1 When was the poem published? 2000 2006 2001 2015 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Dark and eerie Earnest and simple Warm and direct Distant and removed 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Native Guard Incident Parker's Mood Myth 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A love song A heroic ballad A ghost story A sea shanty 5 What does the poem depict? A murder in the woods A major holiday Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross A family's home being burned down 6 What prize did Trethewey receive for the collection that "Incident" was included in? A Golden Globe The Bollingen Prize The National Book Award The Pulitzer Prize 7 What form does the poem utilize? Pantoum Villanelle Sonnet Haiku 8 Where was Trethewey born? Gulfport, Mississippi Austin, Texas Montreal, Canada Richmond, Virginia 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 Six lines with an ABBACC rhyme scheme Ten lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, followed by a rhyming couplet Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables 10 Where is the poem set? In the woods In Birmingham, Alabama In a small town at night, likely in the South In Little Rock, Arkansas 11 What is the title of the collection the poem was originally included in? Monument Domestic Work Thrall Native Guard 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? I They We She 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—" "at the cross trussed like a Christmas tree," "we darkened our rooms, lit the hurricane lamps." 14 What does the speaker compare the Klan members to? Angels Loose flames Beasts Demons 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "Nothing really happened." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" "the charred grass still green." 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? A specially designed lightbulb A candle A flashlight 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? The moon The trees Rivers Flames 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the men are shown around the cross When the speaker peers out the window The morning after the cross burning When the speaker retells the story 20 Who are the antagonists of the poem? A disembodied force The governor The other townspeople The members of the Klan 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? Storytelling Love Fear Repression 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 Historical poetry Ekphrasis 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker's family is close That the speaker witnessed something troubling That the speaker is bad at telling stories That the speaker is nosy
