehead white with illumination —" 11 Who is the speaker of the poem? Thomas Jefferson Natasha Trethewey A tour guide at Monticello Sally Hemings 12 Where is the poem primarily set? At Harper's Ferry In Washington D.C. In Colonial Williamsburg At Monticello 13 Who wrote "Mayor Harold Washington"? Maya Angelou Gwendolyn Brooks Langston Hughes James Baldwin 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? A haunted villa A deserted castle An abandoned city A beautiful ruin 15 What is the central conflict of the poem? The speaker's dislike of Virginia The speaker's disagreement with her father about Thomas Jefferson The speaker not wanting to visit Monticello The speaker's bad relationship with her father 16 What image does the poem begin with? A portrait of Jefferson Monticello The speaker's father Jefferson's horse stable 17 How long is the poem? Eighteen stanzas Five stanzas Seventeen lines Twenty lines 18 Which of the following is a poem by Robert Lowell? "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" "Incident" "Medusa" "Shiloh" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Trochaic hexameter Iambic pentameter Dactylic trimeter Free verse 20 Where was Trethewey born? Austin, Texas Charlottesville, Virginia Gulfport, Mississippi Newport, Rhode Island 21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair? Sally Hemings Sarah Henfield Sally Hess Susan Hartfield 22 What is the tone of the line "This is where / we split up. I'll head around to the back"? Bitter Joking Critical Angry 23 To what does the phrase "dark subtext" refer? The contradictions between Jefferson's beliefs and his personal life Jefferson's mishandling of the Revolutionary War The poor quality of his portrait The speaker's father's marital problems 24 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the speaker makes fun of a tour guide's remark When the speaker sees a rare Virginia bird When the speaker realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson When the speaker visits Monticello 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? The speaker's father Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings The speaker
