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 laborers

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were barely literate

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

Patty Turner

John Keats

Susan Smith

Mary Joyce
4 What was Clare's first book?

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Shepherd's Calendar

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

High Beech asylum

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

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

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside

The uncertainty of existence

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

abababab

aabbcc

abcabc

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

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)

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 entirely non-existent

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As dependent on the perception of other people
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?

Ghosts

Odors

Mists

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

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

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 capacity to drown him

Its vastness

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

Goals

Worships

Respects

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

Alien

Gross

Distant

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

Metaphor

Repetition

Simile

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

Death

A return to childhood

Sleep

The apocalypse
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 failure to achieve his goals

The speaker's feelings of woe
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

I am the self-consumer of my woes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems
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!"?

Mournful and reflective

Cheerful and hopeful

Overwhelmed and emotional

Resentful and frustrated
22 How does the speaker see grief?

As something that makes him stronger

As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God

As a problem
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?

Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, the grass, vapours

The grass, the sea, vapours

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

The speaker believes his life can improve

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker entirely abandons hope

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?

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

There to abide with my Creator, God

I am the self-consumer of my woes

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

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