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