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