I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?

The mid eighteenth century

The late eighteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

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

They were from London

They were laborers

They were barely literate

They became estranged from Clare later in life
3 Who was Clare's first love?

Patty Turner

Susan Smith

Mary Joyce

John Keats
4 What was Clare's first book?

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Shepherd's Calendar

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Rural Muse
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 never published his poetry during his life

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?

Helpston

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

London

High Beech asylum
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?

The uncertainty of existence

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside

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

abcabc

abababab

ababab

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

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Iambic tetrameter (three 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 one thing independent of other people's opinions

As entirely non-existent

As dependent on the perception of other people

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

Mists

Odors

Specters

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

Into the living sea of waking dreams

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

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 turbulence

Its vastness

Its lack of landmarks

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

Worships

Delusions

Respects

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

Distant

Alien

Gross

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?

Sleep

A return to childhood

Death

The apocalypse
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?

The destruction of the countryside

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

Existence without a sense of self

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

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am the self-consumer of my woes

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?

Pray

Live

Play

Grieve
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?

Mournful and reflective

Overwhelmed and emotional

Cheerful and hopeful

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?

Memory, the grass, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, vapours, the sea

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

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

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?

There to abide with my Creator, God

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

I am the self-consumer of my woes

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