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 became estranged from Clare later in life

They were from London

They were barely literate

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

John Keats

Patty Turner

Mary Joyce
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Rural Muse

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Shepherd's Calendar
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?
He never published his poetry during his life

His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity

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

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
Helpston

High Beech asylum

London

Northampton Lunatic Asylum
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?
The instability of the individual

The uncertainty of existence

The beauty of the countryside

The evils of social isolation
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?
ababab

abcabc

aabbcc

abababab
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Free verse (no fixed meter)

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

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

Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed syllable)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As the exclusive attribute of poets

As dependent on the perception of other people

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

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

Specters

Ghosts

Odors
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

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 vastness

Its lack of landmarks

Its capacity to drown him
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?
Weird

Distant

Alien

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

Parallelism

Simile

Metaphor
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
The apocalypse

Death

A return to childhood

Sleep
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

The speaker's feelings of woe

The destruction of the countryside

Existence without a sense of self
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am the self-consumer of my woes

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

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

Pray

Live

Play
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Mournful and reflective

Cheerful and hopeful

Resentful and frustrated

Overwhelmed and emotional
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God

As a problem

As something that makes him stronger
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?
The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams

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 believes his life can improve

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning
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

There to abide with my Creator, God

I am the self-consumer of my woes

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