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 late eighteenth century

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

They were barely literate

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were laborers

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

Mary Joyce

John Keats

Susan Smith

Patty Turner
4 What was Clare's first book?

The Rural Muse

The Shepherd's Calendar

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery
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

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

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

The instability of the individual

The uncertainty of existence

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

aabbcc

abababab

abcabc

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

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

Iambic pentameter (five 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)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?

As the exclusive attribute of poets

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

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?

Into the living sea of waking dreams

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

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 lack of landmarks

Its turbulence

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

Respects

Delusions

Worships

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

Alien

Gross

Weird

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

Metaphor

Parallelism

Simile

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

Death

The apocalypse

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 destruction of the countryside

The speaker's feelings of woe

Existence without a sense of self
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?

I am the self-consumer of my woes

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems
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

Overwhelmed and emotional

Cheerful and hopeful

Mournful and reflective
22 How does the speaker see grief?

As a problem

As an inevitable part of life

As something that makes him stronger

As something that brings him closer to God
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?

Memory, vapours, dreams

The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, the grass, vapours
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 entirely abandons hope

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 the self-consumer of my woes

There to abide with my Creator, God

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

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