1 When was the poem published? 2006 2001 2000 2015 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Earnest and simple Dark and eerie Distant and removed Warm and direct 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Native Guard Myth Incident Parker's Mood 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A heroic ballad A ghost story A love song A sea shanty 5 What does the poem depict? Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross A murder in the woods A family's home being burned down A major holiday 6 What prize did Trethewey receive for the collection that "Incident" was included in? A Golden Globe The National Book Award The Bollingen Prize The Pulitzer Prize 7 What form does the poem utilize? Haiku Pantoum Villanelle Sonnet 8 Where was Trethewey born? Gulfport, Mississippi Montreal, Canada Richmond, Virginia Austin, Texas 9 What is the structure of a pantoum? Six lines with an ABBACC rhyme scheme 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 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? Native Guard Domestic Work Monument Thrall 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? They We She I 13 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "at the cross trussed like a Christmas tree," "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." 14 What does the speaker compare the Klan members to? Demons Loose flames Angels Beasts 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "the charred grass still green." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" "Nothing really happened." "By morning all the flames had dimmed." 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? A candle An oil lantern A specially designed lightbulb A flashlight 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 rhymes with the next line Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment 18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem? The moon Flames The trees Rivers 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 retells the story When the speaker peers out the window 20 Who are the antagonists of the poem? The members of the Klan A disembodied force The other townspeople The governor 21 What is the meaning of the word "charred"? Shining brightly Burnt and blackened Crunched Grilled 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 Icarus The story of Hades The story of Orpheus The story of Iphigenia 24 What is the genre of the poem? Historical poetry Victorian poetry Ekphrasis Pastiche 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker witnessed something troubling That the speaker's family is close That the speaker is nosy That the speaker is bad at telling stories
