1 Who first read Brontë's poems and encouraged her to publish them? Her father Her brother Bramwell Jane Austen Her sister Charlotte 2 What is the poem's central theme? Eternity Despair Fate Hope 3 What novel is Brontë known for writing? Pride and Prejudice Wuthering Heights Clarissa House of the Seven Gables 4 When was "Hope" published? 1841 1865 1846 1896 5 What was the title of the collection that this poem was published in? The Collected Work of the Brontë Sisters Wuthering Heights Poems by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell 6 How many stanzas does the poem have? Sestets Quatrains Tercets Couplets 7 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABAB ABBC ABCB ABBA 8 What is the genre of the poem? Pastoral poetry Love sonnet War epic Victorian poetry 9 Which of the following publications reviewed Brontë's poetry favorably? The Bostonian The London Times The Athenaeum The Bradford Daily 10 What does the speaker personify in the poem? Despair Religious fervor Hope Joy 11 How does the speaker describe hope in the poem? As an unreliable narrator As a timid friend As a two-faced liar As a fairweather companion 12 Which of the following lines contains hyperbole? "When my last joys strewed the ground," "And she turned her face away!" "Like a false guard, false watch keeping," "Watching how my fate would tend," 13 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Balm to all my frenzied pain," "When my last joys strewed the ground," "Even Sorrow saw, repenting," "Hope was but a timid friend;" 14 Which of these images is a symbol in the poem? Relics Glass Mirrors Eyes 15 What does the speaker mean when she says that Hope is a "false guard"? That Hope never carries a shield That Hope only observes her, but never tries to help her That Hope is never doing a good job of keeping watch That Hope is a double agent 16 What does Hope do at the end of the poem? Flies away Comforts the speaker Turns away from the speaker Sings 17 When does Hope stop singing? When the speaker tries to sing with her When bad luck befalls the speaker When the speaker observes her When the speaker tries to talk to her 18 How does the speaker characterize her relationship with Hope? Dependable Mysterious Loving Unreliable 19 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Beth and Meg Elinor and Marianne Mary and Lydia Anne and Charlotte 20 What is the best description of the tone of poem? Somber Cold Puzzling Angry 21 What is the central conflict of the poem? The speaker's loss of joy The speaker's struggle with loss The speaker's difficulties with religious devotion The speaker's unbalanced relationship with Hope 22 What is the poem's climax? Hope comforts the speaker The speaker vanishes Hope abandons the speaker at her lowest moment The speaker confronts hope 23 How many stanzas does the poem have? Twenty Ten Two Five 24 What does the word "strife" mean in the poem? Bitter conflict Verbal agreement War Harvest 25 Which of the following is a motif in the poem? Debate Watching Love Music
