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? Native Guard Monument Thrall Collected Works 4 What historical figure is the poem about? John Adams George Washington Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson 5 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Sestets Tercets Ocrtaves Couplets 6 What is the name of Jefferson's home? Alexandria Homestead Monticello Mount Vernon 7 What does the speaker compare her father to? A song A field guild A bird A portrait 8 What is the genre of the poem? Historical poetry Confessional poetry Aubade Ode 9 What relationship does the speaker explore in the poem? Her relationship with her grandfather Her relationship with the past Her relationship with her father Her relationship with her mother 10 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration? "In the portrait of Jefferson that hangs" "at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned:" "across the centuries, his lips fixed as if" "his forehead white with illumination —" 11 Who is the speaker of the poem? Thomas Jefferson Sally Hemings A tour guide at Monticello Natasha Trethewey 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 James Baldwin Maya Angelou Gwendolyn Brooks 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? An abandoned city A deserted castle A haunted villa A beautiful ruin 15 What is the central conflict of the poem? 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 The speaker's dislike of Virginia 16 What image does the poem begin with? A portrait of Jefferson The speaker's father Jefferson's horse stable Monticello 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? "Shiloh" "Medusa" "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" "Incident" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Dactylic trimeter Iambic pentameter Free verse Trochaic hexameter 20 Where was Trethewey born? Gulfport, Mississippi Austin, Texas Charlottesville, Virginia Newport, Rhode Island 21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair? Sally Hess Sarah Henfield Sally Hemings Susan Hartfield 22 What is the tone of the line "This is where / we split up. I'll head around to the back"? Critical Joking Bitter 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 realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson When the speaker makes fun of a tour guide's remark When the speaker sees a rare Virginia bird When the speaker visits Monticello 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? The speaker's father Sally Hemings The speaker Thomas Jefferson
