1 When was "Enlightenment" published? 2012 2020 2015 2005 2 What is the tone of the poem? Contemplative Elegiac Upbeat Somber 3 What was the name of the collection the poem was included in? Collected Works Native Guard Thrall Monument 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 Ocrtaves Couplets Sestets 6 What is the name of Jefferson's home? Alexandria Mount Vernon Monticello Homestead 7 What does the speaker compare her father to? A portrait A field guild A song A bird 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 father Her relationship with her mother Her relationship with her grandfather 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" "at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned:" "his forehead white with illumination —" 11 Who is the speaker of the poem? Thomas Jefferson A tour guide at Monticello Natasha Trethewey Sally Hemings 12 Where is the poem primarily set? In Washington D.C. At Monticello In Colonial Williamsburg At Harper's Ferry 13 Who wrote "Mayor Harold Washington"? Maya Angelou Langston Hughes James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? A haunted villa A beautiful ruin 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? The speaker's father A portrait of Jefferson Jefferson's horse stable Monticello 17 How long is the poem? Twenty lines Eighteen stanzas Seventeen lines Five stanzas 18 Which of the following is a poem by Robert Lowell? "Incident" "Shiloh" "Medusa" "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Trochaic hexameter Dactylic trimeter Iambic pentameter Free verse 20 Where was Trethewey born? Gulfport, Mississippi Newport, Rhode Island Charlottesville, Virginia Austin, Texas 21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair? Susan Hartfield Sally Hess Sarah Henfield Sally Hemings 22 What is the tone of the line "This is where / we split up. I'll head around to the back"? Critical Bitter Angry Joking 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 realizes her father feels some connection to Jefferson When the speaker sees a rare Virginia bird When the speaker makes fun of a tour guide's remark When the speaker visits Monticello 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? Thomas Jefferson The speaker Sally Hemings The speaker's father
