London Snow Quizzes

London Snow Quiz

1 Define the word "crevices"
nooks

shelves

clouds

carriages
2 What can St. Paul's best be said to symbolize?
Industry

Religion

Agriculture

Education
3 What do the poem's closing lines imply about urban life?
That it is exciting for adults but steals children's innocence

That it is ultimately illusory

That it is in a sense merely a part of the natural world

That it is crowded and unsafe
4 How does the snow affect London's children in this poem?
It renews their childlike joy and wonder

It reveals their inequalities, since only rich children can play in it

It helps teach them important practical tasks

It alerts them that nature can be cruel and uncomfotable
5 Define the word "encumber"
split in half

make someone obligated

weigh down

cool off
6 Which can most closely be considered the poem's antagonist?
The factory boss

Urban life

Organized religion

The angry father
7 Which best describes the narrator?
They are an omniscient observer seemingly in close proximity to the action

They are an unnamed orphan seeking a warm place to go

She is a mother watching her child play in the snow

He is a factory worker walking to work through the snow
8 Which view about nature does the poem most align with?
That nature is more powerful than the human-made world

That nature is under threat from human activity

That nature is terrifying and formidable, in contrast to much pastoral writing

That nature and the human cannot truly be separated
9 Which of the following devices is prominent in the phrase “No sound of wheel rumbling nor of foot falling”?
Personification

Allusion

Symbolism

Synecdoche
10 What does the phrase "crystal manna" allude to?
The Bible

Dante's Divine Comedy

Samuel Richardson's "Pamela"

Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind"
11 Which of the following is a standard terza rima rhyme scheme?
ABA BCB CDC DED

ABA CBC DCD EDE

ABBA CBBC ACCA

AB BC CD DE EA
12 Which of the following objects is personified in this poem?
The buildings

The sun

The trees

The roads
13 Which of the following has terza rima historically been used to convey?
Power imbalance

Obsession

Interconnectedness

Sensory pleasure
14 Which is the most common meter for English terza rima poetry?
trochaic hexameter

dactylic pentameter

iambic pentameter

anapestic dimeter
15 Which poet is credited with first using terza rima?
Geoffrey Chaucer

Dante Alighieri

William Wordsworth

Derek Walcott
16 Which of the following do the children in the poem NOT do?
Go sledding

Throw snowballs

Look at the snowy trees

Eat snow
17 Define the word "hearken"
assemble

listen

throw

build
18 Which of the following devices is prominent in the line "Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying"?
Assonance

Anaphora

Alliteration

Hyperbole
19 What metaphor does the speaker use to describe the workers' walk through the snow?
A war

A mountain climb

An expedition

A sailing trip
20 What is the meter of "London Snow"?
Iambic trimeter

There is no consistent meter

Trochaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter
21 What can the snow best be said to symbolize?
Interpersonal coldness

Human interconnectedness

God's love

Nature and nature's power
22 Are the lines of "London Snow" end-stopped or enjambed?
They are a mix of the two

They are enjambed

They are end-stopped

They are neither
23 Which of the following does the speaker metaphorically compare daily life to?
A box

A charm

A tree

A factory
24 Which sound creates alliteration in the line "And trains of sombre men, past tale of number"?
T

R

N

S
25 Define the word "asunder"
apart

exhausted

to make noise

an old-fashioned snowplow

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