Enlightenment (Trethewey poem) Quizzes

Enlightenment (Trethewey poem) Quiz

1 When was "Enlightenment" published?
2015

2020

2005

2012
2 What is the tone of the poem?
Elegiac

Contemplative

Upbeat

Somber
3 What was the name of the collection the poem was included in?
Monument

Native Guard

Collected Works

Thrall
4 What historical figure is the poem about?
Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

John Adams

Alexander Hamilton
5 What type of stanzas does the poem have?
Ocrtaves

Couplets

Sestets

Tercets
6 What is the name of Jefferson's home?
Monticello

Homestead

Alexandria

Mount Vernon
7 What does the speaker compare her father to?
A portrait

A bird

A song

A field guild
8 What is the genre of the poem?
Ode

Aubade

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 mother

Her relationship with her father
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?
Natasha Trethewey

A tour guide at Monticello

Sally Hemings

Thomas Jefferson
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"?
Gwendolyn Brooks

Maya Angelou

Langston Hughes

James Baldwin
14 What does the speaker compare the past to?
A haunted villa

An abandoned city

A beautiful ruin

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

The speaker's father

Jefferson's horse stable

A portrait of Jefferson
17 How long is the poem?
Five stanzas

Twenty lines

Seventeen lines

Eighteen stanzas
18 Which of the following is a poem by Robert Lowell?
"Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts"

"Incident"

"Medusa"

"Shiloh"
19 What is the meter of the poem?
Trochaic hexameter

Free verse

Dactylic trimeter

Iambic pentameter
20 Where was Trethewey born?
Newport, Rhode Island

Gulfport, Mississippi

Charlottesville, Virginia

Austin, Texas
21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair?
Sarah Henfield

Susan Hartfield

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"?
Critical

Joking

Bitter

Angry
23 To what does the phrase "dark subtext" refer?
The contradictions between Jefferson's beliefs and his personal life

The poor quality of his portrait

The speaker's father's marital problems

Jefferson's mishandling of the Revolutionary War
24 When does the climax of the poem occur?
When the speaker sees a rare Virginia bird

When the speaker realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson

When the speaker visits Monticello

When the speaker makes fun of a tour guide's remark
25 Who is the protagonist of the poem?
The speaker

Sally Hemings

The speaker's father

Thomas Jefferson

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