I Know a Man Quizzes

I Know a Man Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
1991

1959

2005

1955
2 What literary movement was Robert Creeley commonly associated with?
The Futurists

The Beat poets

The Black Mountain poets

The Surrealists
3 Who is the protagonist of the poem?
A CEO

The speaker's friend

The speaker

A big car
4 Where does the poem take place?
In the desert

Near a forest

In a car

By a lake
5 What does Creeley use the abbreviation "sd" to mean?
"sad"

"sold"

"seized"

"said"
6 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"name, the darkness sur-"

"for / christ’s sake,"

"because I am / always talking,"

"can we do against"
7 What does Creeley use the abbreviation "yr" to mean in the poem?
"you're"

"yore"

"your"

"year"
8 What type of stanzas does the poem use?
Couplets

Tercets

Sextets

Quatrains
9 Which of the following is an image in the poem?
An airplane

A big car

The night sky

Stars
10 How does the speaker characterize himself in the first stanza?
Irritable

Talkative

Cheerful

Quiet
11 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic trimeter

Dactylic hexameter

Free verse

Dactylic pentameter
12 What best describes the tone of the poem?
Relaxed and casual

Bitter and brief

Colloquial and anxious

Formal and serious
13 What image does the speaker use to depict his concerns?
Darkness

A rain cloud

The color red

A stormy sea
14 What is the main conflict of the poem?
The speaker's dislike of his friend

The speaker's inability to get home

The speaker's anxiety about driving

The speaker's search for meaning in the world
15 How does the speaker's friend suggest he get over his worries?
By joining a gym

By purchasing a home

By investing in the stock market

By driving
16 What did Creeley often do with this poem?
Anthologize it

Disavow it in public

Hold it up as his greatest work

Read it out loud
17 When is the climax of the poem?
In the last stanza

In the second stanza

In the third stanza

In the first stanza
18 How does the poem begin?
During a road trip

In the midst of a nightmare

In the middle of a conversation

At the height of an arguement
19 What does the speaker's friend tell him to do at the end of the poem?
Watch where he's going

Not take shortcuts

Always bring a map

Never pay too much for a car
20 What effect do the abbreviations in the poem have on the overall mood?
They make it seem unfinished

They make it seem like it has typographical errors

They make it feel more immediate

They make it more difficult to understand
21 Which of the following poets was NOT a contemporary of Creeley's?
Ed Dorn

Charles Olson

Paul Blackburn

Walt Whitman
22 What literary device does Creeley use throughout the poem?
Synecdoche

Enjambment

Zeugma

Unconventional capitalization
23 What is unusual about the word "surrounds" in the poem?
It is broken up between two lines

It is underlined

It is italicized

It appears on a line by itself
24 What is the speaker's friend's name?
Robert

John

Charles

We don't know
25 What punctuation separates individual ideas in the poem?
Semicolons

Commas

Parentheses

Periods

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