Jenny Quizzes

Jenny Quiz

1 What is hair a symbol for in "Jenny"?

female sexuality

prostitution

purity

food
2 What are flowers symbols for in "Jenny"?

desire

penury

wealth

purity
3 What is the closest definition of "daintier" as it appears in "Jenny"?

being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts

delicately small and pretty

a prostitute

free from undergarments
4 What is the closest definition of "lodestar" as it appears in "Jenny"?

indeed

a mirror

a prostitute

a star that is used to guide a ship
5 What is the closest definition of "reverie" as it appears in "Jenny"?

halo and gold coin

delicately small and pretty

being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts

a prostitute
6 What is the closest definition of "forsooth" as it appears in "Jenny"?

indeed

to be short of

a star that is used to guide a ship

halo and gold coin
7 What is the closest definition of "scarce" as it appears in "Jenny"?

speculative

to be short of

halo and gold coin

delicately small and pretty
8 What is the closest definition of "ungirdled" as it appears in "Jenny"?

halo and gold coin

to be short of

a star that is used to guide a ship

free from undergarments
9 What is the closest definition of "conjectural" as it appears in "Jenny"?

speculative

being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts

a mirror

indeed
10 What is the closest definition of "pier-glass" as it appears in "Jenny"?

a mirror

speculative

delicately small and pretty

to be short of
11 What is the closest definition of "Paphian" as it appears in "Jenny"?

a mirror

to be short of

being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts

having to do with prostitution
12 What is the closest definition of "aureole" as it appears in "Jenny"?

indeed

free from undergarments

halo and gold coin

speculative
13 Where do Jenny and the speaker live?

in the English countryside

in New York City

in London

in Dallas, Texas
14 How is the speaker's room different from Jenny's?

His room is much cleaner than Jenny's

His room is full of books

His room has many adornments while her room simply has a bed

The walls in his room are painted yellow while hers are mauve
15 What is Jenny's profession?

she is a nurse

she is a poet

she is a homemaker and mother

she is a prostitute
16 Where does Jenny come from?

The seaside, where she used to go fishing every day

The poorest neighborhood in London

America; she moved to England in 1832

She was born in the country and moved to London in search of a better life
17 Does the speaker love Jenny?

No. He absolutely hates Jenny and thinks she represents the worst parts of society.

Yes, he is head-over-heels in love and plans to propose to her when she wakes up.

Yes, she and him were lovers when they were kids and he never forgot her.

Not really. He doesn't know her at all. However, he is sympathetic to what she goes through on a day-to-day basis.
18 What color is Jenny's hair?

gray

brown

the speaker never tells us

golden
19 Name two flowers that the speaker compares Jenny to in the poem

daisy and sunflower

lily and carnation

carnation and daisy

lily and rose
20 What does Jenny say to the speaker that causes him to feel emotional?

Nothing. She says nothing over the course of the poem and is asleep for most of it.

"You are the best thing that has every happened to me."

"You are the lodestar of my dreams."

"And yet."
21 How old do you think Jenny is when keeping in mind the information given to us in the poem?

in her 40s

in her 50s

in her 20s

in her 30s
22 What did Jenny and the speaker do before they went back to her room?

They volunteered together at a soup kitchen

Nothing. The speaker went directly to Jenny's room

They went to dinner and went dancing

They went shopping at the Haymarket
23 What does the speaker leave for Jenny at the end of the poem?

a wrapped present, though we don't know what it is

a gold necklace

nothing; because they did not have intercourse, he feels like he doesn't need to pay her

gold coins in her hair
24 Which of the following is a theme of "Jenny"?

Death

Pity

Ignorance

Female purity
25 Do Jenny and the speaker share an equal relationship?

No because he is automatically better than her because he is a man

Yes because the speaker never touches Jenny innapropriately

Yes, and Jenny considers them to be best friends

No, he holds a lot of social, economic, and sexual power over her

It is important to keep in mind while reading "Jenny" that the theme of inequality runs beneath every interaction between the speaker and the sleeping Jenny. The speaker enjoys much more social power than Jenny herself: he has more money than her,...

Asked by Joyline M #1323274

Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/13/2024 10:24 AM