Incident (Trethewey Poem) Quizzes

Incident (Trethewey Poem) Quiz

1 When was the poem published?
2015

2000

2006

2001
2 What word best describes the poem's tone?
Distant and removed

Dark and eerie

Earnest and simple

Warm and direct
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 sea shanty

A love song

A heroic ballad
5 What does the poem depict?
A major holiday

A family's home being burned down

Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross

A murder in the woods
6 What prize did Trethewey receive for the collection that "Incident" was included in?
The National Book Award

A Golden Globe

The Pulitzer Prize

The Bollingen Prize
7 What form does the poem utilize?
Sonnet

Villanelle

Pantoum

Haiku
8 Where was Trethewey born?
Gulfport, Mississippi

Austin, Texas

Richmond, Virginia

Montreal, Canada
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

Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables

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 Birmingham, Alabama

In Little Rock, Arkansas

In the woods

In a small town at night, likely in the South
11 What is the title of the collection the poem was originally included in?
Thrall

Native Guard

Monument

Domestic Work
12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves?
I

They

We

She
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?
Loose flames

Angels

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 flashlight

A candle

A specially designed lightbulb

An oil lantern
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 the men outside were afraid

Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment

Because it rhymes with the next line
18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem?
Flames

The trees

Rivers

The moon
19 When does the climax of the poem occur?
The morning after the cross burning

When the men are shown around the cross

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"?
Shining brightly

Grilled

Crunched

Burnt and blackened
22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem?
Repression

Fear

Love

Storytelling
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?
Pastiche

Ekphrasis

Victorian poetry

Historical poetry
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 is nosy

That the speaker's family is close

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