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