I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The mid eighteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

The late eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They were from London

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were laborers

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

John Keats

Mary Joyce

Patty Turner
4 What was Clare's first book?
Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Shepherd's Calendar

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

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

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

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
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
London

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

High Beech asylum

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

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside

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

abababab

ababab

aabbcc
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Free verse (no fixed meter)

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

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As the exclusive attribute of poets

As dependent on the perception of other people

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

Into the living sea of waking dreams

My friends forsake me like a memory lost
13 What characteristic of the sea is MOST relevant to Clare's use of it as a symbol in stanza 2?
Its capacity to drown him

Its turbulence

Its vastness

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

Worships

Delusions

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

Gross

Alien

Weird
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

The apocalypse

Death

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

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

Existence without a sense of self

The speaker's feelings of woe
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

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?
Live

Pray

Play

Grieve
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Overwhelmed and emotional

Cheerful and hopeful

Resentful and frustrated

Mournful and reflective
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As something that brings him closer to God

As something that makes him stronger

As an inevitable part of life

As a problem
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?
Memory, the grass, vapours

Memory, vapours, the sea

The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker believes his life can improve

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

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

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