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