In Memory of Radio Quizzes

In Memory of Radio Quiz

1 Based on textual evidence alone, what is the relationship between Jack Kerouac and the speaker of the poem?
They are contemporary literature buddies who like to talk about superheroes together

They both have reflected on the divinity of Lamont Cranston

They helped to create the character of Lamont Cranston together

They are smarter than the majority of people which means that their tastes are more refined
2 Finish this statement: "It is better to have loved and lost / Than to _______"
"have never loved at all?"

"put linoleum in your living rooms?"

"recognize how evil love actually is?"

"listen to F.J. Sheen tell you how to get saved & rich?"
3 According to The Shadow, what does he himself know?
How to transform into something that is visible to others

Unbelievers are going to throw stones at him

The evil that lurks in the hearts of men

How to "cloud" opponents brains so that they can't see him
4 What does the collective listen to first on Saturday mornings?
a show about undersea adventures

Let's Pretend

Red Lantern

Kate Smith
5 Which answer choice contains a proper name that does NOT appear in "In Memory of Radio"?
Oral Roberts

Goody Knight

F.J. Sheen

Duke Smith
6 What regional morning news show is referenced in the first stanza?
WFOX

WKCR

WNBC

WCBS
7 What does the speaker of the poem think about WCBS and Kate Smith?
That they're alright, but not the best

That they aren't as good as jazz music

That they are unattractive

That they pretty great and popular for a reason
8 What does the speaker think he might be at the beginning of Stanza III?
A sage

Oral Roberts

A Mandrake

F.J. Sheen
9 According to the poem, what do Mandrakes produce on a weekly basis?
Hallucinations

Hypnotic gestures

Pregnancies

Drug overdose
10 What can't the speaker do that F.J. Sheen can do?
Heal others with divine powers

Tell you how to get saved and make money

Be famous

Perform a church service on live television
11 What is the speaker's evidence for love being an "evil word"?
When you turn it backwards it spells out "evol," which sounds like "evil"

The speaker's heart has recently been broken

The Shadow can see into the hearts of men and therefore knows that love is a fickle illusion at best

It has many negative associations to the speaker
12 What did the collective listen to second on Saturday mornings?
Kate Smith

Let's Pretend (at 11)

The Red Lantern & his undersea folk

The Red Lantern
13 What has the poet retained from childhood?
Great powers of deception

Listening to the radio

A love for The Shadow

A distrust of the concept of love
14 Who is speaking in the second-to-last stanza of the poem?
The Shadow

The poet

Amiri Baraka

Jack Kerouac
15 Finish this statement: "I certainly wouldn't like to go ______"
"to the live screening of a Kate Smith show"

"without caution, since love is an evil word"

"to church and speak to F. J. Sheen"

"out on that kind of limb"
16 What does the speaker want you to understand when he says "see, see what I mean"?
Love is fickle and often leads to heartbreak so you should stay away

You shouldn't trust love because nobody understands it

The Shadow knows what evils lurk in the hearts of men

When written backwards, love is spelled "evol" which sounds like evil. The similarity in phonetics suggests that it is an "evil" word.
17 What do the unbelievers do to The Shadow?
They turn them in to the authorities

They conceal their thoughts from him

They fall in love with him

They throw stones
18 How many syllables does the final stanza have in total?
16: two lines of 4 syllables, one line of 6 syllables, and one line of 2 syllables

16: four lines of 4 syllables

14: three lines of 4 syllables, one line of 2 syllables

15: three lines of 4 syllables, one line of 3 syllables
19 What phrase is repeated twice in the final stanza?
"Oh, yes he does"

"O, yes he does"

"This Love"

"An evil word it is"
20 Wich rhetorical question does Baraka employ when talking about love?
"who knows what it is?"

"who could face the evil that it is?"

"who hasn't lost from it?"

"who understands it?"
21 What is a major symbol of "In the Memory of Radio"?
The gaschamber, which symbolizes and evokes the atrocities commited in the Holocaust

The radio, which symbolizes pervasive popular culture and cultural cohesion

The church, which symbolizes the power of the wealthy

The heart, which acts as a metaphorical organ that holds human emotion
22 What is a major theme of "In the Memory of Radio"?
Popular Culture

Oral Tradition

Individuality

All of the above
23 How would you characterize the voice of the speaker in "In the Memory of Radio"?
Musical and morbid

Nostalgic and flowery

Straightforward and lacking in emotion

Colloquial and darkly humorous
24 How many questions are asked in "In the Memory of Radio"?
8

9

7

6
25 Who is the alter ego of The Shadow?
Lamont Cranston

Goody Knight

Oral Roberts

F.J. Sheen

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