1 Who has died in the poem? The speaker's mother The King The speaker's cousin The speaker 2 Which of the following is a prominent motif in the poem? Cold Sleep Trees Celestial bodies 3 Where does the speaker think Arthur will go next? To join the royal court To bed upstairs To be buried in the cemetery To the frozen lake 4 Which best describes the speaker? Ferocious Devastated Naive Sad 5 Who shot the loon? The speaker's father The speaker Arthur Uncle Arthur 6 What is the poem's meter? It has no single consistent meter Iambic hexameter Trochaic pentameter Iambic pentameter 7 When does this poem evidently take place? The early twentieth century The Tudor era The 2010s The early Victorian era 8 What is the poem's structure? Four stanzas of seven lines each Two stanzas of fourteen lines each, followed by two stanzas of seven lines each Six stanzas of varied length Five stanzas of ten lines each 9 When was this poem first published in a book? 1891 1912 1965 1978 10 Which of the following colors appear as motifs? Black and white Red and white Black and blue Blue and yellow 11 The speaker uses a metaphor to compare a table to what? A person's back An open book A frozen lake A dinner plate 12 What is Nova Scotia? A city in the Midwestern U.S. A town in Wales A London neighborhood A Canadian provice 13 Which royal figure is NOT mentioned in the poem? Queen Mary King George Queen Victoria Princess Alexandra 14 The statement "Arthur's coffin was / a little frosted cake" is an instance of what? Hyperbole Metaphor Personification Simile 15 What is a loon? A mourning parent A type of bird A shroud A funeral dirge 16 Which of the following is a prominent theme of the poem? Christianity Nature Art and music Childhood 17 What does the flower most closely symbolize? Springtime Femininity and romance Youth and life Death and purity 18 Where does the poem take place? At a burial At a hospital At a wake At a birthday party 19 The lines "stood a stuffed loon / shot and stuffed" feature which of the following? Alliteration Synecdoche Understatement Simile 20 What does the word "chromograph" mean? Early telephone model Device used for playing recorded music Early type of color photograph Coffin 21 Who is the poem's speaker? A dead woman The father of a dead child A young child A page in the British royal court 22 In which season does this poem seemingly take place? Fall Spring Winter Summer 23 Who is Jack Frost? A real-life childhood friend of Elizabeth Bishop A folkloric figure A minor biblical character A popular Victorian essayist 24 What is ermine? A type of fur An infant too young to walk A liquor commonly consumed in Nova Scotia A will 25 Which of the following is a simile? "He was all white, like a doll" "the red-eyed loon eyed it/from his white, frozen lake." "his eyes were red glass" "They invited Arthur to be / the smallest page at court."
