1 When was "Enlightenment" published? 2015 2012 2005 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? Thrall Monument Collected Works Native Guard 4 What historical figure is the poem about? Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson John Adams George Washington 5 What type of stanzas does the poem have? Ocrtaves Sestets Couplets Tercets 6 What is the name of Jefferson's home? Alexandria Homestead Monticello Mount Vernon 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? Historical poetry Confessional poetry Ode Aubade 9 What relationship does the speaker explore in the poem? Her relationship with her father Her relationship with her grandfather Her relationship with her mother Her relationship with the past 10 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration? "his forehead white with illumination —" "across the centuries, his lips fixed as if" "In the portrait of Jefferson that hangs" "at Monticello, he is rendered two-toned:" 11 Who is the speaker of the poem? A tour guide at Monticello Natasha Trethewey 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"? James Baldwin Gwendolyn Brooks Langston Hughes Maya Angelou 14 What does the speaker compare the past to? A deserted castle A haunted villa A beautiful ruin An abandoned city 15 What is the central conflict of the poem? The speaker's dislike of Virginia The speaker's disagreement with her father about Thomas Jefferson The speaker's bad relationship with her father The speaker not wanting to visit Monticello 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? Five stanzas Seventeen lines Twenty lines Eighteen stanzas 18 Which of the following is a poem by Robert Lowell? "Jonathan Edwards in Western Massachusetts" "Shiloh" "Medusa" "Incident" 19 What is the meter of the poem? Dactylic trimeter Trochaic hexameter Free verse Iambic pentameter 20 Where was Trethewey born? Charlottesville, Virginia Austin, Texas Gulfport, Mississippi Newport, Rhode Island 21 What was the name of the slave with whom Jefferson had an affair? Susan Hartfield Sally Hemings Sally Hess Sarah Henfield 22 What is the tone of the line "This is where / we split up. I'll head around to the back"? Bitter Critical Joking 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 The poor quality of his portrait Jefferson's mishandling of the Revolutionary War 24 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the speaker visits Monticello 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 25 Who is the protagonist of the poem? Sally Hemings The speaker Thomas Jefferson The speaker's father
