1 When was "Enlightenment" published? 2020 2015 2005 2012 2 What is the tone of the poem? Contemplative Upbeat Somber Elegiac 3 What was the name of the collection the poem was included in? Monument Collected Works Native Guard Thrall 4 What historical figure is the poem about? George Washington Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson John Adams 5 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Tercets Sestets 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? Confessional poetry Ode Aubade Historical poetry 9 What relationship does the speaker explore in the poem? Her relationship with her mother Her relationship with her father Her relationship with her grandfather 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? Thomas Jefferson Natasha Trethewey A tour guide at Monticello Sally Hemings 12 Where is the poem primarily set? In Washington D.C. In Colonial Williamsburg At Harper's Ferry At Monticello 13 Who wrote "Mayor Harold Washington"? Maya Angelou James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks Langston Hughes 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? A deserted castle A beautiful ruin A haunted villa An abandoned city 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 dislike of Virginia The speaker's disagreement with her father about Thomas Jefferson 16 What image does the poem begin with? A portrait of Jefferson Jefferson's horse stable The speaker's father Monticello 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" "Shiloh" "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" "Incident" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Free verse Trochaic hexameter Dactylic trimeter Iambic pentameter 20 Where was Trethewey born? Newport, Rhode Island Charlottesville, Virginia Gulfport, Mississippi Austin, Texas 21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair? Susan Hartfield Sarah Henfield Sally Hess Sally Hemings 22 What is the tone of the line "This is where / we split up. I'll head around to the back"? Bitter Critical Angry Joking 23 To what does the phrase "dark subtext" refer? The contradictions between Jefferson's beliefs and his personal life Jefferson's mishandling of the Revolutionary War 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 makes fun of a tour guide's remark When the speaker sees a rare Virginia bird When the speaker realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson When the speaker visits Monticello 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? Thomas Jefferson The speaker Sally Hemings The speaker's father
