I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The late eighteenth century

The mid eighteenth century

The early nineteenth century

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

They were from London

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were laborers
3 Who was Clare's first love?
Mary Joyce

Susan Smith

John Keats

Patty Turner
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?
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!"?
Helpston

High Beech asylum

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

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

The evils of social isolation

The uncertainty of existence

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

abcabc

ababab

aabbcc
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed syllable)

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)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As entirely non-existent

As dependent on the perception of other people

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As the exclusive attribute of poets
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Odors

Mists

Specters

Ghosts
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

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 lack of landmarks

Its capacity to drown him

Its turbulence

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

Respects

Goals

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

Distant

Alien

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

Metaphor

Repetition

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

The apocalypse

Sleep

A return to childhood
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
Existence without a sense of self

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

The destruction of the countryside

The speaker's feelings of woe
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
I am the self-consumer of my woes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
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

Overwhelmed and emotional

Cheerful and hopeful
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As a problem

As something that brings him closer to God

As an inevitable part of life

As something that makes him stronger
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?
Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, the grass, vapours

The grass, the sea, vapours
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker entirely abandons hope

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
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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