1 Who has died in the poem? The King The speaker's mother The speaker's cousin The speaker 2 Which of the following is a prominent motif in the poem? Trees Sleep Cold Celestial bodies 3 Where does the speaker think Arthur will go next? To be buried in the cemetery To the frozen lake To join the royal court To bed upstairs 4 Which best describes the speaker? Ferocious Sad Devastated Naive 5 Who shot the loon? Arthur Uncle Arthur The speaker's father The speaker 6 What is the poem's meter? Trochaic pentameter It has no single consistent meter Iambic hexameter Iambic pentameter 7 When does this poem evidently take place? The 2010s The early twentieth century The early Victorian era The Tudor 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 Five stanzas of ten lines each Six stanzas of varied length 9 When was this poem first published in a book? 1978 1965 1912 1891 10 Which of the following colors appear as motifs? Red and white Black and blue Blue and yellow Black and white 11 The speaker uses a metaphor to compare a table to what? A frozen lake A person's back A dinner plate An open book 12 What is Nova Scotia? A town in Wales A Canadian provice A London neighborhood 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? Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole 15 What is a loon? A shroud A funeral dirge A mourning parent A type of bird 16 Which of the following is a prominent theme of the poem? Christianity Nature Childhood Art and music 17 What does the flower most closely symbolize? Youth and life Death and purity Femininity and romance 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? Alliteration Understatement Simile Synecdoche 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 page in the British royal court A dead woman The father of a dead child A young child 22 In which season does this poem seemingly take place? Winter Summer Spring Fall 23 Who is Jack Frost? A real-life childhood friend of Elizabeth Bishop A popular Victorian essayist A folkloric figure A minor biblical character 24 What is ermine? A will A type of fur A liquor commonly consumed in Nova Scotia An infant too young to walk 25 Which of the following is a simile? "the red-eyed loon eyed it/from his white, frozen lake." "They invited Arthur to be / the smallest page at court." "He was all white, like a doll" "his eyes were red glass"
