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