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