I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?

The early nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth century

The late eighteenth century

The mid nineteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?

They were from London

They were laborers

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were barely literate
3 Who was Clare's first love?

Susan Smith

Mary Joyce

John Keats

Patty Turner
4 What was Clare's first book?

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Rural Muse

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Shepherd's Calendar
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?

His first book was a failure, but he gradually earned respect with his subsequent volumes

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

He never published his poetry during his life

His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

High Beech asylum

London

Helpston
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?

The uncertainty of existence

The beauty of the countryside

The evils of social isolation

The instability of the individual
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?

abcabc

abababab

aabbcc

ababab
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?

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

Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

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

Free verse (no fixed meter)
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 the exclusive attribute of poets

As entirely non-existent
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?

Ghosts

Specters

Odors

Mists
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Into the living sea of waking dreams
13 What characteristic of the sea is MOST relevant to Clare's use of it as a symbol in stanza 2?

Its vastness

Its turbulence

Its capacity to drown him

Its lack of landmarks
14 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "esteems" in line 10?

Delusions

Respects

Worships

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

Gross

Weird

Alien

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

Parallelism

Repetition

Metaphor

Simile
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?

Sleep

Death

The apocalypse

A return to childhood
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?

The destruction of the countryside

Existence without a sense of self

The speaker's feelings of woe

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

I am the self-consumer of my woes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?

Grieve

Pray

Play

Live
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?

Resentful and frustrated

Mournful and reflective

Cheerful and hopeful

Overwhelmed and emotional
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?

The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, the grass, vapours

Memory, vapours, the sea
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?

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

The speaker entirely abandons hope
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?

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

There to abide with my Creator, God

I Am! (John Clare poem) Questions and Answers

The Question and Answer section for I Am! (John Clare poem) is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.

Ask Your Own Question

Study Guide for I Am! (John Clare poem)

I Am! (John Clare poem) study guide contains a biography of John Clare, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Read the Study Guide for I Am! (John Clare poem)…