1 When was the poem published? 2006 2001 2000 2015 2 What word best describes the poem's tone? Warm and direct Dark and eerie Earnest and simple Distant and removed 3 Which of the following is NOT a poem by Trethewey? Parker's Mood Incident Native Guard Myth 4 What kind of story does the mood of the poem imitate? A heroic ballad A sea shanty A ghost story A love song 5 What does the poem depict? A murder in the woods A family's home being burned down Members of the Ku Klux Klan burning a cross A major holiday 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? Villanelle Pantoum Sonnet Haiku 8 Where was Trethewey born? Austin, Texas Richmond, Virginia Gulfport, Mississippi Montreal, Canada 9 What is the structure of a pantoum? Ten lines of unrhymed iambic pentameter, followed by a rhyming couplet 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 Two lines of five syllables and one line of seven syllables 10 Where is the poem set? In Little Rock, Arkansas In Birmingham, Alabama 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? Domestic Work Monument Thrall Native Guard 12 What pronoun does the speaker use to refer to themselves? They I We She 13 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "We tell the story every year—" "It seemed the angels had gathered, white men in their gowns." "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 Demons Loose flames Angels 15 Which of the following lines is an example of personification? "the charred grass still green." "By morning all the flames had dimmed." "The wicks trembled all night in their fonts of oil;" "Nothing really happened." 16 What is a "hurricane lamp"? A flashlight An oil lantern A specially designed lightbulb A candle 17 Why does the speaker use the word "trembling" to describe the wick of the hurricane lamp? Because it suggests the fear they felt in that moment Because it rhymes with the next line Because the men outside were afraid Because the fire wasn't burning brightly 18 Which of the following is an important symbol in the poem? Flames The moon Rivers The trees 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 governor A disembodied force The other townspeople The members of the Klan 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 Storytelling Fear Love 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? Ekphrasis Pastiche Historical poetry Victorian poetry 25 What is foreshadowed in the poem's opening lines? That the speaker's family is close That the speaker is nosy That the speaker is bad at telling stories That the speaker witnessed something troubling
