1 When was the poem published? 2015 2006 2001 2000 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Warm and direct Earnest and simple 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 heroic ballad A ghost story A love song A sea shanty 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? A Golden Globe The Bollingen Prize The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Award 7 What form does the poem utilize? Villanelle Pantoum Haiku Sonnet 8 Where was Trethewey born? Gulfport, Mississippi Montreal, Canada Austin, Texas Richmond, Virginia 9 What is the structure of a pantoum? Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables Six lines with an ABBACC rhyme scheme 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 10 Where is the poem set? In Little Rock, Arkansas In the woods In a small town at night, likely in the South In Birmingham, Alabama 11 What is the title of the collection the poem was originally included in? Monument Domestic Work Native Guard Thrall 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? We They She I 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? Beasts Loose flames Angels Demons 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "Nothing really happened." "the charred grass still green." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" 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 the men outside were afraid Because it rhymes with the next line 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? Rivers Flames The trees The moon 19 When does the climax of the poem occur? When the speaker retells the story When the men are shown around the cross The morning after the cross burning When the speaker peers out the window 20 Who are the antagonists of the poem? A disembodied force The other townspeople The governor The members of the Klan 21 What is the meaning of the word "charred"? Burnt and blackened Shining brightly Crunched Grilled 22 Which of the following is NOT a theme of the poem? Love Repression Storytelling Fear 23 What is depicted in the poem "Myth"? The story of Orpheus The story of Hades The story of Iphigenia The story of Icarus 24 What is the genre of the poem? Pastiche Victorian poetry Ekphrasis Historical poetry 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 bad at telling stories That the speaker is nosy
