In the Waiting Room Quizzes

In the Waiting Room Quiz

1 What is a pith helmet associated with?
Concussion recovery

Outdoor adventuring and safaris

Horseback riding

Hockey
2 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABACDCEFE

ABABCDCD

ABBA CDDC

It does not have a rhyme scheme
3 Who is the poem's speaker?
A dentist

Martin Johnson

An old man

A young girl
4 Which image does the speaker NOT encounter in the magazine?
A lion chasing its prey

A dead man

Naked women

A volcano
5 What are arctics, in the poem's context?
A type of winter shoe

A type of cold-weather bird

People from the arctic circle

Explorers of the North Pole
6 Fill in the blank : "But I felt: you are an ____"
Individual

Infant

Orphan

I
7 Fill in the blank: "How--I didn't know any word for it--how____"
Ridiculous

Unlikely

Grand

Obnoxious
8 In which year does this poem take place?
1976

1918

2004

1848
9 Which of the following prompts the speaker to feel panicked?
The snowfall outside

The picture of the volcano

The lamps turning on

Her aunt's cry of pain
10 How many stanzas are in this poem?
5

4

7

3
11 Which image metaphorically describes the speaker's fear and panic?
Lightning and thunder

Rushing wind

A hole opening in the ground

Black waves
12 What does the word "timid" most closely mean?
Fearful

Undecided

Delicious

Insistent
13 Which of the following phrases contains assonance prominently?
"trousers and skirts and boots"

"dressed in riding breeches,"

"black, and full of ashes;"

"The War was on. Outside,"
14 Which magazine does the speaker read?
National Geographic

Life

The New Yorker

Time
15 Which of the following is a major theme of the poem?
Individual identity

Class inequality

Technology

Friendship
16 What types of stanzas are in this poem?
Sestets

Quintets

There is no standard stanza length

Quatrains
17 How old is the speaker?
Almost seven

Middle aged

Fourteen

Seventy-eight
18 What does the word "rivulet" mean?
Stream

Toothbrush

Reverie

Hair ribbon
19 What were Osa and Martin Johnson known for?
Writing novels

Field linguistics

Exploring and photography

Sailing around the world
20 Fill in the blank: "I read it right straight through. / I was too ____ to stop."
Polite

Tired

Entranced

Shy
21 In which city does the poem take place?
Manchester, England

Montreal, Canada

San Francisco, California

Worcester, Massachusetts
22 Who is the speaker with?
Her aunt

Her imaginary friend

Her mother

Her twin
23 What sound produces alliteration in the phrase "while I waited I read"?
R

E

W

T
24 Which war is Bishop most likely referencing at the end of the poem?
World War 2

The Spanish-American War

The U.S. Civil War

World War 1
25 Where is the speaker?
A doctor's waiting room

God's waiting room

A dentist's waiting room

A therapist's waiting room

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