1 When was the poem published? 2001 2015 2000 2006 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? Parker's Mood Myth Native Guard Incident 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 A murder in the woods 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 A Golden Globe The National Book Award The Pulitzer Prize 7 What form does the poem utilize? Pantoum Haiku Villanelle Sonnet 8 Where was Trethewey born? Montreal, Canada Gulfport, Mississippi Richmond, Virginia Austin, Texas 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 Ten lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, followed by a rhyming couplet Six lines with an ABBACC rhyme scheme 10 Where is the poem set? In the woods In Birmingham, Alabama In Little Rock, Arkansas 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 Monument Native Guard Domestic Work 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? We I She They 13 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "at the cross trussed like a Christmas tree," "We tell the story every year—" "we darkened our rooms, lit the hurricane lamps." "It seemed the angels had gathered, white men in their gowns." 14 What does the speaker compare the Klan members to? Beasts Angels Demons Loose flames 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" "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 it rhymes with the next line Because the men outside were afraid Because the fire wasn't burning brightly Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment 18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem? The trees The moon Flames Rivers 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? The morning after the cross burning When the speaker peers out the window When the men are shown around the cross When the speaker retells the story 20 Who are the antagonists of the poem? The members of the Klan The governor A disembodied force The other townspeople 21 What is the meaning of the word "charred"? Burnt and blackened Crunched Grilled Shining brightly 22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem? Storytelling Fear Repression Love 23 What is depicted in the poem "Myth"? The story of Iphigenia The story of Hades The story of Orpheus The story of Icarus 24 What is the genre of the poem? Historical poetry Pastiche Ekphrasis Victorian poetry 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker witnessed something troubling That the speaker is nosy That the speaker's family is close That the speaker is bad at telling stories
