1 When was the poem published? 2006 2015 2000 2001 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Warm and direct Distant and removed Dark and eerie Earnest and simple 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Parker's Mood Incident Native Guard Myth 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A heroic ballad A love song A ghost story A sea shanty 5 What does the poem depict? A family's home being burned down Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross A murder in the woods A major holiday 6 What prize did Trethewey receive for the collection that "Incident" was included in? The National Book Award A Golden Globe The Bollingen Prize The Pulitzer Prize 7 What form does the poem utilize? Pantoum Villanelle Sonnet Haiku 8 Where was Trethewey born? Austin, Texas Montreal, Canada Richmond, Virginia Gulfport, Mississippi 9 What is the structure of a pantoum? The second and fourth lines of a stanza are reused as the first and third lines of the next stanza Six lines with an ABBACC rhyme scheme Ten lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, followed by a rhyming couplet Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables 10 Where is the poem set? In a small town at night, likely in the South In the woods In Little Rock, Arkansas In Birmingham, Alabama 11 What is the title of the collection the poem was originally included in? Monument Thrall Domestic Work Native Guard 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? We She They I 13 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "We tell the story every year—" "we darkened our rooms, lit the hurricane lamps." "at the cross trussed like a Christmas tree," "It seemed the angels had gathered, white men in their gowns." 14 What does the speaker compare the Klan members to? Demons Loose flames Beasts Angels 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" "the charred grass still green." "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "Nothing really happened." 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? A flashlight An oil lantern A candle A specially designed lightbulb 17 Why does the speaker use the word "trembling" to describe the wick of the hurricane lamp? Because the fire wasn't burning brightly Because it rhymes with the next line Because the men outside were afraid Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment 18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem? Rivers Flames The moon The trees 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the men are shown around the cross When the speaker retells the story When the speaker peers out the window The morning after the cross burning 20 Who are the antagonists of the poem? The other townspeople A disembodied force The members of the Klan The governor 21 What is the meaning of the word "charred"? Shining brightly Grilled Burnt and blackened Crunched 22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem? Love Repression Storytelling Fear 23 What is depicted in the poem "Myth"? The story of Hades The story of Orpheus The story of Icarus The story of Iphigenia 24 What is the genre of the poem? Historical poetry Pastiche Victorian poetry Ekphrasis 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker witnessed something troubling That the speaker is bad at telling stories That the speaker's family is close That the speaker is nosy
