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 nineteenth century

The late eighteenth century

The mid eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were laborers

They were from London

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

Patty Turner

Mary Joyce

Susan Smith
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Shepherd's Calendar

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Rural Muse
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

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!"?
High Beech asylum

Helpston

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

London
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?
The uncertainty of existence

The instability of the individual

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?
abababab

ababab

aabbcc

abcabc
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)

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 dependent on the perception of other people

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?
And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Into the living sea of waking dreams

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
13 What characteristic of the sea is MOST relevant to Clare's use of it as a symbol in stanza 2?
Its lack of landmarks

Its turbulence

Its vastness

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

Delusions

Goals

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

Alien

Weird

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

Parallelism

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 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?
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

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

Live

Pray

Play
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 an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God

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

Memory, the grass, vapours

Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, vapours, dreams
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker entirely abandons hope

The speaker believes his life can improve
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
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

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

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