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