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