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 nineteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth 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

Patty Turner

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

The Rural Muse

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Shepherd's Calendar
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?
His first book was a failure, but he gradually earned respect with his subsequent volumes

His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

He never published his poetry during his life
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
Northampton Lunatic Asylum

London

Helpston

High Beech asylum
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"?
Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed syllable)

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

As the exclusive attribute of poets

As dependent on the perception of other people

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions
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

Into the living sea of waking dreams

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 vastness

Its turbulence

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

Worships

Respects

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

Distant

Gross

Alien
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?
A return to childhood

Sleep

The apocalypse

Death
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?
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

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?
Grieve

Pray

Live

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

Cheerful and hopeful

Mournful and reflective

Resentful and frustrated
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, vapours, dreams

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 entirely abandons hope

The speaker believes his life can improve

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
I am the self-consumer of my woes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

There to abide with my Creator, God

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