1 When was "Enlightenment" published? 2020 2015 2012 2005 2 What is the tone of the poem? Elegiac Upbeat Somber Contemplative 3 What was the name of the collection the poem was included in? Thrall Collected Works Native Guard Monument 4 What historical figure is the poem about? Alexander Hamilton John Adams George Washington Thomas Jefferson 5 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Ocrtaves Couplets Sestets 6 What is the name of Jefferson's home? Monticello Mount Vernon Alexandria Homestead 7 What does the speaker compare her father to? A bird A field guild A portrait A song 8 What is the genre of the poem? Ode Historical poetry Aubade Confessional poetry 9 What relationship does the speaker explore in the poem? Her relationship with her mother Her relationship with her grandfather Her relationship with her father Her relationship with the past 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" "his forehead white with illumination —" "at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned:" 11 Who is the speaker of the poem? Thomas Jefferson Natasha Trethewey Sally Hemings A tour guide at Monticello 12 Where is the poem primarily set? In Washington D.C. At Harper's Ferry In Colonial Williamsburg At Monticello 13 Who wrote "Mayor Harold Washington"? James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks Langston Hughes Maya Angelou 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? A haunted villa A deserted castle A beautiful ruin An abandoned city 15 What is the central conflict of the poem? 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 The speaker's dislike of Virginia 16 What image does the poem begin with? The speaker's father Jefferson's horse stable A portrait of Jefferson Monticello 17 How long is the poem? Seventeen lines Eighteen stanzas Twenty lines Five stanzas 18 Which of the following is a poem by Robert Lowell? "Shiloh" "Medusa" "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" "Incident" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Iambic pentameter Trochaic hexameter Dactylic trimeter Free verse 20 Where was Trethewey born? Newport, Rhode Island Charlottesville, Virginia Austin, Texas Gulfport, Mississippi 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 Angry Joking Critical 23 To what does the phrase "dark subtext" refer? The poor quality of his portrait The contradictions between Jefferson's beliefs and his personal life Jefferson's mishandling of the Revolutionary War 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 visits Monticello When the speaker realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson When the speaker makes fun of a tour guide's remark 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? The speaker's father Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings The speaker
