I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The early nineteenth century

The late eighteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They were barely literate

They were laborers

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were from London
3 Who was Clare's first love?
Susan Smith

Mary Joyce

Patty Turner

John Keats
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Shepherd's Calendar

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Rural Muse

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?
His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity

He never published his poetry during his life

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

His first book was a failure, but he gradually earned respect with his subsequent volumes
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
Northampton Lunatic Asylum

Helpston

High Beech asylum

London
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?
The evils of social isolation

The instability of the individual

The beauty of the countryside

The uncertainty of existence
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?
abababab

ababab

aabbcc

abcabc
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed syllable)

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Free verse (no fixed meter)

Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As dependent on the perception of other people

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As entirely non-existent

As the exclusive attribute of poets
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Ghosts

Odors

Specters

Mists
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Into the living sea of waking dreams

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed
13 What characteristic of the sea is MOST relevant to Clare's use of it as a symbol in stanza 2?
Its turbulence

Its lack of landmarks

Its vastness

Its capacity to drown him
14 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "esteems" in line 10?
Respects

Worships

Goals

Delusions
15 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "strange" in line 12?
Gross

Alien

Distant

Weird
16 What literary device does NOT appear in the second stanza?
Repetition

Metaphor

Simile

Parallelism
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
Death

The apocalypse

Sleep

A return to childhood
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
The speaker's feelings of woe

The destruction of the countryside

Existence without a sense of self

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

I am the self-consumer of my woes
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?
Play

Live

Pray

Grieve
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Cheerful and hopeful

Mournful and reflective

Overwhelmed and emotional

Resentful and frustrated
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As a problem

As something that makes him stronger

As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?
Memory, vapours, dreams

The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, the grass, vapours
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker entirely abandons hope

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker believes his life can improve

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
There to abide with my Creator, God

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

I am the self-consumer of my woes

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