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