I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The mid nineteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The late eighteenth century

The mid eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were barely literate

They were laborers

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

John Keats

Patty Turner

Mary Joyce
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Shepherd's Calendar

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

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!"?
Northampton Lunatic Asylum

High Beech asylum

London

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

The beauty of the countryside

The instability of the individual

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

abababab

aabbcc

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

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 dependent on the perception of other people

As entirely non-existent

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Odors

Ghosts

Specters

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

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Into the living sea of waking dreams

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed
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?
Respects

Goals

Delusions

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

Weird

Alien

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

Metaphor

Simile

Repetition
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
A return to childhood

Death

The apocalypse

Sleep
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
The speaker's feelings of woe

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

Existence without a sense of self

The destruction of the countryside
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

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.
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!"?
Mournful and reflective

Resentful and frustrated

Cheerful and hopeful

Overwhelmed and emotional
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

Memory, vapours, the sea

The grass, the sea, vapours

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

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

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

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

I am the self-consumer of my woes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

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